Mizuguchi: Child of Eden's 'Journey Project' yielded as many as five thousand submissions

In September 2010, Ubisoft announced it would use user-submitted images that represented the game's theme of hope and happiness to help craft the...

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In September 2010, Ubisoft announced it would use user-submitted images that represented the game's theme of hope and happiness to help craft the final stage of Q? Entertainment's upcoming title Child of Eden.

During a preview for the spiritual successor to Rez, legendary designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi told Shacknews that the response to the Journey Project was outstanding.

"I got four or five thousand pictures from all around the world," Mizuguchi said. The game's creative designer also revealed that Q? Entertainment has selected "four or five hundred" images to help craft the final level in Child of Eden.

Mizuguchi said that he felt many of the images represented what was intended in the original vision for the game: hope, love, and happiness. "I cried when I saw the pictures," he admitted. "Every picture has something. An emotional something. I was so moved and I really want to thank the people, very much." Mizuguchi says that the photo-filled interactive level is very much a part of the entire Child of Eden experience and not an extension or an added piece.

Child of Eden launches on the Xbox 360 on June 14, 2011. The game supports both traditional controllers and Microsoft's Kinect motion-sensing peripheral. A PlayStation 3 version will launch at a later date. Ubisoft would not confirm reports that the game would feature Move support.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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      March 14, 2011 11:32 AM

      Wow, that's... that's really quite a thing.

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      March 14, 2011 3:25 PM

      Mizuguchi: "I love kicking Cliffy B's ass!" http://www.computerandvideogames.com/293398/news/child-of-eden-will-kick-cliffy-bs-ass-jokes-q/

      "I think we're just going to kick Cliffy B's ass! I love kicking Cliffy B's ass! No, I love Cliffy B, but yeah Gears of War is a fun, visceral experience where you get to kill the shit out of some people in Gears of War. I love Gears and can't wait for GoW 3.

      "But when you want to have a chilled, blissed out audio-visual experience that is like nothing else you or your friends have ever seen, when your friends come over and you want to make your audio-visual system sing, this is the game to do it."

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      March 14, 2011 3:39 PM

      Is there anything known about the soundtrack?

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      March 14, 2011 3:48 PM

      I played this at PAX. It's definitely a good game, and I had fun, but unless it changes drastically as you progress it's just a modern day Rez with Kinect. That's not necessarily a bad thing but I guess I was expecting a bit more.

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        March 14, 2011 4:06 PM

        That's pretty much all I wanted from it. Though I'll be playing it on PS3 with a controller because fuck Kinect.

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      March 14, 2011 4:10 PM

      did anyone else get a ping of nostalgia for The Journeyman Project

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        March 14, 2011 7:20 PM

        I can't even read the phrase 'Journey Project' without thinking of that series. Love it - love it.

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