

The company announced the game’s development in 2019 and expects the full version to release by the second quarter of 2023. Jesus also performs his miracles with the “Holy Spirit energy” and must continually recharge this energy to continue play, relegating a member of the Holy Trinity to nothing more than a metric wheel on the lower right corner of the screen. When healing the royal officer’s son as described in the Gospel of John, Jesus is shown entering the child’s bloodstream and manipulating red blood cells with outstretched hands. Developers give Christ the power to move things without touching them and seemingly attempt to explain how miracles occurred. The latter scene is complete with an energy ball-throwing Satan.īeyond the sacrilege attached to acting as the Son of God, the game takes many artistic liberties with Scripture. The game features multiple Bible stories, including Jesus giving Peter, James, and John the miraculous catch of fish ( Luke 5:1–11), turning water into wine at the Cana wedding (John 2:1-11), calming the storm on the Sea of Galilee ( Matthew 8:23–27, Mark 4:35–41, Luke 8:22–25), and fasting in the desert before Satan’s temptation ( Matthew 4:1-11). The game chronicles Christ’s life from just before His baptism through His crucifixion and resurrection. Users see only Jesus’ hands.

It is the first virtual reality game to give users a first-person view from the perspective of Jesus. 1, with the rest of the game expected by spring 2023.

The company intends to release the game prologue on Dec. The game trailer shows first-person views of Biblical stories, with users acting as Jesus by performing miracles and interacting with other Biblical characters. Video game developers SimulaMaker and PlayWay plan to release a virtual reality simulation game titled I am Jesus Christ in time for Christmas.
