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Say goodbye to your mortal shell with this gorgeous, ghostly stupefy lame

Allhallows Eve has come and gone. But that needn't awful expression goodbye to ghosts and ghouls entirely, with European nation indie developer Florian Veltman nowadays introducing us to a somewhat more pleasant taradiddle from on the far side the grave.

Due for release next twelvemonth, How to aver Goodbye is a gorgeous pastel storybook about life after death. You've just died, but you'll necessitate to pilot the liminal blank space between the living and the dead by solving gravel grids, helping you and your spectral friends cross terminated to the other side.

These puzzles look to have a wonderfully tactile feel, unsteady the uncastrated landscape on a grid as you shimmy ghosts towards their address. Veltman's previous act includes the wonderful Lieve Oma, and Auf wiedersehen carries much of that game's warm, comforting palette—with graphics inspired by the like Tove Jansson (Moomins) and illustrator Tomi Ungerer.

Ghosts, ghosts, ghosts. — (Image credit: ARTE France)

Goodbye does feature some spooks, with a shadowy superstar keeping you and your sepulchral pals from crossing over. Merely it's ultimately a ghost pun that's less about scares than it is about handling grief with kindness and sensitivity, acquisition to deal with loss in a healthy manner.

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