lichtung is a 12-minute VR experience about light, perception, and quiet discovery.

You find yourself in a dark forest only equipped with a flashlight in your hand. What you choose to illuminate slowly comes to life: drifting pollen, floating mushroom creatures, subtle movements in the trees. The forest reveals itself through your curiosity.

The world combines hand-drawn 2D animated creatures with a spatial 3D forest environment. The black-and-white forest gradually transforms as you explore. An evolving spatial soundscape accompanies your journey, growing richer as the world awakens around you.

Features

• Approximately 12-minute atmospheric VR experience

• Intuitive one-button interaction: No tutorials or text

• Hand-drawn 2D animated creatures embedded in a 3D forest

• Distinct black-and-white visual style focused on light and shadow

• Evolving spatial sound design that responds to your exploration

• Accessible for players of all ages and VR experience levels

A Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg production

Game Director: Aria Wolf

Assistant Director & Level Design: Janina Zlotos

Game Designer & Programmer: Sam Matsa

Technical Director: Jakob Bock

Producer: Cyril Fischer & Christoph Mohr

Art Director: Maksym Gontov

Animation: Vadim Ivanov & Maksym Gontov

Additional Animation: Sofi Shapir & Nike Weber

Audio Direction: Tristan Steinmetz

Music: Clemens David Krauß & Constantin Rinke (Samples unterm Sofa)

Sound Design: Tristan Steinmetz & Armin Biemel & Dominic Häberer

Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, home to the Animationsinstitut and the postgraduate programme Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, is one of the world's leading film and media universities. On its unique campus, which also houses the neighbouring Academy of Performing Arts, its approximately 500 students receive a broad, interdisciplinary, practice-oriented and industry-relevant education from over 300 experts from the film and media industries. Programmes range from film and animation to interactive media, including games, installations and digital experiences.

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