Sténopé
A downloadable game for Windows, macOS, and Linux
/!\ This game is strongly not recommanded for anyone with epilepsy or photosensibility issues /!\
This is an experimental game, it takes around 5 minutes to complete.
A "sténopé" is the french name for a Pinhole camera : it's the simpliest photograpic device where the light go through a tiny hole, then is projects into a chemical sheet on the other side of a black box. The picture is revealed during a chemical reaction. The sténopé can capture an image with a close to infinite depth of field. The device was (presumably) invented by Ibn al-Haytham.
Credits :
“Camera Obscura”
Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler & Thierry Onillon
“Harmonic Overtone Meditation”
Steve Balsamo
English version of the text :
"He was sitting there, the blind."
"We could see, but not him."
"And, in the box made of skull, nothing!"
"Or almost."
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Of the pros. Incredibly atmospheric voice acting. You can pause it.
To play, you need a working space bar.
It's just a blinking screen simulator with music.
If they ask me what art house is for me in games, I'll show them that.
I really wanted to let you know how I am feeling after playing this, I guess it would be a way for me to share it with you, as some form of retribution. I can’t, this feeling is pretty much undescribable other than by this weird meta comentary. This was amazing, congratulations, I am happy to be alive in this age and be able to experience this.
Thanks =)
Thanks a lot for your comment and the time you put to test it, I'm glad you find the experience interresting !
Very interesting experience, was honestly expecting it to be a horror game. Especially with it telling me to get close and turn of the lights. But yeah, very interesting, definitelynot for people with epilepsy
Thanks for the comment and for taking time to test it! Indeed now I see how the art and tuto can make you think of a horror experience ^^