Review - Over the Moonlight

I like strange indie games with weird mechanics and vague stories. The thing is, such games need to have some point to them. Over the Moonlight is a small, free to play game that is about making art… I think. Perhaps this was a tech demo or some school project, but the developer seems to have made a game but forgot to give it any point at all.


The gameplay of Over the Moonlight is very simple. The player finds an island with some plants and a blank white screen. You pick up the plants, draw something (literally anything) on the screen, and then get on a boat and go to another island. That’s it. There’s no grand goal or even any form of puzzle involved. In essence, Over the Moonlight is a rudimentary MS Paint with a ridiculously over the top user interface.
Honestly, there’s not much more to say. You paint and then have a strange encounter with the moon and the game closes itself. There could be something about art allowing one to progress from one spot in life to the next or how creation has more effect then the just a new work of art, but I literally just made those up. I enjoyed making those up. That was more engaging then the game itself. Anyway….


I only actually wrote a review of this because I played the game with the express purpose of reviewing it. It’s not a long review because there is almost nothing to review. The game takes about thirty minutes (assuming you figure out that you have to right click the boat) and has no purpose to it. Based on the other work from the developer, I’m guessing that this is just a game that was made for sake of learning to make games. Fair do’s if that’s the case, but Over the Moonlight really isn’t worth the time it takes to play it.

IronEqual, Over The Moonlight. IronEqual, Sept 10, 2017.

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