"The Night Journey" trailer

The Night Journey is a video game/art project based on the universal story of an individual mystic's journey toward enlightenment.

Visual inspiration for The Night Journey is drawn from the prior works of Bill Viola. Narrative inspiration comes from the lives and writings of great historical figures including: Rumi, the 13th century Islamic poet and mystic; Ryokan, the 18th century Zen Buddhist poet; St. John of the Cross, the 16th century Spanish mystic and poet; and Plotinus, the 3rd century philosopher. The interactive design attempts to evoke in the player's mind a sense of the archetypal journey of enlightenment through the "mechanics" of the game experience - i.e. the choices and actions of the player during the game.

The player's voyage through The Night Journey takes them through a poetic landscape, a space that has more reflective and spiritual qualities than geographical ones. The core mechanic in the game is the act of traveling and reflecting rather than reaching certain destinations - the trip along a path of enlightenment.

The game is being developed with video game technologies, but attempts to stretch the boundaries of what game experiences may communicate with its unique visual design, content and mechanics. The team has created a set of custom post-processing techniques for the 3D environment that evoke the sense of "explorable video," integrating the imagery of Bill Viola's prior work into the game world at both a technical and creative level.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Bill Viola
• Tracy Fullerton
• Game Innovation
• USC
• USC IMD
• Game

[rabideyemovement]

When it comes to video games, anything out of the ordinary and off the formula is good. It's no guarantee that it would sell well, but a decent number of people would be glad to own it.

It's a beautiful and original piece of work from what I can see.

[cardellacole1]

love the concept , i would like to know if there is a kind of platos cave that can be experienced in the supersensable world , like a magic eye picture but computer generated or some similar attempt

[rubedomondo]

@Shmupper just the idea that all interactive media has been shoehorned into a "video game", most likely.

[Shmupper]

You call this a video game/art project. Please explain what constitutes the game part. Thank you.

[Bejitasaya]

does anyone where to buy this game??

[gonetubing]

This reminds me of the film Begotten.

[xxPunkoftheUSAxx]

This, is what happens when you have been stuck in the middle of the baron forest at 12 AM with nothing but acid and heroin

[Camdavis11]

@Klaymator14

No. It sorta just dropped of the face of the earth.

I really hope it'll see release, but I doubt it.

[Klaymator14]

Did this ever get released?

[2WIREG]

what the hell is this....blair which 4