Vanitas
$2.22
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About Vanitas
Vanitas. A memento mori for your digital hands.
To lift you up when you're feeling down. And drag you down when you're up too high.
Everything flows, nothing remains.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!
Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
Sometimes, when you're depressed, it's good to see something depressing.
A contemplation of the fleetingness of life. To help appreciate what you have.
A meditative experience. A spiritual toy. A reminder of the preciousness of existing.
Designed by Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn.
With Zoë Keating on cello.
Referring to still life paintings from the 16th and 17th century, Vanitas presents you with a gorgeously rendered 3D box filled with intriguing objects. Close the box and open it again to see new objects. You can move the objects by tilting your phone or pushing and dragging the objects with your fingers. To create pleasant arrangements that inspire and enchant. Some objects decay. A flower blooms. A bubble pops. Life like an empty dream flits by.
- Beautiful, tactile realtime 3D graphics.
- Subtle sound effects.
- Surprising musical punctuation by renowned avant cellist Zoë Keating.
- Realistic physics.
- 35 Different 3D objects with multiple states arranged over 12 stages.
- Simple, intuitive and direct interaction through multi-touch and tilt.
- Random combinations can generate over 40,000 different dynamic interactive pictures, each capable of inspiring contemplation.
- 24 Quotes on the topics of life and vanity from The Bible and from famous authors such as Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Sappho and Kundera.
- Win a gold star each time you get three identical objects.
From the makers of independent games milestones The Path, Fatale, The Endless Forest and The Graveyard.
Created at the occasion of The Art History of Games symposium in February 2010 in Atlanta.
To lift you up when you're feeling down. And drag you down when you're up too high.
Everything flows, nothing remains.
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity!
Life is the farce we are all forced to endure.
Sometimes, when you're depressed, it's good to see something depressing.
A contemplation of the fleetingness of life. To help appreciate what you have.
A meditative experience. A spiritual toy. A reminder of the preciousness of existing.
Designed by Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn.
With Zoë Keating on cello.
Referring to still life paintings from the 16th and 17th century, Vanitas presents you with a gorgeously rendered 3D box filled with intriguing objects. Close the box and open it again to see new objects. You can move the objects by tilting your phone or pushing and dragging the objects with your fingers. To create pleasant arrangements that inspire and enchant. Some objects decay. A flower blooms. A bubble pops. Life like an empty dream flits by.
- Beautiful, tactile realtime 3D graphics.
- Subtle sound effects.
- Surprising musical punctuation by renowned avant cellist Zoë Keating.
- Realistic physics.
- 35 Different 3D objects with multiple states arranged over 12 stages.
- Simple, intuitive and direct interaction through multi-touch and tilt.
- Random combinations can generate over 40,000 different dynamic interactive pictures, each capable of inspiring contemplation.
- 24 Quotes on the topics of life and vanity from The Bible and from famous authors such as Rimbaud, Nietzsche, Sappho and Kundera.
- Win a gold star each time you get three identical objects.
From the makers of independent games milestones The Path, Fatale, The Endless Forest and The Graveyard.
Created at the occasion of The Art History of Games symposium in February 2010 in Atlanta.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
Improved display on different screen proportions.
Minor bug fixes.
Improved display on different screen proportions.
Minor bug fixes.
Price update Price changed from $2.32 to $2.22.
Version update Vanitas was updated to version 1.5
Version update Vanitas was updated to version 1.4
Price update Price changed from $2.22 to $2.32.
What are users saying about Vanitas
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Absolutely lovely. Perfect for the 2 minutes between here and there and meditate about death.
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Love this toy, don't love reinstalling every time I want to play it.
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I love this app. I am happy to see that it is working again, and updated. Excellent work.
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Best app for Android! I love Vanitas! Many thanks for fix this application! I really love you guys!
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This game looked fantastic. I installed it, but hadn't started playing right away. I was disappointed when I went to play and it crashed. I thought maybe I missed some updates so I uninstalled and re-installed it. Still crashes. I've got a Samsung Galaxy Note 3 that was upgraded to lollipop. Maybe the upgrade caused the problem? Please fix.
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It cashes on startup in my Moto G 3
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Like the developers say: "To lift you up when you're feeling down. And drag you down when you're up too high." The graphics and the sound are beautifully crafted. This game doesn't have a goal, but holds a lot of atmosphere and stuff to reflect over. Every aspect of it has a symbolic value.
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I had this game for anti-anxiety measures, but on my Xperia Z3 it crashes immediately on startup. This deeply saddens me.
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I have a galaxy s5 sport, and this app no longer runs. It crashes on start up.
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On my Sony Tablet Z4 I get a crash on startup. Could be lollipop related or resolution related. Either way, it's an instant crash. I hope it will somehow be fixed.
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"A memento mori for your digital hands"
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Now just crashes on S6.
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"A memento mori for your digital hands"
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Best app for Android! I love Vanitas! Please fix: Low resolution in the font of the 24 quotations, in big displays like Galaxy Note 3, please, fix the resolution in the fonts. Crash in the startup in Android 5.x. Now it's useless.
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This crashes on startup! :C
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Best app for Android! I love Vanitas! Low resolution in the font of the 24 quotations, in big displays like Galaxy Note 3, please, fix the resolution in the fonts.
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Like the developers say: "To lift you up when you're feeling down. And drag you down when you're up too high." The graphics and the sound are beautifully crafted. This game doesn't have a goal, but holds a lot of atmosphere and stuff to reflect over. Every aspect of it has a symbolic value.
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Beautiful app. Runs incredibly faster and smoother on HTC one xl.
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Neat, meditative app. So many apps are variations on a few basic themes. I always like finding something completely different. Price seems high for how much I will play it tho.
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Amazing!! Looking forward to seeing all the objects to ponder
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Beautiful vanitas momento moris every time you open the lid. Absolutely lovely.
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Vanitas is the most beautiful thing that I could possibly associate with my phone. Treat yourself to this unique experience.
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Love this toy, don't love reinstalling every time I want to play it.
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Amend of previous review Upon further exploration of the game, am finding more depth and complexity--will continue to give it another chance. And the developers responded quickly and kindly to my frustrated venting!
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Beautiful Beautiful app. Runs incredibly faster and smoother on HTC one xl.
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Wonderful Amazing!! Looking forward to seeing all the objects to ponder
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. Vanitas is the most beautiful thing that I could possibly associate with my phone. Treat yourself to this unique experience.
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I put in a 1 star review in may 2016 because it never worked from the time of purchase. It works now and I love it.