‘A Vision of the Sublime’ Shows the Dangers of the Mind

When it comes to unsafe things and places, there is little more dangerous than a single bad idea planted inside the human mind.

Such seeds can grow into dreams and nightmares, and even see them realized. That’s the beating pulse behind Mark Wonnacott’s A Vision of the Sublime.

Bitsy is perhaps my favorite of all of the game engines. It is incredibly accessible, easy to use, and it attracts a lot of people who are focused on delivering a message or telling a story. In the case of A Vision of the Sublime, we gain access to a wonderful poem told through having our character scale strange structures.

We journey through the lands of the creator, clamoring around their work space while hooked on an idea. Haunting music — actually an audio sample taken from Dark Souls — pairs perfectly with the game, and actually gives a sense of tension which A Vision of the Sublime rises to meet.

Naturally, as with many Bitsy games of this sort, I can’t talk too much about how the experience rises to its crescendo, but I will state that it does it with considerable grace and pace. It is well worth the three-four minutes of your time that it will take to experience.

A Vision of the Sublime is available for free on itch.io

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Dann Sullivan

After almost a decade of selling games, Dann decided to try his hand at writing about them instead. A few years in and he is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Big Boss Battle, where he and his team cover games of all shapes and sizes. When not in the role, he can often be found seeking out small, memorable game experiences.

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