{"id":264794,"date":"2021-03-04T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/before-your-eyes-is-an-afterlife-adventure-game-that-you-control-by-blinking\/"},"modified":"2021-03-04T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T12:00:00","slug":"before-your-eyes-is-an-afterlife-adventure-game-that-you-control-by-blinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbsgame.com\/before-your-eyes-is-an-afterlife-adventure-game-that-you-control-by-blinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Your Eyes is an afterlife adventure game that you control by blinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"your-real-world-webcam-will-keep-watch-as-you-drift-through-memories-of-a-life-once-lived-in-this-experimental-story-game\">Your real-world webcam will keep watch as you drift through memories of &#8216;a life once lived&#8217; in this experimental story game<\/h2> <p>In the narrative adventure <em>Before Your Eyes<\/em>, each and every blink matters. Literally! GoodbyeWorld Games and Skybound Games are pitching it as an &#8220;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1082430\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">interactive afterlife played with your eyes<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p> <p><\/iframe><\/p> <p>As the instantly-bittersweet-looking story unfolds, the game can detect your blinking in real life, using an actual webcam, and that&#8217;s how you&#8217;ll move forward through scattered scenes of a life well-lived.<\/p> <p>The concept behind <em>Before Your Eyes<\/em> has been kicking around for years &ndash; &#8220;for the better part of a decade,&#8221; according to game director and composer Oliver Lewin &ndash; and it can be traced to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/igf.com\/close-your\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><em>Close Your<\/em><\/a>, which won the Independent Games Festival Best Student Game award in 2015. Now it&#8217;s back as a fleshed-out commercial project with a more distinct art style, and it&#8217;s ready for a wider audience.<\/p> <p>Between the life-reflecting premise and the trailer footage showing kittens and a funeral service, I&#8217;m expecting a full-on tearjerker. 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