A downloadable haptic essay for Windows, macOS, and Linux

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"Although the object appears to be solid,
its faces have no thickness. The observer is free to
move arbitrarily close to a face, or through it,
in which case the inside surface would be seen"

OUT OF BOUNDS

an interactive essay about the history of
flight training simulators, video game engines and
play outside of the boundaries of binary worlds.

๐Ÿ”ฎ . . . Voiced and subtitled
๐Ÿ”ฎ . . . Around 14 minutes in length

Support this project at $4 or above to receive:


๐Ÿ”ฎ . . . Recording of the original performance
๐Ÿ”ฎ . . . Music track recorded live on a KORG MS-10 synthesizer
๐Ÿ”ฎ. . . PDF copy of the script, including extended cut sections
๐Ÿ”ฎ. . . Source code (Godot 4) and 3D models



CONTROLS

Controller or Flight Stick recommended

Turn . . . . . . . . . . WASD / Left Stick

Play/Pause Narration . . . . . SPACE / Gamepad Select

Click on the timeline at the bottom of the game view to
rewind or skip to a section




Originally made and recorded as a performance
for the Queer Games Bundle event at the
Visuals Studies Workshop Spring Salon, 2023

Made possible through the support of the Queer Games Bundle ๐Ÿ’œ

StatusIn development
CategoryOther
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Release date Jun 01, 2023
Rating
Rated 4.6 out of 5 stars
(8 total ratings)
Authorspiders
GenreSimulation
Made withBlender, FL Studio, Audacity, Godot, GIMP
Tags3D, Doom, First-Person, Flight, Narrative, Sci-fi, Singleplayer, sourcecode, weird
Average sessionAbout a half-hour
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller, Gamepad (any), Joystick, Playstation controller
AccessibilitySubtitles, One button

Download

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Click download now to get access to the following files:

Out of Bounds (Win) 50 MB
Out of Bounds (Mac) 76 MB
Out of Bounds (Linux) 50 MB
Extra: Soundtrack 21 MB
if you pay $4 USD or more
Extra: Extended script 72 kB
if you pay $4 USD or more
Extra: VSW performance recording 148 MB
if you pay $4 USD or more
Extra: Source Code and Assets 31 MB
if you pay $4 USD or more

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what?! Loved it!

this owns

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Hey! Just updated the game with the final release version, check out my post for more info if you like โœจ https://spiderzone.itch.io/out-of-bounds/devlog/544795/out-of-bounds-full-release

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๐Ÿ‘€ 

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Finally got round to plugging in my joystick and playing this. Love it a lot. It's like a list of things I would give for GT sekret santa: flightstick, shiny graphics, 3d scanned models, bumpy glass, essay film narrator, clipping...

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hell yeah!!!!!!!!!

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