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"Samantha, the artificially intelligent operating system, wasn't the only impressive tech in Spike Jonze's Her. Joaquin Phoenix's character plays a futuristic video game in the film that is now, in a way, coming to life.\nThe animator and designer of the fictional game, David OReilly, announced the release of his first indie game \u2014 Mountain \u2014 at the Horizon Indie Game Conference at E3 on Thursday.\nSee also: 8 Breathtaking Indie Games Stealing Hearts at E3\n\nKnown as a \"mountain simulator,\" OReilly explained that when players start the game, they are first asked to draw pictures based on a series of open-ended questions. Based on their answers to those questions, the game will create a unique mountain for the player to trek. These images will also affect other variables such as snowfall levels, types of vegetation and the terrain.\nAdditional features of the game are cryptically listed on its website and include: \"no controls, automatic save, audio on/off switch, time moves forward, things grow and things die, nature expresses itself, around 50 hours of gameplay, and once generated, you cannot be regenerated.\"\n\nEach mountain in David OReilly's indie game \"Mountain\" will be unique to the player.Image:  MountainAt the conference, OReilly further explained, though still somewhat cryptically, that features like a day-and-night cycle and seasons \"interacts with what grows and dies on the mountain, and it all interacts with itself.\"\nIn an interview with Vice in February, when asked if he had plans to make an actual game, OReilly said that he \"got into animation from a love of cinema but if I was starting now I\u2019d surely be making games.\"\n\"I get more e-mails from game designers inspired by my stuff than anyone else and it makes me feel like an old man,\" OReilly told Vice \"I\u2019ve been saying it for years; the indie game scene is way more active and exciting than the indie 3D scene.\"\nMountain will be released on June 21st 2014, and, according to The Verge, will cost about $1.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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