Have you ever ever learn Franz Kafka’s novella The Metamorphosis and thought, “I positive wish to strive being that miserable cockroach”? Nicely, Metamorphosis VRa digital actuality port of the 2020 indie recreation Metamorphosiscan kind of assist with that by letting you play as a cockroach.
Metamorphosis VR was developed by Black Solar Productions, a brand new studio that makes VR variations of 2D video games. It’ll be launched on Meta Quest 2 and Quest 3 on October 10 for $20.
This indie has an identical premise to Kafka’s most well-known work — no less than at first. It’s a few salesman named Gregor who wakes up one morning to seek out he’s been reworked right into a cockroach. Not like the story, the place Gregor is a huge cockroach who turns into a burden on his terrible household and society, game-Gregor is precise cockroach-sized and has to journey among the many world of bugs to save lots of his buddy.
This can be a platformer the place you journey underneath floorboards and in partitions to discover an entire world, however it’s additionally a philosophical, story-driven recreation with a number of endings that takes cues from a few of Kafka’s different works. The aforementioned buddy right here is Josef Okay., the lead of Kafka’s novel The Trial who’s arrested by mysterious, shady authorities company males for an unknown crime. So whereas Metamorphosis VR isn’t (fortunately) a full adaptation of The Metamorphosisit’s a celebration of the themes in Kafka’s works. You’ll see bugs working in a bland company setting and simply an indulgence within the absurd.
The visuals look unbelievable right here. They already did for the unique platformer, however now you get to see all of it from your individual perspective. You even have tiny cockroach legs that peek out on the edges of your view, so you’ll be able to actually really feel such as you’re skittering round.
