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Weird Artistic Timewaster of the Day: Regret

Jason Rohrer (creator Passage, Immortality, and others) is back with another game, this one with the theme of regret (bet you never would've guessed from the title). Rohrer and a journalist writing about the design process game up with the theme, after nixing such topics as "stop snitching," "torture policy," and "stop-and-frisk." The game itself deals with feeding animals ... sort of: More »

11:30 AM on Sun Jul 13 2008
By Maggie Greene
6,489 views, 35 comments

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Weird Artistic Timewaster of the Day: Immortality

We've mentioned Jason Rohrer's weird little works before, in the form of Passage and Gravitation; now with his 'Game Design Sketchbook' column at the Escapist, he puts up new little games monthly. This month features the theme of life, death, and immortality (appropriately called Immortality): More »

3:30 PM on Sat Jun 21 2008
By Maggie Greene
13,977 views, 69 comments

Latest by KicktheCAN: @TheOnionKnight: I thought the next logical step was to build the tallest tower I could, and so I did (Until I got trapped in a pit that is). more »

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Jason Rohrer's 'Game Design Sketchbook'

Jason Rohrer, designer of weird little artistic diversions Passage and Gravitation, has a new column over at The Escapist focusing on prototyping and game design; each month will have a new discussion of a (playable) prototype. I love prototyping discussions, and it's so much the better when the things are playable; I just think it's a nice way to illustrate points about game design. This month, he introduces a little (simple) game called Perfectionism: More »

3:30 PM on Sat Mar 15 2008
By Maggie Greene
3,732 views, 19 comments

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Weird Artistic Timewaster of the Day: Gravitation

Back in December, I mentioned a little game called Passage. Well, Jonathan Blow clued me in to the fact that Jason Rohrer is back with yet another weird, artistic little game, this one called Gravitation:

I'm not going to provide an in-depth explanation for Gravitation. I'm hoping that most people will understand it as it stands. However, it involves more complex game mechanics than Passage, and it is trying to express something much more subtle .... The mechanics themselves are relatively simple, but the emergent behavior harbors a lot of texture. Know that there are no "accidents" in this game design. Everything you notice about the game, and every subtle interaction that you experience, is intentionally packed with meaning. Gravitation explores how a particular corner of my life feels, as only a game can.

It's definitely worth a quick play through; Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux versions are available.

Gravitation: a video game by Jason Rohrer

11:30 AM on Sat Mar 1 2008
By Maggie Greene
9,140 views, 52 comments