OnlySP: When he’s not working on the latest Gears of War at Black Tusk Studios, Canadian developer Stuart Maxwell swaps mushroom clouds and chaos for the serene vistas and bold geometry of Shape of the World.
“Shape of the World is the world that grows around you, says Maxwell. “It starts simple, and as you go on a journey, it begins to grow. You build up this ephemeral world. You see it happening, and that gradually evolves and changes over the course of the game.
Shape of the World is an ephemeral first-person exploration game where the world grows around you in a procedurally populated environment.
Video games are a broad spectrum indeed. There's room for anything. There's room for everything. It's great that there's room for a game like Shape of the World, a serene, first-person exploration game from fledgling developer Hollow Tree Games.
David Dailey of Blast Away the Game Review Writes: "When booting up Shape of the World there was something distinctly different about this game from ones I’ve been experiencing over the years. First, it’s different from most games in today’s current string of games. It’s one that doesn’t follow traditional gameplay elements as we’ve come to know over the years. At first, Shape of the World is hard to understand, it’s not your typical game by any means.
To put things bluntly. Shape of the World isn’t going to hold your hand, it isn’t going to guide you about as you may think. Rather, it’s going to be a game all about exploring, using your own mind to see the world before you as the developers wish. When you initially load into the game, it’s a game that presents you with a wide-open space"
