Alto’s Odyssey Gets Its First Trailer

Back in December, Snowman announced a sequel to Alto’s Adventure with nothing more than a tweet and a very simple website introducing us to their next skiing journey. Today, in honor of Alto’s Adventure’s second birthday, we’ve been given a tiny …

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Back in December, Snowman announced a sequel to Alto’s Adventure with nothing more than a tweet and a very simple website introducing us to their next skiing journey. Today, in honor of Alto’s Adventure’s second birthday, we’ve been given a tiny bit more to chew on: the first teaser trailer for Alto’s Odyssey.

While the trailer is very short and still leaves us with more questions than answers, it does confirm a few things. First, the setting has definitely transitioned from snow to sand, placing Alto in a scorching desert speckled with cacti and rock formations. The distant castle and hot air balloons we saw in the original teaser image have returned, hinting at a mysterious city perched high above the sand dunes. And the first glimpse we get of Alto sliding along the dusky ground shows him crouched low with a ridiculously long scarf, indicating the scarf-growing via tricks from Alto’s Adventure will be returning.

Any details beyond what you see in the trailer above are still non-existent, but Snowman has confirmed they’re aiming for a release in summer of this year. In case you’re interested in Alto’s Odyssey but never picked up Alto’s Adventure, the first game is on sale—today only—for $1.99. As our reviewer beautifully stated two years ago, “Alto’s Adventure houses a wondrous, meaningful place to spend your time, and also just so happens to be a game.” We expect Odyssey to be just as meaningful, but at least for now, you can still spend time in Alto’s Adventure.

Jillian will play any game with cute characters or an isometric perspective, but her favorites are Fallout 3, Secret of Mana, and Harvest Moon. Her PC suffers from permanent cat-on-keyboard syndrome, which she blames for most deaths in Don’t Starve. She occasionally stops gaming long enough to eat waffles and rewatch Battlestar Galactica.