Late Lampern

Content Warning: the game contains the ending of the film!
Controls: WASD (move); mouse (camera); spacebar (interact with the lifebelt); ESC (free the mouse cursor from the game or exit fullscreen).
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Late Lampern is a tiny interactive essay/reinterpretation of “L'Atalante” (also known as “Le chaland qui passe”) by Jean Vigo.
This game was inspired by “Fuori orario. Cose (mai) viste”, an italian nocturnal programme about films curated by enrico ghezzi and many others: the opening theme of the show was made of excerpts from Vigo's movie and Patti Smith's song “Because the Night” (in the game players can hear some words from the lyrics).

Here's the link to a YouTube video:

In Late Lampern you will be looking for the image of a person...
You will be looking for an overlay: based on your position in the world (and depending on your distance from something), a frame of the film will progressively emerge. Try to complete the image and reach one of the two endings.