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how to play Fatale?

The Cistern: Think of Fatale as a role playing game. We will leave it to your imagination who you are playing. You find yourself in a prison. And the distant sound of music plays overhead.

The Terrace: On the terrace your experience is disembodied.

FLY: Clicking with the LEFT MOUSE BUTTON you can move forward. RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON lets you travel backwards. You will see things differently if you hold either of the mouse buttons down.

FLOAT: Use the MIDDLE MOUSE BUTTON you float freely forward.

CONTROL: Hold down the SPACEBAR to bring up the "aureola." This is your inventory of scenes you can revisit and interact with. Click the letters to return to a still scene. If a space is blank, clicking on it becomes a hint to where you should travel next.

EXAMINE: The lights on the terrace invite you to block them out. From scene to scene, you have various options for interaction. Your cursor keys pan the view, click & drag allows for camera rotation, and sometimes rolling over or clicking items in these scenes can lead to surprising results.

EXPLORE: Above all, since this experience makes few demands, take your time. Notice the small details. Listen to the whispers and echoes. Therein, lies the joy. Allow yourself to fall in love with Salome, now you have all the time in the world.

The Dance: An epilogue which appears on restart after each complete playthrough.

At any moment, if you need help, the ESC key leads you to a summary of context and controls.

F A T A L E was made by:
DATA DIRECTION: Auriea Harvey is a media artist and co-founder of Tale of Tales. She co-designed Fatale with Michaël and modelled and textured most of the 3D assets. ANIMATIONS: Laura Raines Smith is a seasoned game artist. She has animated all main characters in all of Tale of Tales' projects. She created the poses and animations for Takayoshi's characters in Fatale, including Salome's dance, based on Eléonore's choreography. MUSIC + VOICE: Jarboe is a music composer and performer. A founding member of Swans, she now has a thriving solo career. In Fatale you can hear her whisper Salome's lines from Oscar Wilde's play. She also worked with Kris on the ambient music and soundscape. DANCE MUSIC: Gerry De Mol is a singer-songwriter with a deep knowledge of music styles and instruments from all over the world. For Fatale he composed (and played) the music that inspired Eléonore's choreographic improvisations on the Dance of the Seven Veils.	PROCESS DIRECTION: Michaël Samyn is a media artist the other co-founder of Tale of Tales. He co-designed Fatale with Auriea and programmed the interactions and behaviours. CHARACTER DESIGN: Takayoshi Sato is a celebrated 3D artist, best known for his work on Playstation titles Silent Hill 1 & 2 and GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. He designed all characters in Fatale and modelled and textured princess Salome and John the Baptist. MUSIC + SOUND EFFECTS: Kris Force is a sound designer and a musician. She has worked on high profile video games like The Sims and leads the dark ambient ensemble of Amber Asylum. She created sound effects for Fatale and collaborated with Jarboe on the ambient music. CHOREOGRAPHY: Eléonore Valere Lachky is a contemporary dancer. She has worked with Belgium's leading choreographers (Vandekeybus, Platel and De Keersmaeker). Her improvizations to Gerry's song formed the basis of Laura's animation of Salome's dance in Fatale.

F A T A L E was made by:

DATA DIRECTION: Auriea Harvey is a media artist and co-founder of Tale of Tales. She co-designed Fatale with Michaël and modelled and textured most of the 3D assets.

ANIMATIONS: Laura Raines Smith is a seasoned game artist. She has animated all main characters in all of Tale of Tales' projects. She created the poses and animations for Takayoshi's characters in Fatale, including Salome's dance, based on Eléonore's choreography.

MUSIC + VOICE: Jarboe is a music composer and performer. A founding member of Swans, she now has a thriving solo career. In Fatale you can hear her whisper Salome's lines from Oscar Wilde's play. She also worked with Kris on the ambient music and soundscape.

DANCE MUSIC: Gerry De Mol is a singer-songwriter with a deep knowledge of music styles and instruments from all over the world. For Fatale he composed (and played) the music that inspired Eléonore's choreographic improvisations on the Dance of the Seven Veils.

PROCESS DIRECTION: Michaël Samyn is a media artist the other co-founder of Tale of Tales. He co-designed Fatale with Auriea and programmed the interactions and behaviours.

CHARACTER DESIGN: Takayoshi Sato is a celebrated 3D artist, best known for his work on Playstation titles Silent Hill 1 & 2 and GoldenEye: Rogue Agent. He designed all characters in Fatale and modelled and textured princess Salome and John the Baptist.

MUSIC + SOUND EFFECTS: Kris Force is a sound designer and a musician. She has worked on high profile video games like The Sims and leads the dark ambient ensemble of Amber Asylum. She created sound effects for Fatale and collaborated with Jarboe on the ambient music.

CHOREOGRAPHY: Eléonore Valere Lachky is a contemporary dancer. She has worked with Belgium's leading choreographers (Vandekeybus, Platel and De Keersmaeker). Her improvizations to Gerry's song formed the basis of Laura's animation of Salome's dance in Fatale.