Review: I Wish I were the Moon

I wish I were the Moon, on Kongregate.
Edit: I wish I were the Moon (Redux) on Daniel Benmergui’s blog, Ludomancy!

Art video games aren’t all that common yet. Like film in the 70s, gaming as a medium for artists is only just recently becoming a possibility; the barriers of technical skill are slowly disappearing as people become more comfortable with computers and the technology to create these games becomes more common each day.

I wish I were the Moon is an adorable art game which is essentially a puzzle (though you could call it a toy), based on The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino. The game is a beautiful example of pixel art, uses magnificently simple interaction, and intelligently rewards players for curiosity.