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# David O’Reilly’s colossal simulator Mountain rises on July 1st
- URL: https://www.killscreen.com/david-oreillys-experiential-simulator-mountain-rises-july-1st/
- Published: 2014-06-30T12:06:35.000Z
- Updated: 2024-07-26T10:36:07.000Z
- Description: Future forward director and Her videogame creator announces first effort
- Author: Jamin Warren
- Tags: News, David O'Reilly, iOS, Mac, Mountain, PC, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-26 09:39

Director and animator [David O’Reilly](http://blog.davidoreilly.com/?ref=killscreen.com) surprised us with the announcement of a new simulator called [*Mountain*](http://www.mountain-game.com/?ref=killscreen.com) earlier this summer. It absolutely came from nowhere and is yet another demonstration that sleepy world of games is attracting new blood. Creator of [*The External World*](http://killscreendaily.com/articles/oculus-rift-project-straps-you-david-oreillys-dadaist-cartoon-creations/?ref=killscreen.com), O’Reilly has quietly announced that *Mountain* would be available on July 1st for Mac, PC, and [possibly iOS](http://blog.davidoreilly.com/post/89913250953/mountain-will-be-released-july-1st-for-mac-pc?ref=killscreen.com).

O’Reilly originally described *Mountain* as “[more psychologically invasive than Facebook](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-animator-from-her-makes-real-video-game-20140612-column.html?ref=killscreen.com),” but after recently revelations that Facebook researchers have been manipulating our moods in the name of science, this is clearly cause for concern. *Mountain* will ask you questions about your hopes, fears, and dreams, and you must turn your answers into drawings. Think of it as a Montessori twist on Joseph Weizenbaum’s [ELIZA program](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA?ref=killscreen.com), only drenched in the clouds of the Sierras.

“We as humans feel all big because we build great things but the fact is that mountains dwarf us,” O’Reilly [said after the announcement](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-animator-from-her-makes-real-video-game-20140612-column.html?ref=killscreen.com). Indeed.

*[Check our interview with David from the Virtual Reality issue of Kill Screen #8.](http://shop.killscreendaily.com/products/issue-8-virtual-reality?ref=killscreen.com)*