About This Game Taking the form of wacky shenanigans and a first-person experience of a bad trip, Californium pays homage to sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick (Blade Runner, Minority Report, Total Recall, The Man in the High Castle, etc.) by transporting you into the life of a writer who is searching for his own identity. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ? Berkeley, 1967. Experience the perils of coming down off acid, a post-breakup bout of depression, and the anguish of a dying career: Welcome to the life of Elvin Green, a science fiction writer in deep distress. Get ready for a sensory trip that will derail your sense of reality and replace it with powerful hallucinations. You spend your time and money on drugs and cheap alcohol, and are plagued by insomnia and struggles with blank page syndrome. Vague memories of your wife Thea and your editor Don bleed into each other. Everything you thought was real starts to crumble. It would be so simple to give in to the promises of alternate realities, each one more attractive than the next… Will you let these ever-present voices take control of your mind? Californium plunges you into a psychedelic world, leaving you searching for glitches in the matrix. Darjeeling, Nova Production and ARTE France are proud to present this downright love letter to the world of Philip K. Dick. Experience counterintuitive art direction by Olivier Bonhomme (Homo Machina), an exhilarating soundtrack by Xavier Thiry, and an incredible performance by actor Paul Bandey in the part of the mysterious Theta. 7aa9394dea Title: CaliforniumGenre: Adventure, IndieDeveloper:Darjeeling, Nova Production, ARTE FrancePublisher:ARTE FranceRelease Date: 17 Feb, 2016 Californium Download Direct californium isotopes notation. californium atomic number. californium uses in medicine. californium 5 common uses. californium book. californium vs diamond. californium download. californium 252 price. californium location on periodic table. pinnacle californium 1 2019. californium isotopes masses. californium atom. californium hydroxide. californium lanthanide or actinide. californium value. californium found in nature. californium facts. californium trichloride. californium metal detectors. californium group number. californium gram price. californium 252. what are californium isotopes used for. californium 252 cost. californium physical properties. californium weapon. californium radioactive. californium name origin. californium neutron flux multiplier. californium neutrons. californium gameplay. californium valence electrons. californium uses list. californium android studio. californium resource directory. californium adalah. californium maven. california voice. californium uses in cancer. californium uses and applications. californium hazards. californium uses and facts. californium where is it found. californium atomic mass. californium group name. kaliforniyum ne işe yarar. californium supply co. californium dangers. californium uses in society. californium kaufen. californium family members. californium vs uranium. californium family. californium uses. californium game pc requirements. californium 252 uses. californium 253. californium hindi translate. californium coin. californium game. californium 1. californium is used for. californium decay chain. californium element key. californium reaction. californium in hindi. californium java maven. californium kosten. californium what is it used for. californium api. element 98 californium. californium element. californium means hindi. californium jar file. californium element price. californium periodic table. californium compounds. californium ring. californium properties. californium hindi. californium core. californium information. californium electron configuration Actually, on third play this game is fun and unique! I'm so glad I bought it. It's rewarding.. Requested a refund because it is tedious looking for sigils - especially with the low framerate on a late 2013 MacBook Pro.. If you love Philip K.♥♥♥♥♥♥ then you will almost certainly love this game. Likewise, if you are into psychedelic culture, you'll appreciate this game. If you like story-driven games, then you'll probably enjoy this game. If none of the three previous traits describe you, then you will most likely find this game very strange and it probably won't hook you.Californium could be best described as a Philip K.♥♥♥♥♥♥inspired short story presented in the form of an abstract puzzle-type game. The gameplay itself is not compelling enough to stand on its own, and the puzzles, while abstract and difficult at first, become easier as you figure out the game's patterns. However, this is a game that you play for the story and the atmosphere, so the gameplay itself serves mostly as a vehicle here. I suspect that most of the negative reviews are from people expecting a challenging puzzle game, which this game certainly is not.However, the atmosphere and story are extremely well done. It's a great homage to a great writer.. This game takes inspiration for its setting and themes from the books of Philip K.♥♥♥♥♥♥ sci-fi writer I'm a huge fan of. In the game you impersonate Elvis Green, a broke author near to mental collapse but somehow in contact with a super-entity (whose nature it's not clear: he may be a god, or an alien life form, or maybe a supertechnological device, who knows) named Theta. With his help you'll have to peel off, quite literally, the strata of reality to find the real world which lies beneath. The game is a sort of a puzzle game: every time you'll have to look for the hidden symbols which, once found, will permit you to scratch off the illusory reality. Now, coming to my opinion of the game, I find it terribly boring. The mechanism is repeated for all the game long, and becomes more boring and also annoying as you progress because the symbols are harder to find, being visible only from an extremely precise spot/angolation. The characters you meet are quite useless, as you just have to listen to what they have to say without any possibility to interact with them. And for the world to explore it's more of the same: you just have to stick to the path designed, following a very rigid order of actions. All this prevented me to getting involved in the game. The only thing which I appreciated is the art design, but even this it's not really original.All in all, a bad game.. Devs are French and yes, there are noticable English spelling and grammar errors throughout but not unplayable bad. And the English voice acting is on a much higher level than the localization/translation bits and bobs so if you are worried about things being lost in translation that's not an issue, for me at least. And if you have even a passing familiarity with PKD then you ought to be able to catch the little nods to his books because, well, they aren't so little nor subtle. It *is* interesting to see a French perspective on a somewhat contemporary popular American mind and world(s) though. For that alone I feel the game is worth it to me. But this game is MOST DEFINITELY not for everyone, and I would be very selective with whom I reccomend it to. Most PKD fans should find something valuable in the game. I make the assumption that most PKD readers will be less critical of writing and more interested in unique and original ideas in general, and this game is certainly that.The puzzle elements are a bit rudimentary and frustrating though, so there's that. It's hard for me to recomend it since I'm sure people will hate it, but I personally think it's interesting albeit bumpy. Yet the bumpiness sorta adds to the paranoia in a way, "is that a glitch or...?" And the rudimentary puzzles do get you to do what the devs intended and that is seeking other layers of reality, and this is done by getting you to scour the world for symbols (if you are familiar with the pigeon experiment in which it was fed at random intervals and the pigeon develops a sort of superstition about turning around a certain way or hopping on one foot in order to be fed--it's kinda like that). It's when you are at the point that you are looking for the final symbol in an area where you start to get the sensation of the crack fiend combing the carpet.EDIT:BTW, do not make the mistake I did on chapter two, going into the police station first before you get your migraine-junkie-shivers-whatever. You will get stuck and have to restart like I did just now. Had me baffled much longer than it should have. I finally finished this game. It was alright, quite an original experience. I dropped this for months because I was so annoyed by a bug at the end of chapter 3 that wouldnt let me finish the level without restarting it since the start. Game itself is good, levels are about to find hidden marks around your world, it never gets frustrating, still it's kinda challanging. I liked it really. Short psychologic story that is worth to be played imo. 7/10. Amazing art style, good voice acting, excellent vibe! worth the price!Recommended for people who want a different type of game to play.
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