Before Your Eyes
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A first person narrative adventure which tells the story of a soul’s journey into the afterlife using your real-life blinks.
Before Your Eyes is a first-person narrative told through a webcam: the game watches your real eyes, and every time you blink, time leaps forward - so scenes slip past whether you're ready or not. A short, moving 1.5-2 hour tale of a life recounted to a ferryman of souls. (It also plays in a mouse mode if you'd rather not use the camera, though a couple of achievements want the webcam.)
Most achievements are one-off narrative choices scattered through the story, so several are missable on a blind run - and full completion needs about two playthroughs, because Greece and Egypt are mutually exclusive in one run and Redo asks you to make the opposite big decision the second time. Even Keeled (never act in anger) is the fiddliest - it spans several separate moments across the whole game. Eyes of Steel and Where's My Face? really want the webcam mode.
FAQ
- Are there missable achievements in Before Your Eyes?
- Yes, 5: Star Gazer, Punctilious, Virtuoso, Even Keeled and Obnoxious. Also, 2 are soft-missable or mutually exclusive: Philhellenist and Egyptologist.
Before Your Eyes
Common63.4%Complete the game.
Finish a full playthrough.
Eyes Of Steel
Common48.5%You can win any staring contest.
Using the webcam eye-detection, hold your eyes open through a staring-contest / metronome section for around 30 seconds (about 30 ticks) without blinking. Needs the camera, not mouse mode.
Star Gazer
Common42.2%Complete the Constellation.
At the beach in Chapter 6, connect and finish the constellation before you blink to advance the scene.
Philhellenist
Common40.1%Choose Greece.
Chapter 2, when Dad flips through the photo book, choose Greece on the second page. Mutually exclusive with Egypt in one playthrough.
Egyptologist
Uncommon19.6%Choose Egypt.
Chapter 2, the same photo-book moment - choose Egypt instead. Mutually exclusive with Greece, so it needs a second playthrough.
Punctilious
Uncommon18.8%Take all the notes in class.
Chapter 4, scene two: after the exchange with Chloe, take every note in the class scene before it advances.
Redo
Uncommon14.8%Live both sides of a big decision.
Chapter 6, scene one (in bed): on a later playthrough, choose the opposite option to the one you first picked. Effectively requires two playthroughs.
Where's my face?
Uncommon14.0%Recalibrate 10 Times.
Recalibrate the eye-tracking (space bar) 10 times across your play. Needs the webcam mode.
Virtuoso
Uncommon12.2%Ignore distractions from piano.
Chapter 5, the golden Bach-book / piano scene: ignore the distractions (don't pick up the phone) through the following bed scene.
Even Keeled
Uncommon12.0%Never show your anger.
Across the whole game, never lash out in anger: don't throw the painting as a toddler, don't crumple the Bach book in the car, don't throw anything at the art agent, and don't throw the phone on Chloe's call.
Obnoxious
Rare6.3%Provoke the Ferryman's ire.
Chapter 1 intro: when the Ferryman asks you to blink, deliberately keep waiting and not complying until he becomes irritated.
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