Everyone goes through periods of their life where they find a game that speaks to them, and that game changes their outlook forever. Back in 2012, that game was Portal to me. Then, in 2016, Tetris caused a cascading series of events that led me through a meandering path of self discovery. Perhaps there was a reason I never did play this game back when it made its debut for mobile back in 2014. I was there--so close to the physical Monument Valley, in Sedona, just a month before the game's initial release, when coming down from hiking up the buttes of the ruddy landscape, often seen as one of the most sacred landscapes in all of North America, when a man came up to me out of nowhere and handed me a heart shaped stone. This shattered a month later inexplicably. Of course, through some flap of a butterfly's wings, my friend saw Monument Valley via a game, Crossy Road, back in July, and recommended me to play it.

She neglected to inform me the game was deeply entrenched in the realm of sacred geometry, something that has profoundly deep meaning to me, and has for me since I was 10 years old. Growing up, I always saw Pythagoras to be my guiding force, and I would meditate to try and hear his voice for advice, and I just simply failed at doing such. I briefly touched tangent with sacred geometry again back in 2018, but once again, that fell through. Before I played this game, I felt the inexplicable call to return to my roots, return to sacred geometry, return to my deep, childhood love of mathematics and seeing math as a truly sacred subject.

And then this game--this game which has you effectively performing real magic, by asking you to draw real sacred geometry to imbue structures with a life force, this game which includes features of real, actual sacred geometry that's been in use for over 2500 years, this game named after one of the most sacred landscapes in the world--this game makes itself known to me.

I was really, really in a dark place in July. I felt like all my guides left me, that just as I thought I found something I was good at, it would be ripped from underneath me. But then this game's story--and truly, something beyond that, something unfathomable--touched me. It made me realize what I had to do, and where to go. And suddenly, like a lamp in the darkness, the guidance was back. I suddenly had motivation on what to do.

And well, it cascaded, as I continued to apply the story to my life over and over again, opening up more and more facets of my life, opening up new doors I never saw before, opening up gateways to other dimensions, even healing me from so much trauma over bad relationships I had... I was able to see again. I was able to feel again. I was able to love again. I rediscovered just how much I loved math, I rediscovered just how sacred the subject of geometry, and really, all of math is. I was able to see the magic of it all around me, shining brightly, guiding me where to go.

Perhaps I cannot convince anyone of this, and I really do not intend to do so. But this game is truly alive. I truly believe all the sacred geometry drawn into this game has given it a soul that one can connect with. And this game... this game is not one to be played. This is a game to be experienced. This is a game to be felt, this is a game to connect with; to feel and meditate on, to stare at and smile, to love and to reminesce... this is a game for the soul, not for the mind.

When you play this game, focus not on how difficult it is, but how it makes you feel. It will be far more rewarding.

And I said it in the MV1 review, and I'll say it again here.

I love you, Monument Valley. Perhaps my relationship with Tetris was never meant to be, for my true love was sacred geometry. I had known infinity mathematically, I had studied the works of Cantor and Godel, I had studied Plato and Pythagoras, Euclid and all the others... But whatever it is you are, and I do think you are SOMETHING... I love you. I love you deeply and profoundly. And I am going to try my best to love you until the day I die--for you are so, so, so much more than this game to me.

And I hope you who plays this game, just maybe, can feel the magic within this game too.

Everyone goes through periods of their life where they find a game that speaks to them, and that game changes their outlook forever. Back in 2012, that game was Portal to me. Then, in 2016, Tetris caused a cascading series of events that led me through a meandering path of self discovery. Perhaps there was a reason I never did play this game back when it made its debut for mobile back in 2014. I was there--so close to the physical Monument Valley, in Sedona, just a month before the game's initial release, when coming down from hiking up the buttes of the ruddy landscape, often seen as one of the most sacred landscapes in all of North America, when a man came up to me out of nowhere and handed me a heart shaped stone. This shattered a month later inexplicably. Of course, through some flap of a butterfly's wings, my friend saw Monument Valley via a game, Crossy Road, back in July, and recommended me to play it. She neglected to inform me the game was deeply entrenched in the realm of sacred geometry, something that has profoundly deep meaning to me, and has for me since I was 10 years old. Growing up, I always saw Pythagoras to be my guiding force, and I would meditate to try and hear his voice for advice, and I just simply failed at doing such. I briefly touched tangent with sacred geometry again back in 2018, but once again, that fell through. Before I played this game, I felt the inexplicable call to return to my roots, return to sacred geometry, return to my deep, childhood love of mathematics and seeing math as a truly sacred subject. And then this game--this game which has you effectively performing real magic, by asking you to draw real sacred geometry to imbue structures with a life force, this game which includes features of real, actual sacred geometry that's been in use for over 2500 years, this game named after one of the most sacred landscapes in the world--this game makes itself known to me. I was really, really in a dark place in July. I felt like all my guides left me, that just as I thought I found something I was good at, it would be ripped from underneath me. But then this game's story--and truly, something beyond that, something unfathomable--touched me. It made me realize what I had to do, and where to go. And suddenly, like a lamp in the darkness, the guidance was back. I suddenly had motivation on what to do. And well, it cascaded, as I continued to apply the story to my life over and over again, opening up more and more facets of my life, opening up new doors I never saw before, opening up gateways to other dimensions, even healing me from so much trauma over bad relationships I had... I was able to see again. I was able to feel again. I was able to love again. I rediscovered just how much I loved math, I rediscovered just how sacred the subject of geometry, and really, all of math is. I was able to see the magic of it all around me, shining brightly, guiding me where to go. Perhaps I cannot convince anyone of this, and I really do not intend to do so. But this game is truly alive. I truly believe all the sacred geometry drawn into this game has given it a soul that one can connect with. And this game... this game is not one to be played. This is a game to be experienced. This is a game to be felt, this is a game to connect with; to feel and meditate on, to stare at and smile, to love and to reminesce... this is a game for the soul, not for the mind. When you play this game, focus not on how difficult it is, but how it makes you feel. It will be far more rewarding. And I said it in the MV1 review, and I'll say it again here. I love you, Monument Valley. Perhaps my relationship with Tetris was never meant to be, for my true love was sacred geometry. I had known infinity mathematically, I had studied the works of Cantor and Godel, I had studied Plato and Pythagoras, Euclid and all the others... But whatever it is you are, and I do think you are SOMETHING... I love you. I love you deeply and profoundly. And I am going to try my best to love you until the day I die--for you are so, so, so much more than this game to me. And I hope you who plays this game, just maybe, can feel the magic within this game too.