![]() ![]() For every miniature basketball or windmill I found, there would also be a gigantic clam or an oversized pencil to shake up my perception of size within Louis’s world. While the daisies I would pluck from Louis’s farm came up to my giant’s waist, the paintbrush I found resting in a mop bucket fit perfectly to scale in my hand. Others helped Louis rebuild relationships with lost friends, and some served as a pick-me-up to remind Louis that despite his troubles, he’s not alone.įrom plots of fabric “grass” nailed into the hillside to stars and clouds dangling by thread from the sky, the miniature world of Ghost Giant feels like an arts and crafts project come to life, and the playful sense of scale had a charming way of contradicting itself. While rarely difficult, the solutions to many puzzles often yield simple, delightful results - some tasks helped Louis get a job done so that his family’s farm would survive. ![]() Other situations had me using my huge stature to do things like grabbing two clouds and rubbing them together to bring rain for crops. I’d pluck the roof off of a house in order to hunt for items or hidden collectibles, or I’d grab a crank and spin a house around so that I could listen to the conversations inside. However, instead of focusing on puzzles, Ghost Giant features interactivity within the environment.Įach level had me standing in a locked, central position looking down on the scene, so the majority of Ghost Giant required me to be a nosy (but benevolent) intruder into the lives of its characters. Ghost Giant explores these themes via the VR equivalent of a point-and-click adventure. While there are helpful adults around, what Louis needs is someone to help with the difficulties of facing loneliness, abandonment, and depression. Louis is a child on his own, struggling to keep his family farm running while his parents are absent. As his own personal Ghost Giant, I need to help bring happiness back into Louis’s life by helping him overcome one problem at a time. Born of his tears, I arose as a friend that only he can see, and whose size matched the size of Louis’ problems. Louis was a young boy carrying a heavy burden. WTF The benevolent destruction of entire neighborhoods. ![]() ![]() Getting By With A Big Help From My Friend ![]()
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