# Hyper-Camouflage Submarine on a Toxic Tropical Vacation at the [[FortunateIsles|Νήσοι των Μακάρων]]
> [!INFO] Overview
> *Selected for exhibition at [Boston Cyberarts Gallery](https://www.bostoncyberarts.org/), September 2025*
>
> **TEACHER**: Eric McQuiggan
> **SERIES**: [[AgainstGameMetaphysics.borders|Toy Philosophy Kit]]
> **CONTENT**: [[HypercamouflageSubmarine_3D]]
> **ECUMENE**: [[FortunateIsles|Νήσοι των Μακάρων]] <- [[Upside-Down World]] (unreleased, refer to Mikhail Bakhtin)
> **MOTTO**: Don't let inanimate berserks see you in pareidolic jungles
> **INFLUENCE**: Reza Negarestani
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## Gameplay
![[DESIGNS/HypercamouflageSubmarine/Gameplay.mp4]]
## Designs
Honored to have my game *Hypercamouflage Submarine* selected for exhibition at [Boston Cyberarts Gallery](https://www.bostoncyberarts.org/) this September.
The game constitutes an ongoing experiment in adapting philosophical concepts to the language of computer games to create speculative metaphysics.
**Conception**:
_Hypercamouflage Submarine_ combines several philosophical ideas to reflect on time and matter. Hypercamouflage is a concept from Reza Negarestani: a perfect camouflage that makes the subject indistinguishable from its surroundings. The submarine changes to blend into the environment. But as the environment changes too, they soon become desynchronized. The submarine’s destination, the Fortunate Isles (originally an Ancient Greek mythos), is a common trope in Friedrich Nietzsche that refers to unrealistic pursuits. If the Fortunate Isles are reachable, then it is in a world turned upside down. And that is where the game takes place, along the lines of Mikhail Bakhtin’s carnivalesque conception of ludic culture.
**InUse**: [[EchoObject @ Unity.CSharp]] + [[Colours & Gradients @ Unity]] (under the hood)
**ToDo**:
- [ ] Submarine gate opens when the player approaches
| Comment | Scheme |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Iteration III**<br>(unreleased)<br><br>**InUse**:<br>-> **Math.Sin(OffsetValue)** (oscillates between -1 and 1). You can change colours or make elements move like waves<br>-> **Math.Tan(OffsetValue)** (similar but chaotic) | ![[DESIGNS/HypercamouflageSubmarine/wavyWaterfall.png]] |
| **Iteration II**<br><br>*Game Loop*: 🌴 Start vacation > Journey to Fortunate Isles > Reach the Fortunate Isles > Restart Vacation 🌴 | Submarine<br>![[DESIGNS/HypercamouflageSubmarine/3Dsubmarine.design.png]]<br><br>![[DESIGNS/HypercamouflageSubmarine/HypercamouflageSumbarinePromo_video.mov]] |
| **Iteration I**<br>(unreleased)<br><br>*Game Loop*: vacation > bend time 🌴 > eat 🥥 > eat 🍌 > vacation | ![[DESIGNS/HypercamouflageSubmarine/ToxTropVac_HypercamouflageSubmarine_Iteration_I.png]] |
| **The idea**<br><br>A machine or a ghost?<br> | ![[GSc_MANUAL/Chalmers_colorant/Constructing_World2012/iv-v__garish_submarine.png]] |
## Resource
**Fonts**:
[Heavy Hip](https://www.dafont.com/heavy-heap.font?l[]=10&l[]=1)
[Coaster](https://www.dafont.com/coaster.font?l[]=10&l[]=1)
[Bad Comic](https://www.dafont.com/bad-comic.font?l[]=10)
[Funk](https://www.dafont.com/lt-funk.font?l[]=10&l[]=1)
**Palette**:
[Broken & Jointed](https://www.schemecolor.com/broken-and-jointed.php)
[Tropical Heart](https://www.schemecolor.com/tropical-heart.php)
[Material shader](https://coolors.co/palette/fbf8cc-fde4cf-ffcfd2-f1c0e8-cfbaf0-a3c4f3-90dbf4-8eecf5-98f5e1-b9fbc0)
**Textures**:
[Sand](https://ambientcg.com/view?id=Ground055S)
## Reference
**Tropical Vacation** (Psychonauts 2)
![[ATTACHMENTS/REFS/Psychonauts/tropicalVacation.jpeg]]
**Sponge-Bob** (Nickelodeon)
| Down-up | Upside-down |
| ------------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------- |
| ![[ATTACHMENTS/FortunateIsls_Bikini_downUp.png]] | ![[ATTACHMENTS/FortunateIsls_Bikini.png]] |
**Tropical OST**
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![[NEPOBJEDIVI/toxicTropics.borders|toxicTropics.borders]]