Daniel Johnston’s iPhone Game Is Predictably Bizarre, Bizarrely Fun

Uber - twee musician , charmingly earnest lyricist , noted bipolar swell and unwitting iconDaniel Johnstonhas an iPhone app — a game , to be specific . The biggest surprise , aside from the fact that it exist , is that it ’s in reality pretty gravid .

Created with direct input — rafts of euphony , art and story advice — from the man himself , “ Hi , How Are You ” is a three-D , cubicle - shaded platformer with tilt controls . As with virtually everything Johnston has create in the last two decennium , it ’s surreal , a little childlike and tinge with spiritual imagery , but it ’s far from slapdash : Johnston ’s teamed with some serious developer to make a game that is authentically playable , even if it ’s often incomprehensible . Hi , How Are You is a clam , available now . [ iTunes ]

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