Prologue - One of the 3-Part Immersive VR Comic Adaptation of Nie Xiaoqian
Core Experience
【Enter Liaozhai’s netherworld, hold Xiaoqian’s quiet dream; her soul lingers in obsession, fate binds them at Lanruo Temple.】
“Lose yourself and forget the way back” as you step into the virtual Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Mortal hustle and nether mist weave into delicate threads. A fateful first encounter at Lanruo Temple leads you through perilous trials, startling sparrows in flight. Even as mortal and ghost stand worlds apart, shy glances glisten like dew on hair, as if “meeting feels like a dream.” Gaze alone at the candle flame with melancholy—wind chimes outside the eaves murmur like whispers. Reach for the nebula, its clouds flowing like fluttering sleeves, only to touch the divide between yin and yang, staring at each other across the chasm. “Parting and reuniting, hearts cling softly,” a faint sorrow lingers. — A tribute to the classic Hong Kong film A Chinese Ghost Story.
In the deep seclusion of Lanruo Temple, a fate spanning yin and yang unfolds quietly. Players take on the role of scholar Ning Caichen, exploring Nie Xiaoqian’s past and secrets in blurring dreams.
Seamless Design
【Wake from the dream, resume where you left off; exit anytime, auto-save activated.】
Auto-save freezes the moment you exit, like setting down a half-warm cup of tea gently. Remove the headphones to rest, and when you put them back on—Xiaoqian’s whispers may still linger in your ears, moss on the misty corridor may still glisten with morning dew, or moonlight on the lake may reflect the laziness of “straying into the depths of lotus flowers.” Joy and sorrow are never fragmented chapters. Even in pause, resuming brings back that heart-quivering depth of feeling, letting you savor this timeless romance at your own pace, as if “drunk, not knowing the sky is reflected in the water.”
Immersive Details: Scene Reconstruction
Withered vines cling to temple walls like tangled old memories. A pavilion stands by the lake bathed in moonbeams, fireflies dancing along steps like falling tears. Bamboo patterns are faintly carved on window lattices; bamboo shadows sweep the steps without a sound—echoing the seclusion of “how deep the courtyard’s depths extend.” — The weathered temple walls, a withered flower behind the ear, the emptiness at your fingertips.
Character Spirit
Nie Xiaoqian: Wit intertwined with loneliness.Ning Caichen: Gentleness hiding quiet courage, daring to keep the promise of “for better or worse, in life and death” despite the yin-yang divide.
Sorrow and beauty are a tribute to the classic, and the faint sorrow of deep love between mortal and ghost—woven into the delicacy of “last night’s wind and light rain”—making every gaze feel like the intoxication of “in the dream, forgetting one is a stranger.”
Experience a revolutionary VR comic film! Become the protagonist, step into the fantasy of Liaozhai’s Nie Xiaoqian, and be touched by this eternal love between human and ghost
