'Ulysses' will be adapted as a virtual reality video game
Filmmaker Eoghan Kidney says he hopes his video game will allow users to gain a new appreciation of the James Joyce novel.
'Ulysses' is by James Joyce.
James Joyce鈥檚 novel 鈥淯lysses鈥� is becoming a video game.聽
Eoghan Kidney says he鈥檚 planning to create a virtual reality video game that will allow the player to go through the novel鈥檚 events as one of the book鈥檚 characters. Kidney is crowdfunding the project, titled 鈥淚n Ulysses,鈥� via the website . In his statement, Kidney, a filmmaker, focuses on the character of Stephen Dedalus of the section of the book titled 鈥淧roteus.鈥�
鈥�'Ulysses' is great 鈥� well, at least that's what we're told,鈥� Kidney wrote on his Fund it . 鈥淟ike me, I'm guessing that most readers are put off by Stephen Dedalus's almost impenetrable stream of consciousness in the first three chapters. Finding your way through these first few chapters might require a little outside assistance, but once unpacked they prove to be a great primer to discovering what makes Ulysses such a special book. This project will provide a new way to experience these chapters and hopefully offer a fresh gateway to new readers."聽
As Kidney explains, 鈥淎s a user of 鈥業n Ulysses鈥� walks along a virtual Sandymount Strand, the book will be read to them 鈥� they will hear Stephen's thoughts as they are written 鈥� but these thoughts will then be illustrated around the user in real-time using textual annotations, images and links.鈥�
Kidney has met his initial goal of 4,000 pounds and, according to his statement on the website, this will enable him to buy equipment, hire an actor for voice-over, and work on the illustrations for a section of the 鈥淧roteus鈥� chapter. He hopes to go beyond the 鈥淧roteus鈥� section as well.聽
鈥淭his will be a prototype version for a larger project, with future versions exploring the experience of the book's very own Leopold Bloom,鈥� he wrote.