Description:
Gravity Bone is a freeware first-person adventure video game developed by Brendon Chung under his studio, Blendo Games, and released in August 2008. The game employs a modified version of id Softwares id Tech 2 engine???originally used for Quake 2???and incorporates music from films by director Wong Kar-wai, which were originally performed by Xavier Cugat. Four incarnations of the game were produced during its one-year development; the first featured more common first-person shooter elements than the released version. Subsequent versions shifted in a new direction, with the inclusion of more spy-oriented gameplay. Gravity Bone received critical acclaim from video game journalists. It was called a pleasure to experience by Charles Onyett from IGN, and received comparisons to games such as Team Fortress 2 and Portal. The game was praised for its cohesive story, atmosphere and its ability to catch the players interest over a very short time span without feeling rushed or incomplete. It received the Best Arthouse Game award in Game Tunnels Special Awards of 2008. A sequel, Thirty Flights of Loving, was released in 2012.
