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Among Shadows and Light | Project Walkthrough
Among Shadows and Light | Project Walkthrough
Directed by
Alexander Shpanko
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
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2026
“Among Shadows and Light” is an interactive RPG-style walk in which real photographs of a park are transformed into the setting for a fairy-tale adventure. The player receives a map, rolls a die, and moves along the route according to the number rolled, encountering statues, ruins, animals, mysterious objects, and small challenges. Some details are hidden inside the photographs, so careful attention affects how much of the story can be discovered. Gradually, an ordinary park becomes a world with an ancient castle, a dragon, and a kidnapped princess. The game has several routes, two endings, and elements of chance, so it can be played more than once, producing a slightly different story each time. What is especially interesting is that Oleksandr created this unified fantasy space from photographs taken in several real locations. Editing connects them as if all the events were taking place inside one world. The work brings together photography, a board-game structure, and a fairy tale, turning the viewer from an observer into a protagonist whose decisions shape the story.