Isle of the Dead
Les Produits Frais · 2019 · VR, Indie, Casual, Free to Play
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About Isle of the Dead
Isle of the Dead is a timeless journey, starting from an everyday apartment towards our final destination, guided by Charon, ferryman of the Underworld.
This VR experience is a loose recreation of the eponymous work painted in 1883 by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin. The famous masterpiece also inspired a symphonic poem by Rachmaninov, which makes a perfect soundtrack to accompany the experience.
Isle of the Dead is part of the collection « ARTE TRIPS », a series of immersive VR experiences that take you into masterpieces from 16th to 20th century by well-known painters.
• Best Story in VR at Venice Film Festival 2018
• Audience Award at Entrevues Belfort 2018
• Special Jury VR award at FilmGate Miami 2018
• Best Virtual Reality Short Film at China International New Media Short Film Festival
A VR experience directed by Benjamin Nuel
Written by Benjamin Nuel et Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
A coproduction Les Produits Frais, ARTE France.
With the participation of CNC – New Media Fund
Length: 8 minutes
This VR experience is a loose recreation of the eponymous work painted in 1883 by the Swiss symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin. The famous masterpiece also inspired a symphonic poem by Rachmaninov, which makes a perfect soundtrack to accompany the experience.
Isle of the Dead is part of the collection « ARTE TRIPS », a series of immersive VR experiences that take you into masterpieces from 16th to 20th century by well-known painters.
• Best Story in VR at Venice Film Festival 2018
• Audience Award at Entrevues Belfort 2018
• Special Jury VR award at FilmGate Miami 2018
• Best Virtual Reality Short Film at China International New Media Short Film Festival
A VR experience directed by Benjamin Nuel
Written by Benjamin Nuel et Clémence Madeleine-Perdrillat
A coproduction Les Produits Frais, ARTE France.
With the participation of CNC – New Media Fund
Length: 8 minutes
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Not worth the price. As much as I appreciate artistic games, there is no interaction in this one, it is absolutely terribly laggy/not optimized. On top of that, the textures were low-quality, the sound too quiet and too loud at different moments, there were no settings accessible, no instruction telling you there is no interaction so if you press a button the game stops. It would not have felt like a rip-off at least if it were free. Go try "Dreams of Dali" instead, it is free, and as an artistic VR game, thousands times better than this one.11 found this helpful
The VR art experience Isle of the Dead takes its point of referrence in the famous painting of the same name by the Swiss Symbolist painter Arnold Böcklin (1827–1901) combined with the symphonic poem of the same name by the russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) inspired by a black and white reproduction of said artwork. There isnt really much to say about it execept its a short journey that begins in a living room that starts falling into pieces and then sets you out on a boat trip reminescent to the mythos of the tale of charon (the ferryman) carrying you to your final destination on the isle of dead. Personally i allways liked the Böcklin painting and for that matter also likes some of Rachmaninoffs music so i think if any potential buyers has an interest in those two legendary artists this could very well be a good buy for them to make. Its well made and its nice to be inserted into a living version of Böcklins famous painting. The price is a bit steep though compared to the length of the experience as it only last around 10 minutes so i'd recommend picking it up in a sale..2 found this helpful
Unfortunatelly doesn't even start. Crashes with a timeout exception...1 found this helpful
It's a short film, which tries to be deep, but it doesn't actually have any depth or a captivating story. The only thing I would use it for is to show someone what virtual reality is, since you don't have to do anything and there are a few interesting effects.
goodbye
Looks good, but runs really badly on a radeon 5700XT. Also freezes and resets to the menu at random moments, so I haven't been able to finish the experience. Also uses an insane amount of memory (6+ GB), so that also may be a problem
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