Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Posts Tagged ‘Small Worlds’

Stop Everything And Explore: Small Worlds

By John Walker on July 18th, 2011.

If you don't find this gorgeous, you're fired.

Ohmygoodness, this is special. Small Worlds by David Shute is a proper, genuine exploration game, where you really do only explore. A tiny pixel man moves around an ever-growing area, finding… almost nothing. I want to say nothing more, as the joy comes from just seeing the area fill in as you explore. It’s short, but it’s absolutely beautiful, enhanced enormously by gorgeous music from Kevin MacLeod. It was created for one of the Jayisgames Casual Gameplay Competition, where it deservedly won first place, and also gathered trophies in the other two categories. Big thanks to Mr Bakke for pointing it out.

EDIT: Yes, yes, it’s old. So what?! Eh? What are you going to do about it? Fight me? I’ll fight you. I’ll fight all of you!

, , , , , .

67 Comments »

It’s A Small World. Let’s Keep It That Way.

By Kieron Gillen on October 23rd, 2009.

It kind of reminds me of Jet Set Willy in some ways - but a dream of Jet Set Willy, as elegant as it was in my pre-teen imagination.

Just a quickie before I disappear for the weekend. Soren “Civ 4″ Johnson has just tweeted about Small Worlds, saying “What a beautiful game. This is the next-gen Prince of Persia game I always wanted to play…”. I agree, and think you should play it without any further elaboration. It’s a magically-presented exploration game. Magical. That’s the world. Go lose yourself.

, , , .

136 Comments »

Search

Read our finest words

Respond to our gibber

  • Fathom : “Mckertis, were you not paying attention during HL2? The story is pretty implicit.” on The Sunday Papers
  • ThinkAndGrowWitcher : “"Still the internet is hyperbole central" Not sure I agree - but what I do know is that it's the most amazingly incredible thing - ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • jimbobjunior : “I should have made it clearer that the first paragraph was unrelated to the second and third. Editing on my phone is a pain. You're ...” on The Sunday Papers
  • Fathom : “It's like if Peter Jackson fumbled around for years after The Two Towers to release Return of the King. It's morally shitty.” on The Sunday Papers
  • Kadayi : “"The best comment I’ve read." Alt account ftw.” on Obsidian Want To Know What You Want Them To Make

Play indie, mods, demos

Browse the archive