CALENDULA
2016/Blooming Buds Studio
How to play a game that doesn't want to be played? Calendula is an experimental meta game about trying to play a game. Use your logic to thrive against conventions and get surrounded by a dark atmosphere.
About this game
What is Calendula? Calendula is an experience. Calendula is a mystery. Calendula is a glass full of blood. Calendula is an experiment. Calendula is an atmospheric game. Calendula is a flower. Calendula is your deepest secret... About Calendula • Calendula begins as a usual game... until it is not anymore. • The player's goal will be to unveil the mystery behind an apparently broken game, but it won't be easy. • Calendula's mechanics are entirely focused on the struggle of trying to start a game, exploring the limits of the 4th wall and breaking with conventions. • Calendula's aesthetics follows an increasing obscure atmosphere, plunging the player into a disturbing, thrilling experience. • The narrative is built within a labyrinth of metaphors and abstractions, ready to be unraveled. • Unlike other games, the player will feel as if things didn't work the way they should, similar to Twin Peaks' Red Room (David Lynch). • The player's journey goes from simple to complex, from bright to somber, from real to dreamlike. • To follow Calendula's path, the player will have to use his wit and think outside the box. In this case, a tiny oppressive box. Please, remember this: It is not your fault.
