Crystal Labs recently released a pre-alpha video of their NES styled action adventure High Strangeness. The four members of Crystal Labs, Sam Bennett, Steve Jenkins, Rich Vreeland, and Mr. Agent MOO , have been hard at it for over two years now, but judging from the video things are starting to come together for them.  High Strangeness will be releasing on the XBox LIVE Indie Games marketplace as well as the iPhone. There is currently no official release date other than “sometime in 2010.” Below, you’ll find a brief description of the games storyline, a few music samples, and the pre-alpha footage. Enjoy!

High Strangeness is about a young man named Boyd, who awakes in the middle of the night to find that his home has been intruded upon by shadowy villains. He soon finds himself on a quest to discover the secrets of a mysterious item, after unwittingly being dragged into a foreign world filled with the evil and mysterious Shadow Men. Although hesitant at first, our hero eventually realizes his role in a cosmic battle for peace throughout all universes.

01 High Strangeness

02 A Single Ray of Light

03 Last Night in Podunk