Up There, from Veiled Games, a game that uses a red balloon as its fundamental element, tugs at the child's soul in all of us. Just what is it about red balloons--which have been featured in music, movies and children's books, and now electronic games--that fascinate us so?
Up There sits firmly in the genre of game that requires you to navigate your boat up a winding river, wend your space ship through a cave or a roll a ball through a series of obstacles. It's a common theme that is both easy and hard.
In this iteration, you must guide your red balloon skyward, while staying clear of obstacles on five levels: bookshelves, lumber, branches, clouds and stars.
What makes this game truly unique is its simple, yet elegant graphics and a soothing soundtrack. It's the kind of game that will put you into a meditative, Zen-like state, once you let yourself go with the flow.
It's on sale $0.99 now, at half the usual cost. If red balloons fascinate you as much as they do me, then play on.
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