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'''The White Chamber''', stylized as '''the white chamber''', is a [[science fiction]] [[adventure game]] created by [[Studio Trophis]] using the [[Wintermute Engine]]. Originally designed as a [[university]] project, it was expanded to a full game and released for [[Microsoft Windows]] as [[Freeware|free]] [[download]] in 2005.<ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/aboutus |title=About Us |work=Studio Trophis |accessdate=April 28, 2019 }}</ref>
'''The White Chamber''', stylized as '''the white chamber''', is a [[science fiction]] [[adventure game]] created by [[Studio Trophis]] using the [[Wintermute Engine]]. Originally designed as a [[university]] project, it was expanded to a full game and released for [[Microsoft Windows]] as [[Freeware|free]] [[download]] in 2005.<ref name="about">{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/aboutus|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116161620/http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/aboutus|archive-date=January 16, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2021|work=[[Studio Trophis]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Perrin|first=Richard|date=April 24, 2019|title=Now on itch.io!|url=https://lockeddoorpuzzle.itch.io/the-white-chamber/devlog/77958/now-on-itchio|url-status=live|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=[[Itch.io|itch.io]]}}</ref>


==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
The player controls a girl who awakens in a coffin in a darkened room. She has no memory of how she got there, and opens the windows to reveal that she is in fact in space. The player must solve the puzzles and move from room to room, piecing together what happened to the crew of the station.<ref name="white chamber project">{{cite web|url=http://studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber|title=the white chamber|work=Studio Trophis|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref> Along the way, she discovers logs from a technician named Arthur Anderson documenting the mystery of the main laboratory, the titular "white chamber".
The player controls a girl who awakens in a coffin in a darkened room. She has no memory of how she got there, and opens the windows to reveal that she is in fact in space. The player must solve the puzzles and move from room to room, piecing together what happened to the crew of the station.<ref name="white chamber project">{{cite web|title=the white chamber|url=http://studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116161604/http://studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber|archive-date=January 16, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2021|work=[[Studio Trophis]]}}</ref> Along the way, she discovers logs from a technician named Arthur Anderson documenting the mystery of the main laboratory, the titular "white chamber".


==Release history==
==Release history==
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The game has been updated multiple times and is now at version 1.7. It features eight endings and the text in nine languages, [[English language|English]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Italian Language|Italian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Russian language|Russian]] and voice acting in either English or German.<ref name="white chamber project" />
The game has been updated multiple times and is now at version 1.7. It features eight endings and the text in nine languages, [[English language|English]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Greek language|Greek]], [[Italian Language|Italian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and [[Russian language|Russian]] and voice acting in either English or German.<ref name="white chamber project" />


