Good Game Get! Kometen

Kometen’s real charm lies not in in its beautiful water colored visuals, nor its superbly crafted and catchy background music. While both are charming in their own right, they’re really not the defining points when it comes to the iPhone game’s magic.



Kometen rules because it engages us in such a simple way with non-linear goals that promote the joy of flying through space, attaching our comet to the planetary pulls of Issac Newton’s famous law, and engaging with nothing but inanimate objects and isolation.



We naturally find it exhilarating to fly through space (the notion at least), collect things, and discover new places. All of this is possible in Kometen and no one is telling you what to do, how long you have to do it, and the consequences for not doing anything but fly around aimlessly so are non-existent.

Kometen confirms why we play games.

To escape.