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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. 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