Islid
A downloadable landscape for macOS and Linux
A trip through a hypnagogic state.
Silent, but if you happen to have Morton Feldman* playing in the background, that works.
Instructions: click mouse button and hold to move. 'I' to invert colors, if you prefer.
Epilepsy warning: strobe effects. Although I recommend playing the game, here is a gameplay video.
Created with Unity3D and BlendMode plugin.
"It is a pure, abstract experience, and if I had to compare it to any traditional horror scenario, I have to wonder if it's similar to the feelings supposedly experienced during an alien abduction." - Michelle Ehrhardt, Kill Screen
Selected for the LeftField Collection at EGX Rezzed 2018. Also exhibited at solo and 3-person shows in Rockville, MD: Procedural Experience at VisArts (2017), and In Play, Flow, and Ritual at King Street Gallery (2018). It was a part of the group exhibition Art of Mind at Imurj in Raleigh, NC, in 2019.
* Originally this linked to another composition of his that was pulled offline.
Status | Prototype |
Platforms | macOS, Linux |
Rating | Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings) |
Author | Aaron Oldenburg |
Tags | 2D, Endless, hallucination, Procedural Generation, sleep, Top-Down |
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