The game's [[source code]] and assets have been released under the [[CC BY-NC-SA]] [[Creative Commons license]].<ref name="source">{{Cite web|url=http://studiotrophis.com/site/downloads|title=Downloads|website=Studio Trophis|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref> That means anyone is free to share and modify the game as long as Studio Trophis is credited, it is not for commercial gain, and that the result is made available under a similar license ("[[Freeware]]"). The game's [[Game engine|engine]] ("[[Wintermute Engine|Wintermute]]") [[source code]] was later released under the [[MIT license]] in 2013 on [[Bitbucket]].<ref name="wintermute">{{Cite web|url=https://bitbucket.org/MnemonicWME/wme1/src/62204728c14de49e49d5b6b70f93a00c310f2e0f/license.txt?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default|title=license.txt|last=Nedoma|first=Jan|website=[[Bitbucket]]|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://forum.dead-code.org/index.php?topic=5434.0|title=Wintermute Engine source code - the complete guide|last=Nedoma|first=Jan|date=March 23, 2013|website=[[Wintermute Engine]]|publisher=Dead:Code Software|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
The game's [[source code]] and assets have been released under the [[CC BY-NC-SA]] [[Creative Commons license]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Perrin|first=Richard|title=the white chamber|url=https://lockeddoorpuzzle.itch.io/the-white-chamber|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223051029/https://lockeddoorpuzzle.itch.io/the-white-chamber|archive-date=February 23, 2021|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=[[Itch.io|itch.io]]}}</ref><ref name="source">{{Cite web|title=Downloads|url=http://studiotrophis.com/site/downloads|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116161616/http://studiotrophis.com/site/downloads|archive-date=January 16, 2020|access-date=April 13, 2021|website=[[Studio Trophis]]}}</ref> That means anyone is free to share and modify the game as long as Studio Trophis is credited, it is not for commercial gain, and that the result is made available under a similar license ("[[Freeware]]"). The game's [[Game engine|engine]] ("[[Wintermute Engine|Wintermute]]") [[source code]] was later released under the [[MIT license]] in 2013 on [[Bitbucket]].<ref name="wintermute">{{Cite web|last=Nedoma|first=Jan|title=license.txt|url=https://bitbucket.org/MnemonicWME/wme1/src/62204728c14de49e49d5b6b70f93a00c310f2e0f/license.txt?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510051448if_/https://bitbucket.org/MnemonicWME/wme1/src/62204728c14de49e49d5b6b70f93a00c310f2e0f/license.txt?at=default&fileviewer=file-view-default|archive-date=May 10, 2018|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=[[Bitbucket]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Nedoma|first=Jan|date=March 23, 2013|title=Wintermute Engine source code - the complete guide|url=http://forum.dead-code.org/index.php?topic=5434.0|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024170344/http://forum.dead-code.org/index.php?topic=5434.0|archive-date=October 24, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=[[Wintermute Engine]]|publisher=Dead:Code Software}}</ref>


Around 2014 a [[Video game remake|remastered]] version was announced for commercial re-release, by Richard Perrin's successor company.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thewhitechamber.lockeddoorpuzzle.com/|title=the white chamber|website=Locked Door Puzzle|publisher=Lupus Studios|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
Around 2014 a [[Video game remake|remastered]] version was announced for commercial re-release, by Richard Perrin's successor company.<ref>{{Cite web|title=the white chamber|url=https://thewhitechamber.lockeddoorpuzzle.com/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112012559/https://thewhitechamber.lockeddoorpuzzle.com/|archive-date=November 12, 2020|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Locked Door Puzzle|publisher=Lupus Studios Limited}}</ref>


==Reception==
==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
{{Video game reviews
| rev1 = JustAdventure
| rev1 = JustAdventure
| rev1Score = A<ref>{{cite web |title=The White Chamber |last=Washburne |first=Robert |date=April 18, 2005 |url=http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/WhiteChamber/WhiteChamber.shtm |website=JustAdventure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110814074355/http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/WhiteChamber/WhiteChamber.shtm |archive-date=August 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
| rev1Score = A<ref>{{cite web |title=The White Chamber Review |last=Washburne |first=Robert |date=April 18, 2005 |url=http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/WhiteChamber/WhiteChamber.shtm |website=JustAdventure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610155107/http://www.justadventure.com/reviews/WhiteChamber/WhiteChamber.shtm |archive-date=June 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |accessdate=April 14, 2021}}</ref>
| rev2 = FreePCGamers
| rev2 = FreePCGamers
| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |title=The White Chamber - Free PC Game Review |date=February 2009 |url=http://www.freepcgamers.com/2009/02/white-chamber-free-pc-game-review.html |website=FreePCGamers}}</ref>
| rev2Score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |title=The White Chamber - Free PC Game Review |date=February 2009 |url=https://www.freepcgamers.com/2009/02/white-chamber-free-pc-game-review.html |website=FreePCGamers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122041140/https://www.freepcgamers.com/2009/02/white-chamber-free-pc-game-review.html |archive-date=January 22, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev3 = The Inventory magazine
| rev3 = The Inventory magazine
| rev3Score = 80/100<ref name="TheInventorymagazine"/>
| rev3Score = 80/100<ref name="TheInventorymagazine"/>
}}
}}


