The game features generative algorithms that determine music and level layout based on the player's actions.
For this reason, and due to its use of generated ambient music, the game's philosophy has been compared to that of Transcendentalism and the New Age Movement.
A number of in-game options allow players to control game speed and difficulty, including an auto-pilot button.
Gravity was very gentle by default, a feature which has been regarded as an exception to the rule that platform games should not use first-person perspective, as it allowed players to land jumps without much difficulty.
Each rank and realm adds subtle complexity to game play by interactively evolving to correspond with the player's actions.