Echochrome: What would happen if M.C. Escher designed a game?
One of the more intriguing games to come out of E3 this year has got to be Echochrome. It’s being described as a puzzle game inspired by the works of M.C. Escher and in the same vein as Intelligent Qube. The game is set for release on the PSP and Playstation 3 Playstation Network sometime in the future (I couldn’t find a listed release date on this one.) Ironically enough those are the two systems I don’t currently own, that however will probably change especially with the current stream of intriguing games being announced for the Playstation 3. Some game play footage for this was just released as well that looks to do a good job of showing what the games about. The footage also features a classical music soundtrack that feels very natural with this game, I can only hope that is the soundtrack they end up using in the game and not just for the demo footage.
In true Escher style, game play appears to involve rotating the camera to move the objects in the world so that the player can interact with them in different and more useful ways. It’s certainly an exciting concept and I always enjoys games that like to tease the mind into seeing things in many different ways. This looks to be quite an intriguing game and probably one we’ll keep tabs on here at Zen And Games.
