Extrospect

Take a minute and walk through the minds of the anonymous. Here you can peer into the thoughts and desires of those without names.

Extrospect is a short game about observing and connecting with peoples most private thoughts. Move through a calming and tranquil space as you interact with orbs containing responses from hundreds of anonymous writers. Each orb holds a unique message from an anonymous writer. THESE RESPONSES ARE UNFILTERED AND UNCENSORED.  Most are written from the users most secret self, words that are typically not uttered in public. This is a game to show you that we aren't alone, that we all share a common emotion, be it pain, pleasure, confusion and more.

OTHER NOTES:

The game runs on Windows 10 and Mac

ARTIST STATEMENT:

This game creates a mixed bag of emotions for me. I smile at the pleasant parts and cry when the heavy words hit. This short project has taught me a lot about the pain and pleasure many of us go through. We all need a chance to express are most inner thoughts and so I thought this was a good chance to express and visualise that.

CONTROLS:

W,A,S,D: Move the character

SHIFT: to run

SPACE BAR: to Jump

ESC: To exit the game

POST MORTEM:

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CREDITS:

Created & Designed by: Zachary Croslow

Twitter: @ZacCroslow

Programming by: Lanz Jordan

Twitter @LanzJordan

Music by: JackWinn

Special thanks:
Lee Mingwei, creator of "Writing the Unspoken."

Brendan Keogh

The Twitter community

The Reddit Community

Erika Verkaaik, creator of the game "BEAUTIFUL"

And all my friends and family on Facebook

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And a BIG THANK YOU to the anonymous users who took the time to write a response.
I Could not have made this without you all!