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Zen Bound - Video Review

Posted by cris On February - 25 - 2009

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Zen Bound is a game that calms you down and puts you in a meditative state enticing you with the challenge of wrapping rope around wooden sculptures - a simple task that can become surprisingly complex.

It is a smooth beautiful thing that has to be enjoyed at a slow pace: the point of this game is not achieving a high score. Zen Bound was created to challenge in a subtle way, it does not engage or assault the player. Self-reflection is another element present in this game , representations of states of mind and human emotions are presented in the sculptures of the game.

The designers wanted the game to feel hand-made: they photographed materials and sampled rope sounds. Bass, strings, a metallic teapot and many others were recorded separately from live instruments for the musical score. We studied totem poles and Mexican wood sculptures for reference. Zen Bound is a game of stone, wood and rope; much effort was put into making them feel right.

Features:

- The most beautiful graphics yet seen on the iPhone
- Intuitive and natural multi-touch controls (tilt supported)
- 51 levels included (Tree of Reflection and Tree of Challenge). Additional free 25 levels
- A captivating 22-minute downtempo soundtrack from ‘Ghost Monkey’
- Game soundtrack ‘Bound’ available as a free download to all customers in uncompromising 320kbit MP3 quality

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