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Game of the Year 2015: Walking as Device Award
We’ve talked an enormous amount about walking in games this year. A lot of games have been frantically criticized for how they handle walking, like The Order: 1886 or Beyond Eyes, but really this award is sort’ve a Gone Home-spirit award, or best walking simulator category. We’re talking about osmosis of plot through movement. Enjoy!
Runners-upCradle
“You unravel the mystery yourself [by] poking and prodding.”
— Raphael
SOMA
“Every step can fill you with absolute terror, [just] inching forward can be very very scary.”
— Andrew
Sunset
“What has moved and what hasn’t moved tells as much of a story as narration.”
— Andrew
“Sunset plays with obstacles in the environment to force you through paths ... creating different relations to the space you move through”
— Raphael
The Beginner's Guide
“It’s level design as an aesthetic ... all about exploring and seeing how weird and personal everything is.”
— Olivier
*drum roll* And the winner is...Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
“Uses first-person perspective so that you are constantly framing your own cinematography ... everytime you stop moving you’re composing a perfect image.”
— Raphael
“A contemplative act of wandering around.”
— Olivier
“You walk down a path, over a bridge, and you see a shooting star... It’s gotta be Rapture”
— Anna
Walking as Device Award nominees
Cradle
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (winner)
SOMA
Sunset
The Beginner's Guide
Thanks for listening! Don't forget to check out the 'canon' page.
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By Castle CouchWe’ve talked an enormous amount about walking in games this year. A lot of games have been frantically criticized for how they handle walking, like The Order: 1886 or Beyond Eyes, but really this award is sort’ve a Gone Home-spirit award, or best walking simulator category. We’re talking about osmosis of plot through movement. Enjoy!
Runners-upCradle
“You unravel the mystery yourself [by] poking and prodding.”
— Raphael
SOMA
“Every step can fill you with absolute terror, [just] inching forward can be very very scary.”
— Andrew
Sunset
“What has moved and what hasn’t moved tells as much of a story as narration.”
— Andrew
“Sunset plays with obstacles in the environment to force you through paths ... creating different relations to the space you move through”
— Raphael
The Beginner's Guide
“It’s level design as an aesthetic ... all about exploring and seeing how weird and personal everything is.”
— Olivier
*drum roll* And the winner is...Everybody's Gone to the Rapture
“Uses first-person perspective so that you are constantly framing your own cinematography ... everytime you stop moving you’re composing a perfect image.”
— Raphael
“A contemplative act of wandering around.”
— Olivier
“You walk down a path, over a bridge, and you see a shooting star... It’s gotta be Rapture”
— Anna
Walking as Device Award nominees
Cradle
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (winner)
SOMA
Sunset
The Beginner's Guide
Thanks for listening! Don't forget to check out the 'canon' page.
Support Castle Couch (thank you!)
Please consider donating to Castle Couch. All of our content is handmade with real love — we couldn't do it without you.