

The story of Beyond Eyes doesn’t stem from a personal moment or event in Halatoe’s life. Image Credit: Team-17 Why it’s the right time for this kind of game The gameplay evoked a sense of wonder and discovery that I haven’t felt in a long time.

It’s a very subtle way of making Rae more confident in her abilities. Beyond Eyes won’t tell you if she learned something, so you have to pay attention to the way she reacts. Now, whenever Rae hears chickens, she won’t be afraid to interact with them.īy exposing her to these unfamiliar elements, you can unlock new parts of the world for her to walk through. But upon closer inspection, it turned out the birds were just chickens. When she stumbled on another flock of birds, she immediately became cautious. Halatoe could’ve had her walk past the crows if she wanted to. The player can decide whether to push Rae into these situations. But because she couldn’t tell how many birds were around her, a lot of crows appeared to illustrate how scared she was. In the scarecrow scene, crows were cawing at her. She’ll hunch her back and cross her arms. If she’s uncomfortable or terrified, you’ll see it in her body language. Beyond Eyes will have a lot of misdirections like that, some of which will be scary for Rae. In a different area, another sound reminded her of the clothesline, but it turned out to be coming from a scarecrow. When Rae walked up to the blurry image, small pink ribbons representing her sense of smell scrubbed it away to reveal a leaking drain pipe. Because her only reference for that is the fountain, that’s what we saw. In the demo, Beyond Eyes creator Sherida Halatoe jumped ahead to a moment where Rae once again heard the sound of water in the distance.
