Flash game of the week - Flow
Flow is a game where you guide your aquatic organism (I call it, worm) into the depth of its “primeval soup” trying to find food while surviving other great worms. To me it is a surreal game, where you really feel you are living the life of this worm creature throughout its life cycle. The best part for me is the sound effects and apocalyptic background music. All of it combine will gives you a truly unique experience. Based on a researcher (Jenova Chen’s) thesis, it allows players with different skill levels intuitively customizing their experiences and enjoy the game at their own pace.
Here are some screenshots I have taken for a recent game I have played.
As you can see the background gets darker and darker as you go deeper. The third picture is my worm versus the last “boss’. Cool, isn’t it.
The gameplay is simple. You guide your worm using the mouse left click. To go deeper, consume the red critter. To go back to a shallower level, consume the blue critter. There are attacking critter on each deeper level, so anytime you are not ready, just go back to the previous level.
Recently, Flow is being port to the PS3 platform with added creatures with different abilities. The key is it is played with the motion sensor of the PS3 controller. You will control the movement by just tilting the controller in the direction you want the worm to go.
Try it, I think you will like it. There is even an offline version that you can download. Treat it like the pre-cursor to Will Wright’s new game Spore.
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