Californium Announced for Steam in Early 2016

Californium is a first person exploration game where you are a writer trapped into shifting realities. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra ? Explore the worlds of Californium.

Synopsis

Berkeley, 1967. You are Elvin Green, a writer whose career is not better than his sentimental life. Besides, the day starts badly : Thea, your wife, left you a break up letter. As for Eddy, your editor, he suggests an appointment : Science fiction, “nobody wants that”. Your world collapses.Too much acid ? Too many sleepless nights “married” to your typewriter ? The obsession to finish your ongoing novel ?Your brain perceives a signal, the Theta – which seems connected to your emotional state. There is a way, this world is unstable but you can extract yourself from it. And thus, you will enter the real world!You have nothing to lose …

And Also

Californium is inspired by the life and works of the american sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick. It is also part of a transmedia project with a documentary called “The Worlds of Philip K. Dick.”

Here are the new screenshots:

And, take a look at the official video:

[vimeo width=”600″ height=”400″]https://vimeo.com/141057075[/vimeo]

Californium is set to release in early 2016 for PC on Steam.

Source: Press Release

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