Californium

released on Feb 17, 2016

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 by transporting you into the life of a writer who is searching for his own identity. Explore the worlds of Californium, a first person exploration game where you are a writer trapped into shifting realities. Will you find what’s behind the simulacra?


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pretty cool ride, albeit a very messy one, technically speaking, which is the main reason i'm marking it down... if it had been a more polished experience i'd be way more into it! alas

traveling alternate worlds by following fake graphical glitches is a neat idea, but it is somewhat marred by sometimes real graphical glitches (mostly z-fighting), although honestly it's rare that that happens and not too hard to differentiate the two

story of a writer trying to escape loss by hopping universes but just keeps making things worse

i guess this is heavily inspired by philip k dick, which is a famous author i've known about for a while but never actually read... given that i like what this game is doing, i would probably also dig the author, but who knows if i'll ever get to reading a book!!

doesnt work all too well, in more ways than one

i don't know about this one. it feels like such a slog to play, the performances are largely atrocious, the jokes are 90% whiffs, and it just isn't working for me at all.