Folium: Blindside, a new “3D audio-only adventure game” for iOS via BoingBoing

Posted by LEAF Architect on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Folium: Blindside, a new “3D audio-only adventure game” for iOS via BoingBoing

Blindside is a best-selling game for iOS (iPhone, iPad) … with no graphics.

And that makes it awesome.

Here is the original tech demo, and if you got a pair of headphones I’d put them on!

Blindside is a “3D audio-only adventure game” where the entire narrative is played out through sound.

“BlindSide is an audio adventure game, set in a fully-immersive 3d world you’ll never see. Put on headphones, hold your iPhone, and face the direction you want to go. Listen as the world rotates around you and explore the darkness.

You play as Case, an assistant professor who wakes up blind, to find his city destroyed and mysterious creatures devouring people. Will you and your girlfriend be able to find your way without sight? How will you escape? Run for your life, save the girl, and uncover the mystery of the apocalypse–all in the dark!” BoingBoing via Blindside.

In high-school psychology class we would spend a few hours blindfolded and either a friend or a partner would lead you around the hallways navigating you around the building, and just that short experience was enough to change your perspective on how we use our senses.

With languages, we engage listening and speaking, reading and writing. The removal of just one of the senses makes learning languages all the more difficult to understand let alone master.