What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed

Inspired by the dual screen of the Nintendo DS, What Linus Bruckman Sees When His Eyes Are Closed is an adventure where you play two games simultaneously, real-time, and in split-screen. In Kami, you guide the spirit of a female samurai, killed in a village raid. To save her people, you must free the fallen god Izanami, trapped deep inside the same caverns. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, you are the cartoony alien Junior, only wearing undies. You have to help your father who gambled all his money. The only way to avoid bankruptcy is to restore the order system of the DocMcVonSpaceBurger fast food empire.

The game itself consists of a single screen, with one, very thorough puzzle. The twist is that any action you take in one game is mirrored in the other. In the first run, Kami is completely in Japanese and thus impossible to solve if you haven't mastered the language. When you complete the DocMcVonSpaceBurger puzzle, however, the Japanese text is translated and you can start a second run. Each of the two puzzles (top part and bottom part) can be solved individually, but based on the outcome (fail both, solve one, solve both), there are different endings.

Even though all actions are mirrored, there are a few tricks involving switches, colours, and different axes granting a little amount of control over the different effects. In Kami, you need to rearrange the fragments of a story based on deceit. In DocMcVonSpaceBurger, the main challenge is to find out the customers' needs and provide the right capsules. Both games have distinctly different art: the top game has a stylish oriental look, while the fast food empire is very cartoony.

If you manage to crack both puzzles simultaneously, you are given a code to add your name to the hall of completion on the developer's website.

Added July 7, 2020
Published By xii games
Developed By xii games
The main title screen (Windows) from mobygames.com
The title screen morphs into the dual playing fields. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Main game screen, with the different options. Each mouse movement is mirrored in both screens. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The female samurai appears in the cave, DocMcVonSpaceBurger Junior enters the fast food restaurant. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Each pillar has different options with different meanings in both games. (Windows) from mobygames.com
Although colouring the capsules and orbs is purely a visual effect, it is needed to solve the puzzle, and the colours can be different because of the mouse axis. (Windows) from mobygames.com
An important clue to solve both puzzles. (Windows) from mobygames.com
The ending starts. (Windows) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
2006

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Genre(s):
Puzzle Adventure Traditional

Camera View:
Third-Person

Control Type:
Point and Click

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