The Illusion of Living
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The Illusion of Living is a book written by Joey Drew, and is used in the Ink Machine ritual.
Description
Physical appearance
The cover of the book, both front and back, is mainly printed in black, with a yellow outline, which contains "The Illusion of Living" title, Joey Drew's name, and a pair of horns.
Usage
The Illusion of Living is used as one of the six ritual items for activating the Ink Machine (by Henry Stein's ink clone and Audrey Drew), in its version from both the Cycle and real world.
Gameplay
Locations
Bendy and the Ink Machine
The book first appeared in Chapter 1: Moving Pictures. In this chapter, it is one of the six items Henry must collect to activate the Ink Machine. The book is located in the Lunch Room, on a table piled with several other books.
The book later makes a numerous amount of cameos from the second to fifth chapter. However, none of them can be obtained:
- In Chapter 2: The Old Song, the book is seen in the trash can in Sammy's office room.
- In Chapter 3: Rise and Fall, the book is seen laying on one of the desks from the operation room of Level P.
- In Chapter 4: Colossal Wonders, the book is seen laying on the table in the Archives, next to Susie's audio log of Level S, and on the shelf inside the room with the Lost One banging its head against the wall.
- In Chapter 5: The Last Reel, a real-world version of this book is seen on a shelf in Joey's apartment with five other items.
Bendy and the Dark Revival
The book first appears in the prologue, in the Joey Drew Studios exhibits in the Arch Gate Pictures.
Collecting all 24 copies throughout the game will lead to an alternate ending after sitting on a chair located on the stairs down to Wilson's laboratory.
Related achievements
TBA
Behind the scenes
The book first appeared in Bendy and the Ink Machine as a quest item in the first chapter and as an non-interactive object from the second to fifth chapter, and also appeared in Bendy and the Dark Revival' as a quest item in the prologue and later as one of the collectibles used for unlocking the alternate ending.
Inspirations
The book's title is a reference to The Illusion of Life, a Walt Disney animation guide written by two long-term animators, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, who were also two of Disney's Nine Old Men.
Other information
A real-life novel-like literature based on the in-game book of the same name was released on February 2, 2021.