You are an investigator of supernatural occurrences and you have the unique ability to communicate with troubled spirits that are still bound to the earth for some reason. You are to investigate a case where members of an entire mansion go missing but not a single trace of them is left and there are no signs of any struggles.
"The Voices" is a virtual reality horror game played with virtual reality head gear and an experimental brainwave reading piece of technology. This game is inspired by my experiences at an event called "Digital Nations" where they had on display a headband that could be worn to detect your state of mind. Using nothing but my thoughts, I was able to blow up a barrel, play little games and even turn on a lightbulb. "The Voices" is a game designed to take that technology and provide players an immersive experience of being a medium (a person with a strong connection to the spirit world). Players will be put into a mansion which they can explore in order to figure out the story behind the family's disappearance. There will be minimal interaction with the player's environment but the core mechanic of "The Voices" make up for it. In addition to exploring the house for clues, the player is also able to enter a state of enlightenment. To do this, the player must pick a room they believe to be suspicious. Once chosen, the player must do something that is a lot harder to do than most people think… which is absolutely nothing. Our minds are constantly swarmed with thoughts so it's very hard (but not impossible) for someone to actually think about nothing. If the headgear detects a very low amount of brain activity the player will start to hear…you guessed it, voices and they may also start to see events of the past but the player MUST KEEP mentally stable and must only observe. If the player starts thinking too much, or gets a fright which triggers a spike in mental activity, the player snaps out of the vision and returns to normal.
