What is it like being blind?
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to be blind, and wanted to try a VR experience, although it could never truly replicate it. My guess is a VR simulation would be similar to closing your eyes. You can never know what it would be like to be blind from birth, where everything is imagined from touch and sound.
But here’s a VR game that attempts to capture that world of imagination.
In Blind, you are…blind. In this VR title from indie game company Tiny Bull Studios, you can’t see a thing, and you have to find your way around using sound. And if that wasn’t challenging enough, you have to solve a mystery with some evil dude trying to get you.
That’s a killer premise for a video game, and especially a VR one.
Here’s the trailer and more info below.
MYSTERY AWAITS IN REVERBERATING DARKNESS WITH VR THRILLER BLIND, AVAILABLE NOW
In Blind, players awake as Jean, a young woman who finds herself in a strange room with a hazy memory and loss of sight. Led by the voice of the mysterious and unsettling Warden, the player uses echolocation to briefly reveal the outlines of objects, navigate the eerie mansion, solve puzzles and uncover the mystery of Jean’s past. Approaching the truth, however, Jean will be forced to confront her worst enemy – that which she does not, or will not, see.
“Point of view is integral to the first-person gaming experience, since players need to feel like they’re accurately observing and living in the world around their character,” said Matteo Lana, CEO of Tiny Bull Studios. “A lot of first-person games can operate on an ‘out of sight, out of mind’ approach to the environment, but this wasn’t the case for Blind. Since the fundamental core of our game is based on redefining the player’s sight, we focused on creating an environment where players really get to engage with and keep tabs on their surroundings, becoming familiar with the mansion as they would with their own home.”
Blind is available now digitally for $24.99 on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, HTC VIVE, and Open Source Virtual Reality. A retail version, published by Perp Games, will become available in Europe beginning Sept. 28, with a North American release date to follow shortly.
