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Oneiric Gardens
''Oneiric Gardens'' is a 2014 video game by Cicada Marionette, the pseudonym of independent video game developer Lilith Zone. Described as a game depicting a "series of chambers drawing from half-remembered spaces (and) feelings," ''Oneiric Gardens'' is open-ended adventure game in which the player explores surrealistic spaces. The game received positive attention from critics as a surrealistic work and led to Lilith's exhibition of the game and engagement in the Dutch contemporary art space through MAMA Rotterdam and Het Nieuwe Instituut. Gameplay ''Oneiric Gardens'' is an open-ended game in which the player explores a series of disjointed and surrealistic environments. The player uses the keyboard to traverse a series of rooms, and can interact with doors, objects and scenery. Doors lead between discontinuous and often contrasting environments, contributing to the dreamlike nature of the game. There is no end state to the game, and players are left to navigate the enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porpentine Charity Heartscape
Porpentine Charity Heartscape (born 1987) is a video game designer, new media artist, writer and curator based in Oakland, California. She is primarily a developer of hypertext games and interactive fiction mainly built using Twine (software), Twine. She has been awarded a Creative Capital grant, a Rhizome (organization), Rhizome.org commission, the Prix Net Art, and a Sundance Institute's New Frontier Story Lab Fellowship. Her work was included in the 2017 Whitney Biennial. She was an editor for freeindiegam.es, a curated collection of free, independently produced games. She was a columnist for online PC game, PC gaming magazine ''Rock, Paper, Shotgun''. Game design Porpentine's 2012 Twine game ''Howling Dogs'' incorporates themes of escapism, violence and religious experience, though she has stated that it should be open to interpretation. She created ''Howling Dogs'' shortly after she started hormone-replacement therapy in 2012, in only seven days, while staying in a friend' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |