Review: Fly Guy

Fly Guy is a browser-based game created by Trevor Van Meter. 

just doing some copying in the sky hbu

The basic premise is that you are a middle-aged balding man in sensible clothes, evidently waiting for the bus, who just happens to be able to fly. Using the arrow keys, you navigate around the sky, interacting with different passersby (to do this, you just have to fly up to them and their action with activate). There are many different people and objects to interact with, and the higher you fly up the more interesting things get.

he got so tired waiting for the bus
he spontaneously learned how to fly

I love this game because it is so simplistic yet still so fun. Everything is in black-and-white so it isn't hard on the eyes, and the drawing style is very minimalist, which serves to make the player pay closer attention to what is happening rather than what they are looking at. The background music, ever-looping, does not get boring or tedious even after a long session of flying around because it is so relaxing and enjoyable.

The game is not win-lose (although there are some frustrating times when interacting with certain people or objects transport you back down to the bus stop!), and so you do not get stressed out when playing it like you would other games that have actual stakes. You are simply a balding man in a suit flying around and having a super time talking to people and and sitting in chairs with wings.

ok thanks floating guru man

I give this game an A for its relaxing nature and unique concept (not an A+ simply for all the times I got momentarily peeved when a sea monster ate me or something (you'll find out when you play)). If you ever feel like you need to wind down or calm yourself, I highly recommend playing this game, or even just running it in the background so you can sit and listen to the relaxing music.

You can play the game here.