The aim, in every level, is to get every shape to a portal once they’re all in place, they’re zapped to the next level. Some are devious, some cantankerous, some mildly evil, but most are pleasant characters reacting with mild bemusement to their newfound consciousness. One shape can float on water, one acts as a bouncy trampoline smaller, nimbler rectangles can be stacked to create staircases for larger, more ungainly ones, many of whom have complexes about their size. You begin the game with a single red jumping quadrangle – Thomas – and pick up friends along the way, all of whom are different personalities with different abilities. Each of its ten chapters begins with a fictional quote or two from newspapers, spokespeople and commentators at the time of the Event, but the narrative texture comes from the internal monologues of the cast of jumping rectangles as they navigate their way through minimalist, geometric levels. Narrated by Danny Wallace and made by Mike Bithell, Thomas Was Alone tells the story of the emergence of the first self-aware artificial intelligence. Chuckle along to Danny Wallace's narration.Coming to PS3 and Vita after a successful launch on PC last year, Thomas Was Alone is one of the first fruits of Sony’s renewed courtship of independent developers.Immerse yourself in David Housden's critically acclaimed procedural score.
Jump over rectangles meticulously placed by Mike Bithell. Listen to awesome music by David Housden. Guide a group of rectangles through a series of obstacles, using their different skills together to get to the end of each environment. Thomas Was Alone is an indie minimalist 2D platformer about friendship and jumping and floating and anti-gravity. Thomas Was Alone, and then, Well, he Wasn't.
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