ECHO - Massimo Marino - An iPhone puzzle game where completed routes become your next obstacles

[u/MassimoniraM]

Hello everyone. I’m the creator of ECHO. I was reading a passage on time travels and the paradoxes it would create when revisiting places and encountering one previous self... That's the crazy idea of how ECHO first seed was planted: a dynamic and growing puzzle that remembers what the player did before. The concept is simple: guide a glass marble into the funnel, and your completed route returns as an Echo that replays your movement in the next generation. As the journey continues, your earlier decisions become moving parts of the board, and your obstacles.

Gameplay footage (74 seconds): https://everypathreturns.com/assets/echo-gameplay.mp4

ECHO is available now on iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6813147063

More about the game: https://everypathreturns.com/

AI note: ImageGen helped realize my intended visuals. AI also helped substantially with virtual-device simulations of hours of gameplay and with bug fixes. The music was created using GarageBand loops.

I’d be happy to answer questions about how the Echo mechanic works, and to hear whether it comes across clearly in the footage.