MISSION STATEMENT
- The Books of Egu is a series of fictional video games and interactive content inspired by the New Testament. Our mission is to make the Bible cool again by introducing play to the scriptures. It takes players on an interactive visual novel adventure filled with adrenaline, puzzling mysteries, and animated stories. We are offering the principals in order to promote Christianity in video games. Today, most kids and young adults would rather interact and learn from stories in video games or animations than to read the stories in the Bible. This is because the way we interact with the Bible are outdated. Where's the fun? The Books of Egu is an alternative way to experience the Bible by bringing play into the equation.
ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
KEN EGU
- Award Winning Director: 2018 Los Angeles Animation Festival Humanitarian Award
- Masters of Fine Arts: Interactive Media & Game Design at USC
- Bachelor’s Degree: Digital Media Arts from Duquesne University
- Website | Instagram
The first Book in the Books of Egu is "When I Get Free".
EPISODE 1
- Our main characters are Judas, Peter and John the Baptizer (left to right). They are wrongfully imprisoned inmates inside the Penitentiary within the city of Nemean. Together, they come up with an elaborate plan to escape toward a Messiah who's supposed to save them.
- Breaking out of a city wide prison is no easy task. No inmate has ever escaped the high level security from the Enforcers around Nemean. However, with the Games coming to town, everybody will be focused on that. John, Peter and Judas see this as an opportunity to evade the Enforcers but they need to create more distractions.
- Peter's mission is to become the "rabbit". He gets into a car and begins a high speed chase with Enforcers around the city. As he drives, he also destroys the Power Stations fueling the security around the city. While all eyes are on Peter in the car and John at the stadium, Judas is working behind the scenes.
EPISODE 2
- Episode 2 focuses on the present stage with the shocking arrest of John the Baptizer. Herod and the Union move into crowd control and Saul is presented as the lead investigator of the Nemean Escape. Saul discovers that during the car chase, someone broke into the Security Tower and scrambled the system allowing many inmates to escape including John, Peter and Judas. His mission is to figure out how and why.
- Saul finds footage of Judas breaking into the Security Tower. The investigation unravels as you piece together what happened that night in Nemean.
- Herod and Saul plot against the Messiah. His lawsuit against the Union for the false imprisonment of John the Baptizer is a problem for Herod. Saul sees closing this case as a new opportunity to reach the height of his career, as a Minister.
What We Need:
EPISODE 3 & 4(IN DEVELOPMENT)
- We released the beta version of Episode 1 and 2 on the app store. Episode 3 and 4 are the last half of this book. In these episodes, John reveals how he ends up in Nemean, Peter escapes from Nemean, Judas seeks revenge and goes against John's plan, Saul concludes his investigation to a shocking discovery and the Messiah is baptized as the new leader of Babylon. Expected for release in 2020.
- We want you to be a part of this production process. Your pledge will contribute to:
- Game Production
- Advertising
- Tools and Equipment(ie. laptops, adobe creative cloud fees, Unity fees, etc)
- App Store Registration Fees
- We invite people to download, test and review our game. We need beta testers and their feedback to make sure we elevate this game to its highest level. Download and play the app(link above), then please answer the questions(below) in 3-6 minute video and email it to whenigetfree92@gmail.com
TIPS for recording:
- Make sure the video is clean(no visual interference or distractions)
- Make sure the audio is clean and there’s no background noise
- Be yourself and please be honest. Answer each question with more than one sentence.
QUESTIONS:
- First Name and age
- Which religion do you identify with? or Atheist? Agnostic?
- What did you like about the game?
- What do you wish it had more of?
- What do you think about the representation of the main characters?
What do you think is the overall message of the game so far?
- Does the game make you want to know more about the Bible?
email your responses to whenigetfree92@gmail.com
- We are currently developing Episode 3 and 4, the final episodes of the first book. We are also preparing the rest of the books. For us to do this at the highest level, we need to continue to build our community and investment to fund our team needs. With your help and support, we will finish this project and bring you more play to the Bible.
Other Ways You Can Help
- Download the game and drop a rating on the app store. Comment, Follow and Like us on Facebook. Search "When I Get Free"
For all other inquires, email us at whenigetfree92@gmail.com
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