Finishing the Swan

I got an update from one of the communities I'm a part of, Game-Modo, that there had been the release of a new game for the Playstation 3, The Unfinished Swan, I had been waiting for, that came from a new Indie company, Giant Sparrow. I found myself intrigued by a game that lacked any color or detail for the first level and wanted to see how my daughter would interact with it while using the Move controller. It is not a true virtual world, but you find yourself drawn in because of how you must interact. You're given only a paintbrush to explore the world through the splattering of ink. My daughter walked through the world flinging ink around the level to reveal benches, hillocks, statues, stairs, docks, etc. She got bored at one point and began flinging the paint straight up into the air and reacted to it when it came back on her by saying,

"ah, it got me Daddy, it got me".

Every time she saw something else in the world exposed she became excited at the discovery and was able to immerse herself more in the environment of the game. It helped her to grow more creative with where she flung the paint, and where she should walk in the level. Mind you, she's only 3, but she was able to get the hang of the 1st level rather easily. This is still not what I would consider virtual reality because she was not feeling as though she was there, but the fact that she pretended to be hit by the ink shows that it did stymie her imagination. Anything that can help her to further develop her imagination is a win in my book.

If you have a Playstation and want to play a really inviting game that will reveal itself to everyone in a completely different way, then I highly recommend purchasing it from the Playstation Store today.