FATALE has been available for a month now and recently joined the Steam distribution service, where you can find Tale of Tales’ 3D interpretation of Oscar Wilde’s Salome for only $7. The beautiful thing about FATALE is the incredible amount of work put into creating such a unique experience. The music, dancing, animation, etc. every department in which the game shines has been carefully hand-crafted to perfection.

If you would like to see the amount of effort that was put into Salome’s “Dance of the Seven Veils,” this making-of video has you in luck. If you do not wish to see it, you will miss out on an integral piece of artistry. What started on the foundation of Gerry de Mol’s composition evolved into improvised choreography from Eléonore Valere Lachky and was later animated by Laura Raines Smith into 4750 hand-crafted frames.

We had always wanted to do something with contemporary dance in realtime 3D. Some of the world’s most important choreographers and dancers live in our tiny kingdom of Belgium. We regularly go see their astounding work on stage. The obvious choice for committing this talent to the digital medium would have been motion capture. But such a costly process was out of the question for a small independent production like FATALE. Luckily we had woman on our team who was mad enough to recreate the animation by hand based on video recorded of a dancer’s improvisations. Mostly, it was masochism and Advil.
- Designers Auriea Harvey and Michael Samyn explained humorously.

You can view the awe-inspiring video on the Tale of Tales official page or right here. Ultimately, it is a haunting and daunting sight to behold.