It’s a beautiful thing when Art and video games collide, it’s created some truly breathtaking video games. Nubla, is a game developed by Indie Studio Gammera Nest in collaboration with The National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza of Modern Art. It’s a point ‘n’ click adventure, already released for the PS4 in 2016, has finally made its way to PC Steam.
Nubla, has already received some fantastic praise for its ability to “capture the feel of the very museum it is based on” and some calling it “a beautiful, calming game that many should try out”. So it’s no surprise that Nubla received the Best Art PlayStation Talents Award, and it’s sequel Nubla 2 – M, the City at the Center of the World picked up the Titanium Award of the Fun & Serious Games Festival and the recent Best Design at the Indie Prize.
What is interesting about Nubla is that the museum did not
collaborate on the video game as some method to showcase the art, advertise the
museum or as some thinly veiled attempt at educating the player. Instead The National Museum
Thyssen-Bornemisza of Modern Art, purely just wanted to “start a dialog
between the player and the works of art of the Museum”.
“The museum proposed us to make a video game
using its works as part of the story, not as an excuse to show them or as an
art lesson”, says Daniel Sánchez, CEO at Gammera Nest.
You can read more about this in their Q&A by following
this link here
Nubla is a graphic adventure, that not only allows you to
explore works of famous artists such as Joseph Turner, Max Ernst or Edward
Hopper but also a game that allows you to discover topics such as personal
identity and personal well-being. If you want to know more, please take a look
at the below development diary released by the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza and
Gammera Nest.
Nubla Key
Features
Explore
the art of the National Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza of Modern Art in a fun
and interactive experience
Discover artists such as Joseph Turner, Max
Ernst, David Friedrich, and Joseph Cornell
Uniquely hand-drawn characters and landscapes
Classic
point ‘n’ click adventure game experience
Meet
and talk with all the weird and wonderful inhabitants of Nubla’s world.
Nubla has been released on PC Steam for for €4,99 / $4.99.
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Jim Franklin
Jim Franklin is a freelance writer, living in Derby UK with his wife and his player 3. When time allows he likes nothing more than losing himself in a multi-hour gaming session. He likes most games and will play anything but prefers MMO's, and sandbox RPG's.
