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| | |image = Don't Blink game.jpg | ||
| | |doctor = Twelfth Doctor | ||
|developer= [[Aardman Animations]] | |main character = [[Human (Don't Blink)|Human]] | ||
|publisher= BBC | |developer = [[Aardman Animations]] | ||
|platform= Online game | |publisher = BBC | ||
|writer = | |platform = Online game | ||
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|release date= | |genre = | ||
|release date= October 2016 | |||
|enemy = [[Weeping Angel]]s | |enemy = [[Weeping Angel]]s | ||
|setting = [[House (Don't Blink)|House]] | |setting = [[House (Don't Blink)|House]] | ||
|companions = | |companions = | ||
| | }}{{You may|Don't Blink (game)|n1=the board game}} | ||
}} | '''''Don't Blink''''' or '''''Don't Blink!''''' was a [[video game]] released for [[Halloween]] 2016 on BBC Taster. It was only available for 3 months. | ||
'''''Don't Blink''''' was a [[video game]] released for [[Halloween]] 2016 on BBC Taster. It was only available for 3 months. | |||
The main feature of the game was that it used the player's desktop webcam to detect if they blinked, an idea developed by [[Matt Shotton]]. The BBC Drama Digital team commissioned [[Aardman Animations]] to create a game that used Shotton's webcam idea and ''Don't Blink'' was the result. | The main feature of the game was that it used the player's desktop webcam to detect if they blinked, an idea developed by [[Matt Shotton]]. The BBC Drama Digital team commissioned [[Aardman Animations]] to create a game that used Shotton's webcam idea and ''Don't Blink'' was the result. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Can your webcam save you from the Weeping | Can your webcam save you from the [[Weeping Angel]]s in this spooky mini-game? The Angels can only get you when you’re not looking at them so 'don’t blink' and hold on until [[Twelfth Doctor|the Doctor]] sends [[the TARDIS]] for you. Too difficult? Too easy? Don't forget to rate and share. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Although the Doctor saves the player at the end of the game, he is not actually seen in the game. The image used for the game on the Doctor Who website has the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in it. | * Although the Doctor saves the player at the end of the game, he is not actually seen in the game. The image used for the game on the Doctor Who website has the [[Twelfth Doctor]] in it. | ||
* If the player loses, the Angels send them back in time to various historic events where they are killed. These include: [[Pompeii]] in [[79]], the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]] in [[1348]], the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[1666]], the [[Battle of Culloden]] in [[1746]], the [[French Revolution]] in [[1789]], the [[Mary Celeste]] in [[1872]], a gunfight at the [[O.K. Corral]] in [[1881]], | * If the player loses, the Angels send them back in time to various historic events where they are killed. These include: [[Pompeii]] in [[79]], the [[Bubonic plague|Black Death]] in [[1348]], the [[Great Fire of London]] in [[1666]], the [[Battle of Culloden]] in [[1746]], the [[French Revolution]] in [[1789]], the [[Mary Celeste]] in [[1872]], a gunfight at the [[O.K. Corral]] in [[1881]], the [[Battle of the Somme]] in [[1916]], and the [[The Blitz|London Blitz]] in [[1940]]. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/doctor-who-dont-blink-game BBC Taster - Projects - Games - '''Doctor Who - Don't Blink'''] - The Game | ||
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{{Weeping Angel | {{Weeping Angel sources}} | ||
[[Category:Doctor Who video games]] | [[Category:Doctor Who video games]] | ||
[[Category:2016 video games]] | [[Category:2016 video games]] | ||
[[Category:Weeping Angel video games]] | [[Category:Weeping Angel video games]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:27, 27 April 2024
- You may be looking for the board game.
Don't Blink or Don't Blink! was a video game released for Halloween 2016 on BBC Taster. It was only available for 3 months.
The main feature of the game was that it used the player's desktop webcam to detect if they blinked, an idea developed by Matt Shotton. The BBC Drama Digital team commissioned Aardman Animations to create a game that used Shotton's webcam idea and Don't Blink was the result.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
Can your webcam save you from the Weeping Angels in this spooky mini-game? The Angels can only get you when you’re not looking at them so 'don’t blink' and hold on until the Doctor sends the TARDIS for you. Too difficult? Too easy? Don't forget to rate and share.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Although the Doctor saves the player at the end of the game, he is not actually seen in the game. The image used for the game on the Doctor Who website has the Twelfth Doctor in it.
- If the player loses, the Angels send them back in time to various historic events where they are killed. These include: Pompeii in 79, the Black Death in 1348, the Great Fire of London in 1666, the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the French Revolution in 1789, the Mary Celeste in 1872, a gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881, the Battle of the Somme in 1916, and the London Blitz in 1940.
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