{"id":33,"date":"2007-07-19T23:16:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-20T06:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/?p=33"},"modified":"2007-07-19T23:16:38","modified_gmt":"2007-07-20T06:16:38","slug":"everything-old-is-new-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.designer-notes.com\/everything-old-is-new-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything Old is New Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, E3 2007 – or some close approximation thereof – is come and gone, and the coolest thing I saw from the comfort of my own desk is this game<\/a>. It’s called Echochrome, and my minimalist heart loves the sparse black-and-white style and elegant score. The Escher-inspired puzzle gameplay looks pretty tasty as well. At first, I was afraid that the controls might be unwieldy, but on a second viewing, it became clear that the player doesn’t actually control the character. Instead, the character simply always walks forward (and, smartly by the designers, doesn’t die if it reaches a dead-end… that would be a little too hard-core). The player’s job is just to rotate the image so the character can navigate the maze by moving ahead automatically. Brilliant.<\/p>\n

Funnily enough, this is not the first platformer (or whatever you want to call it) to be inspired by Esher<\/a>. In fact, it was not the only innovative game garnering much attention<\/a> that is actually just an update of an old idea<\/a> or two<\/a>. Not that there’s anything wrong with that! The early years of gaming were full of great ideas that were often years (or decades!) before their time. I’m glad I grew up during that very messy period; indeed, I have my own mind set on someday updating one specific classic game from the early ’80s that would be just as fresh today as it was back then.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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