By Adam Smith on June 15th, 2012 at 9:00 pm.
Walter is not a stop motion point and click game about a bag of water exploring the world. The trailer suggests that’s what it’s going to be before actually demonstrating that it’s a gorgeous platformer with fluid physics, state changes and a delightful sense of wonder. Fair enough then, although I’d probably play the stop motion version as well. Unfortunately, I’ll have to wait until the terrifying future time that is 2013, at which point all of Earth’s water will have been turned into brown fizzjuice by Coca Cola, which will then sell it to the highest bidder at horrific blood-auctions. Poor Walter’s going to look like a terribly inappropriate work of mockery. See for yourself below.
At first it’s like a glorious Dream Machine or Toonstruck type thing, but then it’s a bit like a jollier Gish.
Spotted at The Indie Game Magazine.
15/06/2012 at 21:04 magnus says:
Brown Fizzjuice? That’s why I’m drinking all the Irn-Bru I can.
16/06/2012 at 11:49 Shadrach says:
It’s got Electro-lytes!
15/06/2012 at 21:08 Maldomel says:
Gorgeous indeed! Now I’m thirsty.
15/06/2012 at 21:11 MOKKA says:
OHHHHHHHhhhhhhh. I love games which make me smile and this trailer made me smile so I think the game will also make me smile. So I want it, until then I’m going to watch this trailer over and over and over again.
15/06/2012 at 21:23 Maldomel says:
every day until it’s 2013? I hope you enjoy smiling.
15/06/2012 at 21:21 Mr. Mister says:
Spanish sign? Wohoo!
15/06/2012 at 22:25 Mr. Mister says:
Having seen the trailer, I can sympathise with the spelling of physics. Damn English has a very unintuitive (and mostly just insignificative) relationship between spelling and pronounciation.
15/06/2012 at 21:54 skalpadda says:
“Walter is not a stop motion point and click game about a bag of water exploring the world.”
Disappointed! It does look like a bit of fun though. :)
15/06/2012 at 21:55 Randomer says:
Love that music!
15/06/2012 at 22:19 Skusey says:
The blobby platforming really reminds me of LocoRoco, which is great, but I can’t help but feel disappointed that the start of the trailer isn’t the actual game. I was hoping for something Octodad-esque about a bag of water pretending to be a human. ‘Cause that’s all we are dude, meaty water.
15/06/2012 at 22:22 The First Door says:
That is really rather lovely! The graphics are really nice too, although they do make me crave a good new Micro Machines game in the same style.
15/06/2012 at 22:31 Riaktion says:
This looks like Gish v 2.0 to me. But hey… nothing wrong with that,
16/06/2012 at 09:59 Mollusc Infestation says:
It seems that i’ve been waiting for Gish 2.0 for about half my lifetime. I hope this game has a frenetic, physics based multiplayer too.
16/06/2012 at 11:50 Shadrach says:
Nope, nothing at all. In fact I am really looking forward to this now :D
15/06/2012 at 22:47 faelnor says:
Oh how I have dreamed of a game inspired by the good ol’ Morph on Amiga. I hope there are levels where you can choose to change states (ice, liquid, steam) in order to solve puzzles.
15/06/2012 at 23:36 LTK says:
Did you watch the trailer? That’s exactly what it does.
16/06/2012 at 08:50 faelnor says:
I did not see the player picking one specifically among either of those forms. All I saw was: liquid nitrogen bath -> I know I’ll turn to ice; power box -> I know I’ll turn ionized(?); etc. No real choice, which would make for an interesting gameplay element.
Basically, I want this to be Morph 2.
17/06/2012 at 00:21 iDragon says:
At about 1:13 there’s a switch from water to ice.
15/06/2012 at 23:39 LTK says:
It looks like you’re at risk of losing too much of your water if you’re not careful, and you have to collect pickups to replenish it. That’s a pretty cool mechanic!
15/06/2012 at 23:57 westyfield says:
What was that game where you have to splat the bags of paint over coloured targets, by flinging them around the level and bouncing them off things? This reminds me of that.
Looks lovely, by the way. Great trailer!
16/06/2012 at 00:24 Y34RZ3R0 says:
When you fall in the water below, it should read ‘You Die(lute)d.’
or something… I don’t know, I’m just a milkman.
16/06/2012 at 01:44 Shadowcat says:
That was gorgeous. It immediately reminded me of Gish and Gumboy Crazy Adventures, and I’m sure I’ve seen the liquid integrity mechanic in a couple of other games, but this looks to be putting it all together into a particularly nice package.
The 2013 release date at the end was the only disappointing bit. I want it now, dammit.
16/06/2012 at 02:43 Milos says:
You can solidify into a cube? What kind of mockery of water is that!?
16/06/2012 at 03:37 MadTinkerer says:
Yay! It’s been too long since we’ve had an Indie action platformer where the protagonist is a blob of psysics-simulated stuff! (Not that Vessel was bad, just in a different genre).
16/06/2012 at 03:41 Lemming says:
Anyone else think ‘Cool Spot’ when they saw the locales during the gameplay?
16/06/2012 at 07:58 SanguineAngel says:
Yes. That is exactly what I thought! I also thought, I loved cool spot and this game looks very fun
16/06/2012 at 10:04 LozTaylor says:
Yer, the style is very Cool Spot.
16/06/2012 at 19:41 Bracket says:
First thing I thought. After the stop-motion bit.
16/06/2012 at 07:59 tomeoftom says:
MAN! I want this.
16/06/2012 at 08:51 McTerry says:
:DDDDDDDDDDDD
16/06/2012 at 19:49 linzhandb says:
http://1su.net/a8C
17/06/2012 at 07:18 Wedge says:
Finally, something to wash the taste of that awful mess that was I-Fluid. #2 regretted Steam purchase after Blueberry Garden (the IGF is a joke).
17/06/2012 at 14:37 dE says:
Well it’s certainly a FISHy place.
17/06/2012 at 14:28 RegisteredUser says:
Looks like an escaped breast implant to me.
17/06/2012 at 15:00 MichaelPalin says:
So, Steam exclusive, eh? :(
18/06/2012 at 08:24 Fadobo says:
Reminds me of iFluid on Steam, which is a really cool 3D-Platformer