Taking the Video Out of Video Games

I've long been intrigued by the idea of making a video-game without any visuals, though the question of how you'd actually execute that idea has always seemed like an academic one. Thankfully, there are smarter and more driven people than myself out there, and In the Pit, an audio-only stealth action game being developed on the XNA platform, is proof of this irrefutable fact. In the Pit will put players in the role of a pit-dwelling monster who eats people who fall into his domain. You'll have no visuals to guide you, and since smell- and taste-based feedback are sadly non-standard features for video games, you'll have to rely on your remaining senses of sound and touch. Check out this trailer for an idea of how this will actually work.