However, Sara is not ready to die, so the trick is to invite Death to a game that you will play for her. This time, it’s not about God, but about love, as she doesn’t believe in that anymore. Salvetti included some lines from the movie, but also wrote new reflections when Sara is in conversation with Death. Cinema did, sculpture too, why not videogames?”Ī fan of Ingmar Bergman, with S arah and Death, Salvetti has created a game that was very much inspired by The Seventh Seal (1957). My point is: you can do poetry and philosophy with videogames. It’s this attitude that encouraged him to make it ad-free too, refusing to monetize it as that kind of move “demands some design choices.” He says he wanted this game to be strictly personal: “You don’t monetize on such gloomy name or colors.
Drugs are addictive, not games”, argues Salvetti.
“It was made as an antidote to Candy Crush (2012), its poor taste and addictive gameplay. Available for free on Google Play and iTunes, this little philosophical puzzle game is a noble move against the tendency in the market for mobile games. It is this hunger for more that describes Sara, Salvetti’s alter ego, and the protagonist of his game Sara and Death. He moved from Italy to England, finding in London the right place to settle down and to run away from the stillness of small towns: “I need a massive city not to get depressed and it has been four years now, maybe I should consider Tokyo.” “I had a good job, but curiosity took over. After studying philosophy, he decided he wanted a new adventure in IT. Rocco Salvetti might be not your typical videogame maker.
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