June 15 | The LocoRoco

This is the game I played in this weekends, 

LocoRoco is a cute game for PS3, played with balance by the controller and leading those colorful, fatty balls to the destination. SInce it include balance in the game, how this game shows gravity becomes the key in background design.  

This is the game easily to enjoy and have fun with. Player needs only few knowledge about 2 character: Butterfly (player) goes waking up the little fruit balls and use the magic glowing to attract them to follow to the destination.

The background is in very simple shape. It’s purely a 2D game. Amazingly the texture of the water and the mechanics such as the action of jumping, floating, re-bouncing and rolling are the great parts of this cute game. Not to mention the colorful character and cute little faces on each of the fruit ball or the guards, they made this game with very friendly and human touch, which is definitely a success.

To be honest, there is a basic problem of the game:

The background is white. For this kind of game without time and deadline, you just keep playing until you get to the goal. People like me may take 2 hours to just finish one level, and white background really hurts my eyes…

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