Gameartopia

Walking simulator with a psychedelic aspect, not bad to pass the time.

Gameartopia is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Gameartopia is a software application that shows a virtual art gallery... yeah, that's right. What's happening here is some guy ripped off a whole bunch of [i]other people's art[/i] and is trying to get famous on the backs of other, real artists. Pretty disgusting if you think about it. And it should go without saying (but here I am saying it)... virtual art galleries, especially ones with art ripped off from other people, are [b]not games.[/b] For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the pl…

The actual art gallery is interesting, and I wish the description for each art piece would be a bit more in depth (and also, translated in more languages). The process to unlock said art gallery, however, is pretty obnoxious.

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