FlOw
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| Developer(s) | thatgamecompany |
| Publisher(s) | Sony (PS3 version) |
| Designer(s) | Jenova Chen (PC version), Nicholas Clark (PS3 version) |
| Release date(s) | 2006-11-17 (PS3) |
| Genre(s) | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single Player |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation 3, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Windows |
| Media | PlayStation Network Platform download |
- The correct title of this article is flOw. The initial letter is shown capitalized due to technical restrictions.
flOw is a Flash game created by Jenova Chen and Nicholas Clark. The game involves the player guiding a tiny, worm-like microorganism through various depths of the ocean to eat other organisms. It is currently available both playable online and as a stand-alone download free of charge on Jenova Chen's website. A version for the PlayStation 3 has been announced which will be available for download from the PS3 online service at an unknown price. The PS3 version is being developed by thatgamecompany.
[edit] Gameplay and design
Both flOw's play structure and aesthetic design are simple and intuitive. The player begins the game as a small, white, worm-like microorganism on a bright, two-dimensional plane. Using the mouse, the player can guide the worm. Clicking and holding down on the left mouse button accelerates the speed of the worm. The objective of the game is to guide the worm to eat other microorganisms. While many of these microorganisms are defenseless, there are certain types of multicellular organisms that will attack the worm. To defeat these enemies, the player must guide the worm to eat the glowing cells that make up the bodies of the enemies. Different types of enemies have different ways of attacking the worm, so the player must determine a particular strategy to defeat each one.
Early on in the game, the worm swims in brighter, shallow waters. To progress to deeper waters (where more difficult enemies dwell) the worm must eat red microorganisms. Alternatively, blue microorganisms enable the player to backtrack.
There are currently two "levels" available to play. The first is the worm phase in which you evolve the player's avatar into a multi-segmented worm. If the worm defeats the last, worm-like enemy on the final bottom level, the worm floats to the top, is reborn as an infant "jellyfish" creature and the background screen changes from blue to orange. If the jellyfish replays all levels it will return to the surface and begin life again as a worm. However, currently there is a bug that renders some players, who defeat the boss in jellyfish mode, unable to return to the surface.
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