lumen machina

what happens when we put a digital body through tan alchemical process?

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HOW2PLAY

Use the mouse & Click or hold RMB to interact with objects.

for intended experience, check 'windowed' and select resolution 1360 x 768 (other setups may cause issues with stage 2)

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ABOUT

this was made for game design studio 4 (2nd semester of year 2 of the ba.design(games) at rmit university naarm/melbourne au) while it was made for uni, it is still a project very close to my heart, so I consider it personal work as well.

the ongoing project/idea hopes to uncover the same lumen naturae identified by Pauli when studying alchemy though a psycho-physical lens. the project aims to rewrite this idea with modern tech as apparatus in performing a virtual alchemy- i.e. find the light of the machine or lumen machina.

this video greatly influenced my approach and may help you better understand alchemy in a psycho-spiritual frame

the development process was/is somewhat therapuetic and closely resembles the process that the game depicts; an challenge, made pure, refined, then exalted; shit into gold.

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MUSIC

'girl with red tattoos' by mons jacet was used under this license.

 I cut and pasted parts of the track here and there & used change speed/pitch in audacity. Upon request I can make this version available//take it down