rose-engine
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Documents about rose-engine
"Perhaps, This Is Hell": Descent Into SIGNALIS
This paper examines how video games engage with katabasis, the mythic descent into the underworld, using a close reading of SIGNALIS (rose-engine, 2022) and comparative analysis of its intertexts.
- The paper argues that playable descent narratives translate traditional katabatic (underworld-descent) images and motifs into interactive form, enabling complex emotional experiences.
- Its primary case study is SIGNALIS (rose-engine, 2022), read as both a literal and metaphorical katabasis through its vertical structure, threshold moments that compel protagonist Elster downward, and the explicit line "PERHAPS, THIS IS HELL."
- The author contends that in SIGNALIS, Hell is not a destination but the distorted world itself: a self-generated cycle of guilt, decay, and memory loss.
Posthuman Gaming in a Time of Planetary Crisis: Human Agency at the Crossroads of Technology and Ecology in Signalis
This paper examines "posthuman gaming" through a close reading of the 2022 survival horror game Signalis, developed by rose-engine, arguing that the game's cyborg protagonist, Elster, destabilizes human-centered agency and queers conventional identities at a moment of planetary ecological crisis.
- The paper argues that Signalis (2022, developed by rose-engine) destabilizes human-centered agency through its cyborg protagonist Elster, positioning gameplay itself as an embodied posthuman practice in which player and avatar form a cyborgian assemblage.
- The authors contend the game queers conventional identity by reframing its dystopian plot as a romance and a study of trauma, since the player's goal of recovering memories to save a queer lover centers intimacy and loss.
- The paper reads the horror mechanics, especially the viral Bioresonance "sickness" and the corruption of Replikas, as ecological horror that critiques technological progress pursued at environmental cost.
German Developer Award 2023: Hamburg Represented with 4 Games
The German Developer Award 2023, a prominent industry event honoring excellence in video game development across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, recognized four Hamburg-based titles among its nominees.
- Four Hamburg-based games received nominations at the 2023 German Developer Award, highlighting the city's significant contribution to the German-speaking gaming sector.
- Rose-engine's 'Signalis' earned nominations in three categories: Best Indie Game, Best Graphics, and Best Story.
- Rockfish Games' 'Everspace 2' was recognized for its performance in Best Game Design and Best Technical Achievement.
