When I start to verbalize what I was doing in my brief demo of Hohokum, I begin to sound like a cross between a babbling junkie and a Buddhist who’s just reached nirvana.
“I was soaring across the sky, weaving in and out of the clouds. I picked up these little elephant dudes, and let them ride upon my ever-growing back. I found these floating pockets of goop and had my newfound elephant buds drain their contents into their backpacks they were full. Finally, I swooped down into a giant vat, let the elephants pour their spoils in, and watched in peaceful bliss as the world evolved because of my actions.”
Yep, I don’t care if that last paragraph sounded like some barbiturate-fueled nonsense – I completely adored every second I spent with Hohokum. Writers often fall back on the trope that a game has to played in order to be understood, but to be completely honest, that’s how I feel about Hohokum. It’s a calming, meditative, freeing experience that has shades of the excellent PixelJunk Eden, but presented in world filled with colorful, Michel Gondrey-esque machinations. It's like playing the classic game Snake, but with a heaping dose of ambient, creative freedom at your disposal.
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