BEFORE THE DAWN
A short prologue interactive trailer for the film Cosmic Dawn, commissioned by Level Film. The artsy, and occasionally trippy, film is about a UFO cult and a woman’s struggle with self-identity after the disappearance of her mother during a camping trip as a child.
The minimalist, story-driven game is set during the camping trip many years before the events of the film and sets up the central mystery. A conversation between mother and daughter while watching a meteor shower, the game uses images and facts about The Voyager Mission along with Carl Sagan’s metaphysical thinking to create a branching experience that moves from the cosmic romantic into the melancholic or psychedelic.