Standard Bits

An adventure of exploration, discovery and danger in a strange ultra-pixelated land -- where you are but a single pixel

Standard Bits is a classic experimental indie game.

Exhibited at Indiecade, E3, and Gamma 256

Standard Bits by Mark Johns, another exponent of the Gamma 256 competition, presents a somewhat more traditional experience. The player takes the reins of a small dot on the screen and must maneuver it along several terrains with abstract shapes: varicolored rectangles, deadly projectiles, breathable fabrics and implausible architectures. In the case of Johns, the technical limits inspired a redefinition of the foundations of video games, a sort of evolution of the old Pong, but with a certain artistic ambition: each sector is a small work of art in pixels, with colors, rhythms and patterns of movement, a mad techno machine.

Rohrer and Johns did not disguise the graphic poverty of their games, but used it to achieve their visual objectives. Standard Bits explodes all pretense of having a plot to present its symphony of pure geometry dancing in space.

• Guido Pellegrini

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