The game has received very positive critical reactions. The [[New York Times]] described it as "Grisly and intriguing, with logical puzzles and surprising plot twists, Chamber is a first-rate garage game."<ref name="NYT"/> The Inventory magazine called it "A genuinely suspenseful horror game in a marvelously drawn anime style. All in all this game is a marvelous first outing by Studio Trophis." and gave 80/100 points.<ref name="TheInventorymagazine">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pahnation.com/the-white-chamber-game-review/|title=The White Chamber Game Review|date=May 1, 2015|website=PAH Nation|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref><ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/arts/06game.html?_r=1|title=Off the Couch, Deeper Into the Psyche|last=Herold|first=Charles|date=May 6, 2005|work=[[New York Times]]|accessdate=April 28, 2019}}</ref> IndieGames.com included it in their list of top adventure games of 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiegames.com/2007/02/top_20_adventure_games_part_1.html|title=Top 20 Adventure Games: Part 1|last=W.|first=Tim|date=February 15, 2007|website=IndieGames.com|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref>
The game has received very positive critical reactions. The [[New York Times]] described it as "Grisly and intriguing, with logical puzzles and surprising plot twists, Chamber is a first-rate garage game."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|last=Herold|first=Charles|date=May 6, 2005|title=Off the Couch, Deeper Into the Psyche|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/arts/06game.html?_r=1|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308110515/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/06/arts/off-the-couch-deeper-into-the-psyche.html|archive-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref> The Inventory magazine called it "A genuinely suspenseful horror game in a marvelously drawn anime style. All in all this game is a marvelous first outing by Studio Trophis." and gave 80/100 points.<ref name="TheInventorymagazine">{{Cite web|title=The White Chamber Game Review|url=http://www.pahnation.com/the-white-chamber-game-review/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321081713/http://www.pahnation.com/the-white-chamber-game-review/|archive-date=March 21, 2017|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=PAH Nation}}</ref> Indie Games Plus included it in their list of top adventure games of 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|last=W.|first=Tim|date=February 15, 2007|title=Top 20 Adventure Games: Part 1|url=https://indiegamesplus.com/2007/02/top_20_adventure_games_part_1|url-status=live|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=Indie Games Plus}}</ref>


As of May 2006 the game has been downloaded over 100,000 times and has featured on many magazines across the world (including the UK's best-selling ''[[SFX magazine]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.studiotrophis.com/site/press|title=Press|last=Holmes|first=Leah|website=Studio Trophis|publisher=SFX Magazine|date=June 2005|access-date=April 28, 2019}}</ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]'') and appeared often on [[cover disc]]s.
As of May 2006 the game has been downloaded over 100,000 times and has featured on many magazines across the world (including the UK's best-selling ''[[SFX magazine]]''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Leah|date=June 2005|title=Press|url=https://www.studiotrophis.com/site/press|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190120221101/https://www.studiotrophis.com/site/press|archive-date=January 20, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2021|website=[[Studio Trophis]]|publisher=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX Magazine]]}}<!-- It would be better if this citation used 'cite magazine' instead. --></ref> and ''[[The New York Times]]'') and appeared often on [[cover disc]]s.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Official website |url=http://www.studiotrophis.com/ |name=Studio Trophis' official website }}{{dead link|date=February 2021}}
*{{Official website |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208064542/http://www.studiotrophis.com/ |name=Studio Trophis' official website }}
*[http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber ''The White Chamber'' project page]{{dead link|date=February 2021}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180227093522/http://www.studiotrophis.com/site/projects/thewhitechamber ''The White Chamber'' project page]
*[https://bitbucket.org/MnemonicWME/wme1 Wintermute Engine 1], The White Chamber's engine on [[Bitbucket]]{{dead link|date=February 2021}}


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Revision as of 06:34, 14 April 2021

Not to be confused with White Chamber (film).
This article is about the video game. For other uses, see White Chamber (disambiguation).

