We are going to “Collavers”: Castle X, a Bolivian prison video game developed by Quechua and Aymara.
Inspired by a real Bolivian prison, the game opens its doors to “Collavers”, a theme of the Andes in the magical world.
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The Andean goddess, Jaguar, greets you at the gates of Bolivia’s mysterious castle, for which you need a magic mask. Welcome to “Castle X”, the gateway to the virtual “Collavers”. “Castle X” is a video game created by Bolivian director Violetta Ayala using virtual reality techniques.
Quechua’s ethnic director, Ayala, 44, began making a documentary in 2010 about San Sebastian’s prison in Cochabamba. Where thousands of prisoners crowded with families live in a space where there is a market, a chapel and even a school.
Ayala wanted to reflect on the inner chaos of the prison and the sensations that had prevailed for four years. And the reality was not enough.
Flat movies are boring
“I realized that ‘flat’ movies are boring and I know how games change reality”He explained in an interview AFP In Paris, where he presented “Castle X” at the NewImages festival. “Castle X” was the fruit of this technological leap, in which A. also participated Multinational and multiracial team, In which indigenous women predominate. The game, which requires special lenses, was developed as a technology.
With the help of artificial intelligence, Ayala and illustrator Rilda Paco have created two Jaguars that respond based on player behavior. As with most of these games, the path changes when the user makes their own decisions.
“Castle X”, 35 minutes long, was presented at the Sundance Film Festival (USA) and last year in Cannes. “The best non-linear story presented this year at Sundance”After the presentation, a comment was made by the famous blogger from the world of virtual reality Ken By.
The game combines Andean characters with drug dealers and women with them A variety of “poles” (skirts) with a somewhat disoriented Western filmmaker …
After the premiere of Prison X in Sundance now goes to Games For Change and Cannes XR !!! #vr #xr #movie #animation #Metavers pic.twitter.com/gI7etWntyu
– Violet Ayala (@TheJaguaress) June 3, 2021
“I can not stop the future”
But Ayala does not stop here. “I am working artificial intellect “To create Collavers, you created a robot that speaks Quechua,” he explains.
“Collavers” will be the most mesmerizing and indigenous version of the meta-version, a virtual space parallel to reality, being built at a cost of billions of dollars by technology giants such as Meta or Google. “I can not stop the future from what is happening,” Ayala said. And as a native, “I do not want to be in the queue again.”.
“It’s important to use all our technological capabilities and our intuitive knowledge to understand ourselves,” he explains in this new space, which aims to revolutionize the Internet. But for navigation in “Prison X”, which is currently presented in Spanish and English versions, you need expensive glasses, inaccessible to users who are the protagonists of this very story. “Glasses are something temporary, we are in the process of transitioning to what is coming, which is an augmented reality.” Ayala emphasizes.
“Our main market is our people, which reaches as far as Bolivia. It’s okay now, I’m very honest, ”admits this creator from Australia. “Anyone in Bolivia can identify themselves,” “Prison X” adds character designer Maria Corvera.
“We want to tell the myths and legends that are created in each person’s everyday environment so that they are not told to us from the outside,” said Richda Paco, an illustrator of Quechua and Aymara origins. Technology is changing so fast that Ayala says it will now re-create “Castle X” differently, just a year after its release.
The three creators are fascinated by crypto-art, or digital clothing, which consumers can wear and throw away by “clicking” on the phone. But Korvera, who lives in Berlin, also set up a clothing processing company. “We are going to develop different neuroplasticity,” when augmented reality is widespread, Ayala emphasizes.
And what impact will it have on the children who will grow up in this new situation? “The fear I feel is irrelevant. I’m more afraid that my culture will not survive, that they will continue to tell me who I am. “Answers Ayala.
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Source: La Nacion
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