OnlySP: At E3, appointments behind closed doors are the only place where you can really get a feel for a certain game, away from the hustle and bustle of the exhibit halls.
For Shape of the World I did not quite have the luxury of quiet: I had an appointment to meet with the lead developer of the procedurally-generated first-person exploration game, Stu Maxwell of Hollow Tree Games, at the busy IndieCade booth.
It's kind of hard to describe what Shape of the World is. Calling it a walking sim can seem right, but doesn't give it justice. Exploration is more on the dollar. Open-world almost-aimless wandering hits the bulls-eye. So what does that mean?
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"
