The Beautiful Monster launch

The Beautiful Monster is an interactive experience made using Unreal Tournament by the current AIM students at RMIT. I have been helping out as an Executive Producer of the project and it is being launched this Thursday.


Due to the recent rise of the use of gaming as an art form, the conventions of gaming are being tested and the user can often expect to be challenged. This has been stretched to the extent that they are not even experiencing a game in its traditional form. The students of the Animation and Interactive Media course at RMIT have conceptualized, designed and created an interactive experience that follows firmly embraces these ethics.

“Beautiful Monster” is a collaborative project that has been created within a five week period. This interactive experience is an abstract simulation of our ideological society, where notions of the ‘real’ are questioned.

This abstract space is divided into three nodes, which are represented by three intangible elements: sound, colour and light. There are no obvious rules in this space. This is due to the fact the primary theme is to create a feeling of confusion through the unfamiliar and abstract, yet beautiful, environment. The experience generates alternative frontiers beyond 3D game environment and evokes different emotions than what the users would be accustomed to. Users’ experience varies according to different elements working together.

The Beautiful Monster launch
6:00pm - 9:00pm
Thursday 21st May
Virtual Reality Centre, RMIT University City Campus, in Building 91, Ground floor
110 Victoria Street
Melbourne, Australia

Tags: rmit, aim, unreal tournament