Balloons of Paradise is a cozy, relaxing game where you play as a little penguin, who is now old enough to fly a hot air balloon on your own! With this change in age comes a change in responsibility as well – you now are tasked with helping various people around the world, possibly as an excuse to take to the sky!
There are lots of other creatures in Balloons of Paradise, all with their own personalities. You are able to talk to them to see if they want some sort of help. Some have various jobs that you are able to help out with, others want you to do tasks that might be simple for you – like walking an item a few feet away – but would be hard for them as they might be snowman without legs. Either way, you are a helpful penguin, sometimes even rewarded with hats to wear.
Along with moving around the various flatlands in Balloons of Paradise, you will also find quests that have you going a bit further afield. The movement of the hot air balloon is quite interesting. I did play an early build at Pocket Gamer Connects Barcelona, where the developer explained that they were making improvements to the way that the balloon did work. In the build I got my hands on, you needed to follow wind currants, going up or down in the sky, so that you can be blasted to wherever you were aiming to go.
This was a slow and steady progress, where you would need to wait it out and make sure that you make the minor tweaks to see where you are going. This is meant to be a more relaxing way of doing things, which was interesting to say the least, but I often found myself wanting a bit more to do out of it!
Currently, Balloons of Paradise don’t have a release date, but you can follow the developer’s website for more information.
