The Indie Game Magazine August 2014 | Issue 40 | Page 10
has created visual landscapes around the files. The
landscape is supposed to reflect how important
each file is – the higher up something is, the more
important it is supposed to be. Each media file has
discussion forums attached to it – and you get points
for contributing to the investigation. But something
has gone wrong, in there. There was something in
those files that … got out, somehow … escaped, into
the Crowdscape system.
The media files are a mixture of found footage
film, documentary clips about space, journals,
emails, and documents. The levels were all
supposed to be normal landscapes, but something
has changed them …It’s a game of interpretation,
where the other players decide the value of your
contribution to the investigation. What happened?
Who killed Ingrid? What is Kathleen hiding? What is
the Signal?
IGM: I’m primarily a single-player gamer, so
I’m not all that fond of relying on the community
to progress my gameplay or story experiences. For
gamers like me, what’s the selling point for Cloud
Chamber?
Christian: You can easily go through it without
interacting wi