Those awkward silent moments that linger between conversations, when you’re meeting new people in restaurants or cafes, waiting for food. Your mind looks for distractions. Your thoughts are running wild.
Persona Theory Games wants you not only to experience this discomfort, but also to understand its purpose through their latest game cabareta dark fantasy folklore visual novel based on Southeast Asian culture and myths.
It may seem easy to just click through the entirety cabaret, but players must find patience within themselves as they progress through the game. The intentionally slow pace of the game forces the player to think and immerse themselves in the experience while allowing the game’s mechanics to open up the narrated story.
Revelation behind the boredom of making tea
With cabaret, the main focus of the game is the narrative. The gameplay mechanics and mini-games found in the game exist to bring out the narrative behind the world through its characters, which is the essence of cabaret. A representation of Southeast Asian culture, the Tea Ceremony is one of the many mechanics incorporated as a design to teach the player a subtle lesson in patience.
Persona Theory Games believes that the slow pace of cabaret
In recent studies, social ndollarscientists have found that boredom can encourage creative ideas, replenish dwindling reservoirs, replenish energy for work, and provide an incubation period for embryonic work ideas to hatch.
It is precisely this feeling and goal that Persona Theory Games wants to convey to people. Boredom is an integral part of being human and one of the purposes of boredom is to propel us into action. That feeling is an integral part of slow cinema—a film genre characterized by long takes and a minimalist aesthetic—and cabaret takes inspiration from slow cinema to immerse you in its dark universe.
Slow Cinema puts the viewer in a meaningless situation that forces him to think. The lack of stimuli will either create an inner chaos or allow the viewer to discern a sense of peace in the mundane. With no editing or splicing, it gives the viewer a real-time feel, an essential aspect of the slow-moving cinema that Persona Theory Games Creative Director Buddy Anwardi admires.
mindfulness in cabaret
Persona Theory Games believes this aspect of the game is able to create a sense of mindfulness and awareness that we all take for granted given the information overload from social media forums like TikTok, Youtube and others.
Today’s gamer seeks the adrenaline rush of fast-paced gameplay, the goal of cabaret is to encourage mindful play. Understand the story, reflect on the meaning and value of life, which explains the many life choices the player must make in the game.
What it means to serve tea
In the world of cabaret, the residents are made up of ghosts and monsters who are either dealing with regrets or hoping to find their true selves. Are they still human? Is it so wrong to be a monster? After all the hardships of real life, what does it mean to continue suffering in the afterlife?
We understand that life can be full of suffering, but it is rewarding in its own way. Taking the time to understand the horrors and suffering these characters went through is a big part of the narrative experience. Serving tea to these Southeast Asian mythical creatures, waiting for it to brew as we embrace the awkward and still silence we so often dread. Understand her pain and maybe you can find out who you really are.
The losses you feel while gambling lay down with ghosts from old wars mocking you. Understand the complicated game of Arrogant featuring a trickster monster laughing at your terrible math skills. The lessons of strategizing, being cautious and accepting failure. Realize that every calculating action you take has far-reaching consequences.
People are looking for ways to escape the fast pace of the modern world. Why not find a sense of renewal and develop a sense of belonging by serving the residents? cabaret
cabaret is available today on Xbox! You can follow Persona Theory Games on Twitter to stay up to date with the game’s release and updates.
cabaret
Persona Theory Games
$19.99
Cabaret is a dark fantasy folklore adventure game. The story unfolds through the eyes of Jebat, a cursed boy who is uprooted from his small town into a mystical, violent, and unforgiving monster kingdom. Crazy and lonely in a place of unfathomable cruelty, Jebat confronts both supernatural and human monsters in cabaret.
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