A Blind Legend, A game to play with your eyes closed – EYESEEMAG

Set in the medieval world with an edge of fantasy that will be familiar to gaming fans, in A Blind Legend players pit their wits as Edward Blake, a blind knight who is guided by the voice of his daughter, Louise and the sounds around him. During a perilous epic journey, he must field fights and encounters, cross villages and forests, and climb mountains and towers, amongst other challenges, to find his wife, who has been kidnapped by a mad king and his army.

The video game deprives gamers completely of their sight, usually a player’s main tool. The rush of a river coming ever closer, the whispers of Louise in his ear, the acceleration of a galloping horse and the sound of an enemy’s sword passing just above his head, are so many sounds that the production team tried to recreate as faithfully as possible. The technological challenge at the heart of the video game, was to make the audio experience immersive and convincing.