If it weren’t for a search mistake a few days back, I’d most likely have never stumbled across Gravity Ghost, the upcoming game from Ivy Games (also known as Erin Robinson). I’d also not have seen the other games on the site, all of which look like they’d be pretty fun to take for a spin. Anyway, GG is touted as a non-violent alternative where, according to the official site description:

“Gravity Ghost is a game to soothe your senses. There’s no killing. No dying. No way to fail. Just hours of blissing out to buttery-smooth gravity goodness…”

…which made me smile because all are things more games need in this era of run & shoot titles galore and plenty of players who no nothing but those. Games like GG are important because they open up the hobby to different types of gamers who may not desire to be head-shot kings and killer queens…

Naturally, the professional snark-meister in my head noted somewhat firmly that while the game indeed has no killing or dying, the main character IS in fact, a ghost. So she’s either died a happy death (too much cotton candy and ice cream at the county fair, perhaps?), or perhaps the game takes place in a blissful dream of some young girl who thinks she’s a ghost in that dream? Anyway, I gently rapped that inner curmudgeon on the head with a frozen burrito and he shut up right away.

GG also has a great professional voice cast that should make it a must-play for fans of these ladies and gents. Finally, in a super cool move by the developer, if you want to pre-order the game and do it directly from the GG site, you not only save $5, you’ll get TWO download codes – one for you and one to share with someone you think will like this a lot. Excellent. That alone makes this one a game I’d love to take for a spin just so I could pass along that second copy as a random gift.

I’ll keep this one on my radar and let you all know what’s up soon. It certainly looks like a calming winner of a sleeper hit, that’s for sure…