The story is beautifully narrated, telling you about why the world is white and introducing the next areas, as you move through the story. Soon, however, you can start to see a few different things gold swan footprints, gold accents to the world and large letters, that can then be painted to reveal a story. These splotches do stay where you end up painting, defining a world. At first, the world is completely white, but you are able to throw paint splotches to see what is around you. I bet I would’ve liked it.Following the swan through this whimsical world is something I have enjoyed doing. I just wish I played it when I was younger. That’s about everything that comes to mind. You don’t need to get any of the balloons to beat the game, but it’s fun to find them as you play.

All of the balloons are hidden with various degrees of difficulty. I recommend grabbing some headphones and finding a hour or two just to binge through multiple chapters.Īs you play you will find and collect balloons that you can spend to get a bunch of neat stuff like concept art and a water/ink hose. This is very much a game that benefits from immersion. And we all need that kind of nostalgia every now and then. It’s a gentle reminder of what it’s like to be a little kid. Oh how absorbed I would get into the simple stories they would tell. The storytelling reminds me of the books my mom and dad used to read to me when I was very young.

Every chapter gives you different tools and a different environment for you to use them on. I love the idea of having to paint the level to see where you are going. It’s checkpoint based so I’m assuming those who claimed the game lacked one didn’t get to the first checkpoint. First I want to make it clear that this game DOES in fact have a save system.

The unfinished swan download