Deux joueurs incarnent des amants séparés par d'immenses distances dans l'espace profond. Ils se promènent sur des plages solitaires bordées d'un océan simulé, méditant l'un sur l'autre au milieu du vent, d'une douce musique et de mouettes électriques. Ce jeu indie de simulation puise son inspiration dans les écrits anciens de Marguerite Duras sur la Terre, mêlant solitude mélancolique et connexions surréalistes.
Les joueurs courent vers des étreintes holographiques dans le cyberespace, où une partie d'échecs leur permet d'échanger des mots prédéfinis. Ils explorent des trésors tels que des champs abandonnés, des tas de charbon ou un chien mort, avant de vagabonder dans des cafés, des villas, des casinos et des ruines. Les joueurs occasionnels en quête de promenades calmes et émouvantes, ainsi que de conversations holographiques intimes, se laisseront happer par son appel infini d'amour et de douleur.
Bientôt l’été is a videogame for two players. Two players who pretend to be lovers. They pretend to be lovers separated from each other by lightyears of deep space. They have lonely walks along the shore of a simulated ocean, thinking wistful thoughts of each other. Thoughts from ancient Earth literature by Marguerite Duras.
The empty beach, the strong wind, the gentle music and a small colony of electric seagulls are their only companions. Yet their heart is full and their mind confused. Walk along the shore, until they meet the emptiness.
When it all becomes too much, they run towards each other. Enabled by intergalactic networks, they touch each other’s holographic bodies in cyberspace. A surreal game of chess becomes the apparatus through which they, man and woman, can talk. The words they have were given to them, as they have always been to lovers everywhere.
The sea remains, tugging at their hearts when not at their hairs and clothes, as it itself is tugged by the virtual moon. And as great as the desire for the other may be, they cannot stay away from the wind and the waves and the sand. Every time they find a new treasure. An abandoned tennis field. An heap of coal. A dead dog. Ordinary. Absurd. Meaningless. Yet comforting.
Enter a café, exit a villa, enter a casino, exit the ruin of an ancient colonial mansion. We know this is not real. So it doesn’t surprise us. Nothing surprises us. It doesn’t matter when you feel the pain of love. Of being in love, of falling in love, of leaving in love. There is no such thing as time. There is only love. And it never stops. No matter how much it hurts.
