''Imagination Is the Only Escape'' is an unreleased

video game Video games, also known as computer games, are electronic games that involves interaction with a user interface or input device such as a joystick, controller, keyboard, or motion sensing device to generate visual feedback. This fee ...

Luc Bernard Luc Bernard is a British game designer and artist best known for creating the video games '' Death Tales'', ''Eternity's Child'', ''Mecho Wars'', '' Desert Ashes'', '' Plague Road'', '' Pocket God vs Desert Ashes'' and '' SteamPirates''. He is ...

. It was developed for the

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. Set in

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, ''Imagination Is The Only Escape'' is an educational title aiming to teach children about

The Holocaust The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; a ...

Development

In 2013, Bernard started an Indiegogo drive for ''Imagination Is the Only Escape'', a game he began developing in 2008. As of September 4, 2013 it had reached $1,704 of its $125,000 goal. In 2021 another Crowdfunder for the game appeared on Indiegogo receiving $5,055 out of a $125,000 goal in funding.

Controversy

''Imagination'' has courted controversy for its dark setting and subject matter. Nintendo of America has stated that they have no plans to release the game. Bernard claims that the company is afraid of the game's subject matter, but believes Nintendo of Europe will not block its release.

References

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