Shaun Tay

Missing instruction from title page. Press Space to start. Introduction: The beats of our hearts is not something we pay conscious effort to. Astral Beat aims to surface this natural function in an explicit, yet subtle manner. Points are scored at regular beats, akin to the pace of a heartbeat. This happens when “seeds” placed on unoccupied spaces Players are constantly cued in as the beats resonate in a cyclic progression; yet the fast pace of the game acts to draw attention away from these beats. In addition, players may capture spaces temporarily, which give players half the points scored. Players may then use these returned seeds to vie for other unoccupied spaces. The player with the most points after 99 seconds wins.

\"The ouroboros is a dramatic symbol for the integration and assimilation of the opposite, i.e. of the shadow.\" - Carl Jung \ \ The Grief of Quetzalcoatl is a metaphorical game where players have to guide the main characters through a series of memories to confront the haunting \"Ghosts of the Past\". \ \ Players have to Absorb the ghosts to overcome them, however, absorbing Ghosts damages the player but also raises their maximum health in the long run, in reference to the rather ambivalent nature of facing up to one's inner Ghosts. \ \ Coupled with a reinterpretation of the Quetzalcoatl legend, the game spurs players to ponder deeper about the game's metaphorical meaning through its mechanics and its meaning.

Momento Mori is a metaphorical game based on the famous Latin poet of the same name.