A Panel Shaped Screen: screen shaped panels and games that play like comics | Gorogoa | Gamehypes

A Panel Shaped Screen: screen shaped panels and games that play like comics

Gorogoa

Gorogoa is an elegant evolution of the puzzle genre, told through a beautifully hand-drawn story designed and illustrated by Jason Roberts. Winner of Debut Game at the 2018 BAFTA Games Awards, as well as Best Mobile Game and the Innovation Award at the GDC 2018 Choice Awards.

Drawing a comic book is like playing Tetris with narrative beats. You have to somehow put on a page everything the script requires you to draw, give the right amount of space to important moments, make sure the reader s gaze flows naturally from panel to panel, and all your panels must look nice and clear but also in harmony with each other.

So you, the artist, sketch little layouts first. You shuffle and rearrange the panels, trying to find the right combination before drawing the page. It s a difficult process, but it can give you the same satisfaction of playing a puzzle game — so it s no surprise to see developers turning this process into a literal game.

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