I have no idea where to even begin with this. Let’s start with Trine Laier. A Danish filmaker, animator, and all-around creative person, as Trine Laier was entering adulthood she discovered signs that her parents may have worked for the Danish Defence Intelligence Service during The Cold War. Basically she suspected her parents were spies. So to get answers she filmed video interviews and recorded audio interviews with her parents in an attempt to get to the bottom of things. Fast forward to 2012 and Laier released a project based around these interviews and her journey of discovery as her graduation project for the National Film School of Denmark. The project made such an impression that the following year the Danish Film Institute gave funding to Laier to turn the project into a full-blown interactive, autobiographical adventure game. Together with developer Klassefilm, Laier has been busy working on the game ever since under its name Cosmic Top Secret. So that story behind the game itself is extremely interesting, but it’s absolutely nothing compared to what the developers have created with Cosmic Top Secret, it’s absolutely unlike anything I’ve ever seen. Check out this trailer.

So if you follow the indie game scene closely chances are pretty good that you’ve heard or seen Cosmic Top Secret already, as even in development the game has earned all sorts of awards and recognition over the past few years. While its title rang a bell I personally hadn’t actually seen the game before, so you can maybe understand why it has blown my mind so hard upon finally seeing it today. The way Cosmic Top Secret weaves in its authentic interview footage and audio clips into this surreal world that looks crafted out of paper–I mean the main character T, named after lead designer Trine Laier, literally turns into a paper ball to roll around the world–is just so incredible. The exciting part is that after so many years of work, Cosmic Top Secret is finally set to release on iOS, Android, and Desktop next month on November 15th. It’ll be a premium game and, well, if you are as enthused about the trailer above as I am then you’ll have a hard time waiting to get your hands on the game in a few weeks.