12 Nov 2014

Monument Valley | Award-Winning Game Design



Akin to painting, sculpture, or photography, sometimes a product is so incredibly well designed that you can’t help but stare at it for hours. Monument Valley from ustwo studio is just such a product. A puzzle game available to download on the App Store, Google Play, and Kindle Fire, is so beautiful that it's won an Apple Design Award - and my eternal worship.
 
The game is a series of glorious isometric puzzles, taking the form of castles, caves, and inexplicable shapes. Your task is to guide a small character (princess Ida) through each level, by twisting and turning certain moveable elements and then pointing where you’d like the character to walk.

There’s no death, no guns, or angry birds (or is there?) - nothing that computer games are generally associated with - just stunning pictures that you can spend hours walking through again and again. 

Check out more screenshots in this short piece on the designers behind the game. For those guys who have Monument Valley already, there are some new levels out this week!- Nik

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15 comments:

  1. this is one of my favorite games of ALL time! so gorgeous, and the gameplay is just phenomenal.

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  2. So good isn't it. We love the way it looks.

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  3. This looks intriguing! I'm not much of a game player myself (I'm bad at all of them) but I can appreciate the design of this one.

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  4. I might have to download this tonight - it looks beautiful.

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  5. We've all got it now, well worth it!

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  6. it's very tasty looking, well worth checking out for the design

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  7. Maria Fallon12:56

    This looks amazing, off to download it!


    Maria xxx

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  8. Do! And let us know how you get on. It's such a good looking and fun to play game.

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  9. It sure is. Relaxing too...

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  10. Maria Fallon10:19

    I played it last night and I absolutely love it, such beautiful designs!

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  11. I definitely obsessed with this game! I have purchased the forgotten shores level.

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  12. So good isn't it. I'll have a look at that ye!

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  13. Ivy Lam03:24

    I love this game so much!

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  14. Did you get the new levels?

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  15. oo I have played this before, my boyfriend is really into games and sometimes share his favourites with me. I enjoyed that game as far as I can remember.

    Katrina Sophia

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