Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Beckett is weeeeeeird. It’s a story-driven sort of adventure, except what it really is, is a scuttling little cockroach, and the cockroach smokes 40 Lambert & Butler a da
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time.
Beckett is weeeeeeird. It’s a story-driven sort of adventure, except what it really is, is a scuttling little cockroach, and the cockroach smokes 40 Lambert & Butler a day and hasn’t washed in a week. And has depression, probably.
This beautifully unusual physical-remix of Beckett by its creator, Simon Meek. is released next week. The set of 55 reality shaping storycards were exclusively made for V&A Dundee, who also selected the videogame to form part of their permanent collection. We wanted to share
This beautifully unusual physical-remix of Beckett by its creator, Simon Meek. is released next week. The set of 55 reality shaping storycards were exclusively made for V&A Dundee, who also selected the videogame to form part of their permanent collection. We wanted to share this, as we think it's pretty cool.
We're excited to tell you that due to popular demand and sell-out of Beckett's first vinyl imprint, the order is in for the 2nd (limited) edition. This time we're printing on heavyweight grey/silver vinyl, with etching and music, white case and exclusive sticker-art. You'll be ab
We're excited to tell you that due to popular demand and sell-out of Beckett's first vinyl imprint, the order is in for the 2nd (limited) edition. This time we're printing on heavyweight grey/silver vinyl, with etching and music, white case and exclusive sticker-art. You'll be able to pick one up via V&A Dundee before the end of the month, or - if you're not in the area - email us: [email protected]
Beckett has been nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. Thank you for everyone who's supporting us and the title so far. The Awards are on the 4th November. Watch this space. Please do use this link ( to download a high-res poster of the game (currently only found as a A1 print in the D
Beckett has been nominated for a Scottish BAFTA. Thank you for everyone who's supporting us and the title so far. The Awards are on the 4th November. Watch this space.
Please do use this link (https://we.tl/t-dRUnfde1TG) to download a high-res poster of the game (currently only found as a A1 print in the Designer in Residence space at V&A Dundee).
It’s safe to say you’ve played few games like Beckett. A multimedia collage piece about futility and hopelessness, it’s utterly fascinating in many ways. To call it a visual novel is to suggest far too many ideas that aren’t relevant here, so let’s instead call it a “narrative ex
It’s safe to say you’ve played few games like Beckett. A multimedia collage piece about futility and hopelessness, it’s utterly fascinating in many ways. To call it a visual novel is to suggest far too many ideas that aren’t relevant here, so let’s instead call it a “narrative experience”. Parts Kafkaesque, parts Lynchian, parts bad sixth form poetry, it’s really quite something. (more…)
Beckett questions what it is to exist. It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads. It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning. Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
Beckett questions what it is to exist.
It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads.
It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning.
Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
Beckett questions what it is to exist. It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads. It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning. Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
Beckett questions what it is to exist.
It is a dark exploration of the space in our heads.
It is an unsettling journey through the unknown in search of meaning.
Beckett is an enquiry and a conversation. So let's start one.
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had. They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had.
They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages and others as bonafide tracks. An album waiting to happen? Watch *that* space.
For ears only: https://soundcloud.com/secretexperiment
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had. They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages
We've set up a Soundcloud for Beckett. Here you'll find some looping tracks that exist in the game, and some which never made it - but we wish they had.
They all exist as game-track loops at the moment, but - in time - we'll look to build up a few, rework some into story-montages and others as bonafide tracks. An album waiting to happen? Watch *that* space.
For ears only: https://soundcloud.com/secretexperiment
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does! As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish. We've also upped the binaural sound con
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does!
As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish.
We've also upped the binaural sound content, so it feels even more alive. And there's a few visual extras in there for anyone returning to the game - we'll let you discover them :)
Thanks again for all your support. We'll leave you to the game now, do let us know what you make of it...
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does! As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish. We've also upped the binaural sound con
We've been working hard getting Beckett ready to exist on Mac. And, as of today, we're please to announce that it does!
As an added extra, this means that anyone running Windows on a 16:10 monitor can run Becket in this format if they wish.
We've also upped the binaural sound content, so it feels even more alive. And there's a few visual extras in there for anyone returning to the game - we'll let you discover them :)
Thanks again for all your support. We'll leave you to the game now, do let us know what you make of it...
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year). The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original et
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year).
The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original etching of the Beckett character piece.
We'd like to award these to player with the best screenshots (based on likes) that we collected over the next 10 days. We're sure you'll find some bizarre and beautiful shots in there :)
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year). The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original et
Hi everyone, we're looking to give away 5 very-limited-edition 7" etched vinyl records (only available from the V&A Musuem later this year).
The A-side is the track that was played on BBC6 Music - a remix of some of the memory sections in Beckett. The B-side is an original etching of the Beckett character piece.
We'd like to award these to player with the best screenshots (based on likes) that we collected over the next 10 days. We're sure you'll find some bizarre and beautiful shots in there :)
Even after watching its trailer, I'm struggling to come up with an appropriate description for Beckett , so for now I'll let developer The Secret Experiment, who advises you come into the game with an open mind, do the talking: "A disturbing story of a missing-persons investigato
Even after watching its trailer, I'm struggling to come up with an appropriate description for Beckett, so for now I'll let developer The Secret Experiment, who advises you come into the game with an open mind, do the talking:
"A disturbing story of a missing-persons investigator, hired to find a young man suffering from a mental illness," Beckett's Steam page reads. "It is a taste of the alternative, an experience that will make you question what it is to exist. It is a vivid musing on identity, memory and loss."
Did you get all that? I hope so, because I've thought of a description of my own. Beckett is a narrative-focused noir game that uses a point-and-click, top-down interface to tell the bizarre story of its titular anti-hero as he pursues a victim of The Soft Paranoia, a disease which warps one's perception of reality (in case the trailer didn't give that away). It's $10 on Steam (just under $9 through Tuesday, March 6), and will take you three to four hours to finish by The Secret Experiment's math.
Beckett was chosen to be showcased in Dundee, Scotland's new Victoria and Albert Museum as "an example of design excellence in storytelling and digital media." The Secret Experiment says it's only "the first in a new-wave of playable fiction." Here's hoping they all look as cool as this:
