Might and Delight, an indie game studio based in Stockholm, has released a new teaser for their upcoming project Child of Cooper. Like a peek into a fragmented nightmare, the game’s tone is intriguingly unsettling.
In what the team behind the project calls “a visual narrative that challenges aspects of normative video game storytelling with fragmented memory at its core,” we expect Child of Cooper to stray far from traditional game mechanics in their VR-compatible first-person narrative.
In Child of Cooper, you relive the memory of a child in a narrative that does not wait for your actions in order to move forward. Players step into the game much like a child entering a grown-up world. Nothing will be given to you at any point and even how to maneuver the game will be left to the player (the explorer) to discover. The trailer further showcases the games surreal world, pacing and features the haunting and rapturous soundtrack once again beautifully crafted by Retro Family.
The studio’s previous projects have shown a unique approach to production design, with arresting results. Flat-shaded, noir styling brings a pervasively somber tone to their latest work too. It’s interesting to see how effective this will be in virtual reality, as it’s well understood that immersion-breaking ‘uncanny valley’ effects can be mitigated by adopting a more abstracted art design.
The game is the studio’s first foray into VR, and although exact release details have yet to be announced, Child of Cooper will also be playable on PC and MAC with a projected Steam release coming soon.
