Unravel gameplay trailer demonstrates puzzle-solving with yarn

Unravel is a puzzle-platformer in which you'll become a creature made entirely of yarn—and yes, I'm talking about the stuff that's more traditionally used for knitting sweaters.

is a puzzle-platformer in which you'll become a creature made entirely of yarn—and yes, I'm talking about the stuff that's more traditionally used for knitting sweaters. It's entirely physics based, and everything behaves in a realistic fashion--within the limits of a videogame, naturally. The core challenge, as this new gameplay video illustrates, is that Yarny, your stringy alter-ego, begins the game tied to something, and the farther away you get from it, the more you unravel.

Yarn isn't just your lifeline, it's also a multi-purpose tool that can be used as a grappling hook, a bridge, a tether, or a swing. “The gameplay really is like a sandbox,” developer Coldwood Interactive says in the video. “It's easy to interact with on a basic level, but it lets you do really powerful and complex things.”

Unravel also appears to be quite a lovely game, with a “heartwarming” message, despite what I'm guessing will be a fairly obvious commentary on the fragility and creeping inevitability of mortal existence. Unravel is being published by EA, and will thus launch on Originon February 9. Find out more, including how to make your own real-life Yarny, at unravelgame.com.