Clay 'n' Rain brings an artistic touch to iPhone gaming

Roger Ebert took some heat when he said he didn't think video games count as an art form. Maybe he would concede though, that sometimes art forms are part of creating video games. Case in point: Clay 'n' Rain.

Clay 'n' Rain, is a fairly simple, straight-forward, accelerometer-based game: you angle the phone back and forth to place water droplets into pots, and growing the plants in the pots. Look a little closer though... Notice anything unusual about the elements of the game? The developers made all of the elements in the game out of clay first, then photographed them to be part of the game.

The amount of time and effort that went into this, is impressive. Here's hoping they can use some of those clay creations, in other, more daring iOS games.

Clay 'n' Rain in the App Store.