‘Chill out’ with Zen Bound

By Nigel Wood, UK
for www.touchgen.com

Published: September 22, 2008

Secret Exit Ltd have announced their upcoming iPhone game Zen Bound. A game where the player’s goal is to wrap wooden sculptures with rope. The sees it as a unique chill game.

It is something to be enjoyed at a slow pace: a game where a high score is not the goal. Zen Bound is designed to challenge in a subtle way, it does not attack or force the player. There is also an element of self-reflection, for each of the sculptures is a representation of a state of mind or a human emotion.

We want the game to feel hand-made: we photographed materials and sampled rope sounds. Bass, strings, a metallic teapot and many others were recorded separately from live instruments for the musical score. We studied totem poles and Mexican wood sculptures for reference. Zen Bound is a game of stone, wood and rope; much effort was put into making them feel right.

A Youtube video of the game in action from the SDK build can be seen below:

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