Rime: could this indie adventure game with a big heart grow into a classic?

Years in the making, this charming platformer infused with the magic of childhood is finally being released in May. Will it be a hit with patient fans?

It takes no less than 45 minutes of playing Tequila Works' upcoming game for their creative director to tell a story from his childhood. It is no aimless reminiscence - Rime, as Rail Rubio says, "is about childhood memories. So we put a little bit of ourselves in the game."

The Serrano-based studio's upcoming release is a "single-player puzzle adventure game" and has already drawn comparisons to classics like LucasArts adventure games, The Legend of Zelda and projects from Team Ico. With its dreamy art style, puzzle platforming and sense of a small-protagonist-in-a-big-world, Rime has all the trappings of a game from my early childhood; it prompts memories of sitting squarely in front of a CRT TV.