Abstract

Here is another post for my assessment: this time it's:

Abstraction:

Abstraction is an art form that doesn't want to be realistic, it wants to stand out, be different. The work produced in abstract may resemble some things but will have a lot of differences to it, or a lot of strange things in the game. An example of this art style in the new "Botanicula"game, as you can see in the picture, there are 5 main protagonists resembling a: leaf, feather, mushroom, poppy seed and a twig, yet the art style of the game is unusual, and the black creature on the right is unlike anything you've seen. 

Another game that uses abstract is the game "geometry wars", this game uses basic shapes to fill the game, nothing is remotely human, or remotely anything apart from a collective of shapes.

Designers use abstract to stand out from the crowd, but, abstract is rarely used in full video games. abstract is mostly used in mini-games, arcade games and early games.