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Player Non Player

by Jonathan Coryn

Four years of work between the electro-pop group Agar Agar and Jonathan Coryn gave birth to 'Player non Player'. Dealing with bereavement, gender identity and the intimacy of an encounter, this game invites you to discover an island lost in the clouds and to develop a relationship of trust with the four living beings that inhabit it. Discover the designs for 'Player non Player'.

"There’s something sublime in our terrible and unfair mortal condition: we love and we inevitably lose the ones we love. I made Player Non Player to be a cathartic art piece that shakes the way we put our mortality into perspective."
- Jonathan Coryn

Jonathan Coryn is a French artist and video game creator making unconventional pieces with a bold artistic direction and innovative gameplay. After studying game design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Jonathan joins the Beaux-Arts de Paris/Cergy, showcasing his projects at prestigious venues such as the Centre Pompidou. Independent, he creates games that offer new playful perspectives on grief, denial, love, sexual and gender identity. He is already working on his next 2 creations, titles that are equally audacious.