An Eye for Optical Theory 1666
Perfect Crime Games · 2023 · Adventure, Point & Click, Story Rich, Retro, Pixel Graphics
PC
Positive94% · 16
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About An Eye for Optical Theory 1666
Isaac Newton has been thinking on the topic of Optics, and planning a series of experiments. Will you help him conduct them?
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It is the plague year of 1666. Dear Isaac has been sent home from his Doctoral studies at Trinity College Cambridge back to Mother in Woolsthorpe Manor. Rainbows, prisms and reason have been his sole companions. It has been quite some time since he set foot outside, but of sound mind and body, he has made some significant progress towards solidifying the Corpuscular Theory of light. He will surely confirm his proofs... if he can just finish this morning's experiment - one that will surely prove no challenge at all to a determined man of Science.
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Based on a true experiment and featuring several of the writings found in Newton's infamous Waste Book of scientific data and philosophical musings - An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 is a point & click horror adventure game where the player must examine Isaac Newton's surroundings in his room at Woolsthorpe Manor and help guide Isaac to a breakthrough in the field of Optics. It is a short, linear, atmospheric, and narrative focused experience with a retro styled presentation.
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Some sequences feature flashing colours which could potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
This game features stylized depictions of gore and deals with themes of self harm, mental health, and Oxbridge.
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It is the plague year of 1666. Dear Isaac has been sent home from his Doctoral studies at Trinity College Cambridge back to Mother in Woolsthorpe Manor. Rainbows, prisms and reason have been his sole companions. It has been quite some time since he set foot outside, but of sound mind and body, he has made some significant progress towards solidifying the Corpuscular Theory of light. He will surely confirm his proofs... if he can just finish this morning's experiment - one that will surely prove no challenge at all to a determined man of Science.
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2356070/extras/peekandpoke2.png
Based on a true experiment and featuring several of the writings found in Newton's infamous Waste Book of scientific data and philosophical musings - An Eye for Optical Theory 1666 is a point & click horror adventure game where the player must examine Isaac Newton's surroundings in his room at Woolsthorpe Manor and help guide Isaac to a breakthrough in the field of Optics. It is a short, linear, atmospheric, and narrative focused experience with a retro styled presentation.
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- A good hour's worth of narrative driven tension, psychological horror, and humour
- Streamlined point & click puzzle solving gameplay
- Sir Isaac voiced by an AUTHENTIC DOCTOR OF SCIENCE from the REAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
- Over 100 lines of fully voiced dialogue
- Retro styled graphics and animations reminiscent of the ZX Spectrum
- Relive the golden age of the home microcomputer an 8-colour palette and chip synth soundtrack
- Dynamic soundtrack that responds to the growing sense of threat in the narrative
https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/2356070/extras/bottombit.gif
Some sequences feature flashing colours which could potentially trigger seizures for people with photosensitive epilepsy.
This game features stylized depictions of gore and deals with themes of self harm, mental health, and Oxbridge.
What Steam players say
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This was an enjoyably uncomfortable little game.3 found this helpful
this made me feel things in places i shouldnt be feeling things. namely, my eyeballholes writhed uncomfortably. please play this game.2 found this helpful
Bring forth the Spectrum; Brief and gory, go in blind; 'Tis gay, 'tis it not?1 found this helpful
I went into this expecting a quick horror game, this was not atmospheric, let alone interesting. All the game really does is tell you that isaac newton pokes his eye with a specific type of needle called a bodkin. Something he really did do and this didn't really expand upon in any meaningful way. Instead the game is more clicking objects with poorly delivered voice lines before you repeatedly stab newton in the eye over and over until the game crashes. It has rather cheerful steady blip bloop music that if anything makes this come across as more a satire and criticism of newton than anything else and even if that was all the intention with the extra gay joke thrown in there. I can't really see this as anything other than a guy wanted to do some visual storytelling in the style of faith and showed every visual on the steam page. While there's an argument for delivering the story to more people, you should still be capable of delivering the story through a unique creative method that adds to the story and atmosphere you're going for rather than show the story through archaic visuals while playing nothing music with a cheerful amateur voice actor with gay jokes shoved in. Almost ever…
very short, but interesting point & click title.
Isaac Newton was an odd chap! This game made me squirm and I loved it. 'Tis gay, is it not?
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