2026
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Tested with young audiences, the game addresses the shallow museum experience by offering deep, curiosity‑driven exploration. It proves that game design can be a powerful medium for cultural preservation – making the forgotten remembered, and the silent heard.
Spirit Vessel Abyss is a first-person immersive puzzle game that reimagines Chinese cultural heritage through an original “artifact anthropomorphism” lens. Players become a museum keeper who, after touching a warping relic, is pulled into a parallel world where ancient artifacts live as five clans – Jade, Gold & Silver, Ceramics, Bronze, and Textile. A mysterious “memory loss” plague is causing relics to fade from existence, mirroring real-world museum conservation crises.The game transforms traditional museum education into active, emotional engagement.
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Danting Li
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Packaging Design - Self Promotion
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Tianci Design Studio, Quanshan District, Xuzhou, China
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Interior Design - Recreation Spaces
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NAKED PROJECT INTERIOR DESIGN LIMITED COMPANY
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Interior Design - Hotels & Resorts