{"id":138906,"date":"2025-09-18T14:21:30","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:21:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:21:30","slug":"before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Before Your Eyes Is An Emotional Adventure Game You Control By Blinking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" alt=\"\" typeof=\"Image\" class=\"image-style-body-default\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><span><span>Before Your Eyes is a unique narrative adventure that you control by blinking your eyes.\u00a0Yes, as in with your actual eyeballs. You&#8217;re probably asking yourself &#8220;How the heck does that work?&#8221; Read on to find out what this eye-catching indie title\u00a0has in store.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>The game is described as a \u201cpersonal tale of self-discovery\u201d as players embark on a journey guided by The Ferryman, a feline (or canine?) boat captain who shepherds departed souls to the afterlife. The debut trailer shows off various stages in one\u2019s life, such as playing games with loved ones, traveling to other countries, and, eventually, death. To relive these memories, players must physically blink\u00a0and those movements are detected by your webcam and registered as inputs.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/04\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch embedded media<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Blinking can move time forward by a few days or a few years. Certain interactions are also triggered by blinking, shown in the trailer when the Ferryman instructs players to blink over his hand or when viewing a photo album. The idea is that life is literally flashing before your eyes, and I can\u2019t think of a more immersive and organic method of getting that point across.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Before Your Eyes is the debut title by GoodbyeWorld Games, and was born from a 2014 prototype called Close Your, which won an Indiecade Developer\u2019s Choice Award. The project is the brainchild of Will Hellwarth, founder and director at GoodbyeWorld Games. He and his team have spent the last several years expanding the intriguing premise into a full-fledged title, with Skybound Games of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2018\/10\/06\/skybound-games-finishing-telltales-the-walking-dead\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walking Dead<\/a>\u00a0fame handling publishing duties.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve been working on this game since college\u2014for the better part of a decade\u2014so it\u2019s really the definition of a labor of love,\u201d said Oliver Lewin, game director and composer.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>If you want to know what it\u2019s like to control a game using your peepers, keep a lookout for Before Your Eyes when it launches for PC via Steam on April 8. Meanwhile, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/02\/09\/the-callisto-protocols-striking-distance-studios-partners-up-with-the-walking-deads\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> to learn about Skybound&#8217;s recent partnership on upcoming horror game, The Callisto Protocol.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>What do you think of Before Your Eyes&#8217; inventive approach to storytelling? Let us know in the comments!\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gameinformer.com\/2021\/03\/04\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before Your Eyes is a unique narrative adventure that you control by blinking your eyes.\u00a0Yes, as in with your actual eyeballs. You&#8217;re probably asking yourself &#8220;How the heck does that work?&#8221; Read on to find out what this eye-catching indie title\u00a0has in store.\u00a0 The game is described as a \u201cpersonal tale of self-discovery\u201d as players embark on a journey guided by The Ferryman, a feline (or canine?) boat captain who shepherds departed souls to the afterlife. The debut trailer shows off various stages in one\u2019s life, such as playing games with loved ones, traveling to other countries, and, eventually, death. To relive these memories, players must physically blink\u00a0and those movements are detected by your webcam and registered as inputs.\u00a0 Click here to watch embedded media&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/before-your-eyes-is-an-emotional-adventure-game-you-control-by-blinking\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":138907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-informer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Before Your Eyes Is An Emotional Adventure Game You Control By Blinking | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Before Your Eyes is a unique narrative adventure that you control by blinking your eyes.\u00a0Yes, as in with your actual eyeballs. 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