No matter how early your first memory is, it’s probably not as far back as Isaac’s. The upcoming Goodnight Universe opens with a doctor’s visit when its protagonist is just six months old and already talking — at least, talking to you in his head. Following 2021’s Before Your Eyes, developer Nice Dream is returning with another idiosyncratic story told with a unique set of controls, this time centered on a telekinetic baby.
Before Your Eyes is an experimental narrative game played with your webcam. The game takes place over a series of vignettes showing the most important moments of its main character’s life as they’re ferried into the afterlife. There’s almost no way of interacting with them except for moving from one scene to the next, which happens when your webcam detects you blinking your eyes. It’s a treat as much for its emotional story as its unorthodox method of interaction, both of which Nice Dream is building on in Goodnight Universe.
