The "camera" of this metaphysical universe is an undisciplined and controtionist mechanism that refuses to show coherent representations of what is occurring in-game without making the watcher severely nauseous. Sometimes the view switches to first-person; at other times, the player's character--their metaphysical avatar--becomes naught more than a small dot in the middle of a blob of indistinguishable color.
Other player's avatars are blurry and difficult to make out--at least those running on an older version of the mechanism that this game runs on. The camera takes effort to focus, especially on moving targets such as the fast-walking avatars of other people (most of whom will not be playing my game, or even be aware of it.)
Sometimes, when the conditions are right, the camera clicks onto some sort of solid manifestation and, then, it is possible to see ancient magic constructs whose very appearance is enough to cause a deep, memorable emotional experience. Those are the constructs that I am working towards portraying and creating. Constructs that can be admired by people who understand what is going on.
There is a little bit of magic going on within the mind's internal camera. The only problem I have is: how do I access it?
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