Desert Mothers

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A meditative, multiplayer VR (and non-VR) experience in a procedurally-generated desert environment that responds emotionally to each player’s individual actions. Players start in the same environment, but this begins to diverge for each as their personal landscape, composed of individualized weather and hallucinations, reacts to the player. The constraints within which they interact are discovered during play, and revolve around the body, simulated breath, drawing in the air, and out-of-body exploration of flora, fauna, and abandoned human habitations. Meditate, draw, breathe, and watch the environment change in responseListen to an abstracted audioscapePlay the game with others online or solo, in virtual reality (Oculus Rift or GearVR), or with a gamepad if you don't have VRExplore abandoned structures or view the perspective of the world from nearby flora and faunaCommunicate gesturally with other players Platforms: Virtual reality requires Windows version with Oculus Rift and Touch controllers. Non-VR version requires a controller. XBoxOne/360 works for Win/Mac, but I've found that only PS4 controller works on Linux, but that could be just how my systems' drivers are set up. GearVR version is an experimental extra. It requires a bluetooth gamepad, not the GearVR controller. I’ve only tested with GameSir. One purchase should allow you to put the game on multiple computers. Sign up for the mailing list for a reminder when it's released.

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