Writer and designer Emily Short looks at storytelling techniques in Terry Cavanagh's unique indie games Don't Look Back and Judith to uncover "the methods by which a masterpiece will one day be written."
Emily Short: "Terry Cavanagh has written a game, Don't Look Back, recapitulating the journey of Orpheus to the underworld to retrieve his dead wife, Eurydice.
You know how it goes, I hope. Orpheus is the greatest musician in the world, but his gift does not protect him from misfortune. His beautiful young bride steps on a viper shortly after their wedding. (According to Ovid this is clumsiness; Vergil has her fleeing a would-be rapist.)"
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VRFocus - Earlier in the year indie developer Arnaud Baernhoft released the first installment of his Don’t Look Back horror series online with support for the Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset. The title was well received by the VR community, and now the developer has returned with the second entry, Don’t Look Back Chapter 2: The Fifth Door. A trailer for the experience can be seen below.
DDNet writes:
"It’s good to step away from the cinematic big budget titles that fill retail shelves in this modern era of the gaming industry and let a simple, yet creative little indie game take us away for a small while. Depending on skill levels, Don’t Look Back will only take about 30 minutes to complete, but it is a half hour of complete immersion that is hard to find in this day and age. If you’ve taken the plunge on the Ouya, there’s no reason not to freely download Don’t Look Back; you’ll be glad that you did."
