Canvas Promises a Psychic Journey With a Teddy Bear

Andy Chalk

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Canvas Promises a Psychic Journey With a Teddy Bear

Gamers with a jones for something a little different would do well to check out Canvas [http://www.canvasgame.com/], a recently-announced total conversion for Half-Life 2 about a young girl, the teddy bear she brought to life and their adventures through the paintings of a psychic art gallery.

There's not much I can tell you about Canvas at this point. It's a total conversion for Half-Life 2: Episode 2 that turns the game into a single-player, third-person perspective action-adventure telling the tale of Milena Desmaris and Borden, her psychically animated teddy bear. Living in a world in which psychic abilities are viewed as normal and artists create paintings that can not only be viewed but entered and explored, Milena goes on a journey into the painting world to discover more about herself, her father and her life.

That's not terribly helpful, is it? Neither is this trailer, but that doesn't stop it from being the most intriguing videogame teasers I've seen in a very long time. I don't know what's going on, but I want to know and I think that makes it a job well done. There's no word on when Canvas might be ready to launch but you better believe that I'll be waiting for it.

via: Rock, Paper, Shotgun [http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/06/15/canvas-teaser-is-sinister-awesome/]


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Chrono212

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Sign me up for the awesome that appears to be made of.

[sub]Also psychic powers...if that's going too.[/sub]
 

Tireseas_v1legacy

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Discussion at the office:

"Okay, who dropped the Acid? Also, whose been using that acid? There's less here than when I put it away last night..."
 

Andy Chalk

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See, this is my kind of thing. You can have your Halos and your Killzones and your Uncharteds, this is what keeps me coming back.
 

Medical

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They get indie/hipster cred for using Fantasy by the XX. Color me intrigued.

Song link here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ26_buhHfI
 
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[sub]whoa...[/sub]

I think we should just leave all the triple A games to the consoles and keep all the indies and mods for ourselves. Won't be that sad to lose them.
 

Arran Seaton

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Thanks firstly for the news post and coverage. We're very flattered to obtain this kind of attention :)

We'll do our best to keep you guys informed and updated, also we'll answer whatever questions you may have, within reason!