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Experiment 12 is a Mental Indie Collaboration

by on July 30, 2013
 

Terry Cavanagh, of VVVVVV fame, has created a video game chain letter in the form of Experiment 12.

The game consists of 12 chapters, each a level designed by a different Indie dev over a three day period. Each was made subsequently, and each had to keep to, and tell, their chapter of the plot.

The game was spotted by CVG and is being distributed by a geocities address…

The full list of chapters, and designers, is below.

  • Chapter 1 – Terry Cavanagh (VVVVVV)
  • Chapter 2 – Ian Snyder (Captain Dan V Zombie Plan)
  • Chapter 3 – Jack King-Spooner (Blues For Mittavinda)
  • Chapter 4 – Zaratustra (Eversion)
  • Chapter 5 – Richard Perrin (Kairo)
  • Chapter 6 – Michael Brough (Helix)
  • Chapter 7 – Robert Yang (Zobeide)
  • Chapter 8 – Alan Hazelden (These Robotic Hearts of Mine)
  • Chapter 9 – Benn Powell (RGB)
  • Chapter 10 – Jake Clover (Not August)
  • Chapter 11 – Micheal “TheBlackMask” Lawrence (Dopterra)
  • Chapter 12 – Jasper Byrne (Lone Survivor)

How does it play? Strangely. I had a quick tinker with the first three chapters and I have to say, I’m suitably unsettled. Though right now Jack-King’s chapter appears a little less well-formed than the first two.

Oh well, back I go to try and make sense of it all. Let us know if you’ve given it a spin by commenting below.

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James Bowden

If writing ability was a flavour, I would be the warming embrace of apple and cinnamon - wonderfully familiar and pleasantly spiced. Ever the optimist, I spend most of my game time diligently failing at fighting games (BlazBlue and Persona 4 Arena being the preferred titles), Monster Hunter and Dark Souls. As you can surely ascertain from such preferences I'm a gamer at my most content when a title is punishing me, abusing my feeble abilities and forcing me to improve myself in order to overcome life affirming challenges. Feel free to question my opinions and such on Twitter, @Dalagonash, or find me on every gaming network available as Dalagonash.