Taucht ein in den first-person Nebel eines Science-Fiction-Autors, der 1967 in Berkeley zerfällt. Californium bietet eine Indie-Adventure-Simulation vom Abstieg Elvin Greens durch Acid-Comedown, Trennungsschmerz und Karrierepleite. Halluzinationen verzerren Erinnerungen an seine Frau und Lektorin, vermischen Realität mit verführerischen alternativen Welten inmitten von Drogen, Alkohol, Schlaflosigkeit und Schreibblockade.
Diese entspannte psychedelische Reise fordert Spieler heraus, Glitches in einer zerfallenden Matrix zu erkunden - inspiriert von Philip K. Dicks Visionen. Navigiert durch sensorische Verzerrungen und Identitätssuchen in einer Welt, wo Stimmen zur Kapitulation locken. Fans von geistverwirrenden Simulationen mit existenzieller Qual und realitätszerstörenden Erlebnissen werden den rohen, halluzinatorischen Kern zu schätzen wissen.
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.