The White Chamber
Developer(s)Studio Trophis
Designer(s)Richard Perrin
Artist(s)Paul Johnson
Composer(s)Zakir Rahman
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseMarch 2005
Genre(s)Single-player Adventure

The White Chamber, stylized as the white chamber, is a science fiction adventure game created by Studio Trophis using the Wintermute Engine. Originally designed as a university project, it was expanded to a full game and released for Microsoft Windows as free download in 2005.[1][2]

Gameplay

The player controls a girl who awakens in a coffin in a darkened room. She has no memory of how she got there, and opens the windows to reveal that she is in fact in space. The player must solve the puzzles and move from room to room, piecing together what happened to the crew of the station.[3] Along the way, she discovers logs from a technician named Arthur Anderson documenting the mystery of the main laboratory, the titular "white chamber".

Release history

The first release of the game was released for free in 2005, and featured four endings depending on the player's choices during the game. It originally had no voice acting, but several animated sections, including an opening and ending. The inclusion of anime sequences meant the game was over 300 MB to download.

The size was one of the contributing factors to the fact that it was originally available exclusively through bittorrent. In an article for PCZone Richard Perrin stated that using bittorrent allowed them to reduce their bandwidth costs greatly. The game is no longer available for direct download on the Studio Trophis site, due to unexpected increases in traffic. There is however, a download link on the site page.

The game has been updated multiple times and is now at version 1.7. It features eight endings and the text in nine languages, English, Czech, French, German, Greek, Italian, Polish, Portuguese and Russian and voice acting in either English or German.[3]

The game's source code and assets have been released under the CC BY-NC-SA Creative Commons license.[4][5] That means anyone is free to share and modify the game as long as Studio Trophis is credited, it is not for commercial gain, and that the result is made available under a similar license ("Freeware"). The game's engine ("Wintermute") source code was later released under the MIT license in 2013 on Bitbucket.[6][7]

Around 2014 a remastered version was announced for commercial re-release, by Richard Perrin's successor company.[8]

Reception

The game has received very positive critical reactions. The New York Times described it as "Grisly and intriguing, with logical puzzles and surprising plot twists, Chamber is a first-rate garage game."[12] The Inventory magazine called it "A genuinely suspenseful horror game in a marvelously drawn anime style. All in all this game is a marvelous first outing by Studio Trophis." and gave 80/100 points.[11] Indie Games Plus included it in their list of top adventure games of 2006.[13]

As of May 2006 the game has been downloaded over 100,000 times and has featured on many magazines across the world (including the UK's best-selling SFX magazine[14] and The New York Times) and appeared often on cover discs.

References

  1. ^ "About Us". Studio Trophis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Perrin, Richard (April 24, 2019). "Now on itch.io!". itch.io. Retrieved April 13, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b "the white chamber". Studio Trophis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  4. ^ Perrin, Richard. "the white chamber". itch.io. Archived from the original on February 23, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Downloads". Studio Trophis. Archived from the original on January 16, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ^ Nedoma, Jan. "license.txt". Bitbucket. Archived from the original on May 10, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Nedoma, Jan (March 23, 2013). "Wintermute Engine source code - the complete guide". Wintermute Engine. Dead:Code Software. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  8. ^ "the white chamber". Locked Door Puzzle. Lupus Studios Limited. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Washburne, Robert (April 18, 2005). "The White Chamber Review". JustAdventure. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "The White Chamber - Free PC Game Review". FreePCGamers. February 2009. Archived from the original on January 22, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "The White Chamber Game Review". PAH Nation. Archived from the original on March 21, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Herold, Charles (May 6, 2005). "Off the Couch, Deeper Into the Psyche". New York Times. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  13. ^ W., Tim (February 15, 2007). "Top 20 Adventure Games: Part 1". Indie Games Plus. Retrieved April 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ Holmes, Leah (June 2005). "Press". Studio Trophis. SFX Magazine. Archived from the original on January 20, 2019. Retrieved April 14, 2021.

External links

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