# THE PERSISTENCE

- Link: https://andrewjamesspooner.com/portfolio/the-persistance/
- Published: 2018-07-03T12:20:18+01:00
- Author: Andrew Spooner

I can’t tell you how much fun it was working in the [Pitstop Productions](http://pitstopproductions.co.uk/)
studio, voicing the part of “The Engineer” for this VR game for the PS4 developed
by [Firesprite](https://firesprite.com/).

Who knew that screaming into a microphone could be so much fun!

The Persistence is First Person Stealth Horror exclusively for PS4 PSVR

Set on board a deep space scientific vessel called The Persistence in the year 2521,
the ship arrives at the site of a collapsing star 17,000 light years from earth.
While conducting a major experiment, a horrific incident occurs mutating many of
the crew. As The Persistence is pulled into the gravity of the collapsing star, 
the ship’s computer, ‘IRIS’ wakes remaining members of the crew from cryogenic sleep–
one at a time. Can you stay alive long enough to save The Persistence?

The Persistence is procedurally generated. Every time you die and a new character
is awoken by IRIS, the layout of the ship has changed. Every life will play out 
differently, with different enemies to face, items to find and power-ups to collect.

Survival requires you to be stealthy and VR is the perfect match for this. Sneaking
around and hiding behind cover; it’s second nature in VR to just lean round or peek
over cover to gain the advantage Your friends can also help out by connecting to
the game with their phone or tablet and hacking into the ship’s computer. Once in
the ship’s system, players get to control doors, freeze or distract enemies, disable
traps and find hidden items to scavenge for the VR player. Be aware though, sometimes
the tablet player gets rewarded if you die, do you trust your friends?