You may meet troublemakers, and demons, enter Paradise or Hell, be reborn, and re-enact the story of a scholar who played the devil in a high-stakes game of backgammon. Your actions determine your path through this world, and many reincarnations to come. Your character in the game is a no-name male traveler, an ordinary human being who is faced with opportunities, driven by desires, and is bound to die. The game was inspired by The Tales of Genji and similar Japanese folktales. These vignettes are edited into interactive, experiental forms, to allow the user to realistically sense the worldview and lifestyle of an ancient time. The game includes episodes drawn from a large body of tales, legends and illustrated literature produced during or after the Heian period. The game is set in the 10th and 11th centuries AD, during the Heian period in Japan when Kyoto was known as Heiankyo. One of the most unique and thought-provoking games ever made, Cosmology of Kyoto is a fascinating tale of religion, history, and superstition that ranks among the least-known old games of all time.
It is also possible to view concrete historical and cultural information about the time period.
Emphasis is more on exploration than on puzzle-solving. During this adventure, the player will encounter some typical characters of the time and will even die and be reincarnated over the course of the game. Cosmology of Kyoto takes place in Heiankyo (today's Kyoto), the capital of Japan in the 10th and 11th centuries, the Golden Age of Japanese culture known as the Heian period.
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