*MOUSE ISSUES BUG FIX: You can Adjust Mouse Sensitivity in game: '+' or '.' to increase and '-' or ',' to decrease.
Instructions: Red Buttons perform major actions, such as opening doors, replaying the active sounds in a given room, and saving that room's sound settings. Blue Buttons are used to enable and disable sounds. FPS Controls.
What will you choose to keep? ----- Edit: It appears I was not clear enough on the game mechanics. This section is a bit SPOILERish, so don't read it if you want to figure it out on your own. Pressing the red button plays the active tracks for that room, simultaneously. After disabling various tracks using the blue buttons, press the red button in that room to play the remaining active tracks. In the end, you can only have one track active per room. Complete this for all three rooms to proceed. In the non-LD version, I will have an appropriate tutorial section to teach the mechanic. My apologies for any excess frustration. -----
I chose to go with the traditional and literary definitions of minimalism: removing the unnecessary, and leaving the narrative blank so the player can fill in the details.
I attempted builds for all platforms, but I don't have a Linux or OSX machine, so I'm trusting Unity3D to get it right.
I'm no musician, so it's likely not every mix will be pleasant.
There are a couple known bugs, and a complete lack of a tutorial. It's easy to replay though, so feel free to try different settings. Nothing is randomized, so if you find a mix you really like, it's very easy to share with others.
Perhaps this could have been a puzzle game of some sort? match the tracks with the right tempo and genre perhaps? If you got all three tracks right, open the door?
That was quite interesting would love to see some more. The controls on my end were quite annoying, the walking would slide too much and the mouse would turn way too slow
@gilmore606 Can you clarify about the controls? For me, the controls were fine. If they didn't work I wouldn't have submit it that way. Some people mentioned mouse sensitivity. Is there something else?
This is great. Liked the narrative. The graphics were good. Great on theme. Music was awesome too. Controls got stuck a few times for me, but no biggie. Great work.
At the beginning it took me some time to get what you meant by "remove noise", but after experimenting a bit, I got the idea. I think that it would've worked much better if the player was able to turn on/off the samples and hear the changes in real time, instead of having to press the red button again.
Really enjoyed the concept. It may be helpful to clarify in your instructions you need to re-press the red button to get a new sample. I clicked the wall buttons to try to make a change happen and the music shut off. Took me a few tries to realize the button pressing and music turning off was coincidental.
Thanks again for the great feedback! Found the glitch with the controls and fixed it. All the other suggestions are wonderful, and they'll go into a non-LD version. Enjoy your music. :-)
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SamoojaMies30 Apr 2013, 15:24
I beat the game. Not sure how I did it tho :P. Nice job!
I really like the idea of mixing the audio but would be nice to be able to tell what the buttons that I leave do before I finalize it.
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Magewalkr1 May 2013, 03:57
ahahha it was really fun though I had no idea how to open the door... I spent my time playing with the music really well done
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Monxcleyr Productions1 May 2013, 04:40
Neat mechanic - playing with sound is not done nearly enough in most puzzle design. That said, I felt it was underutilized here. It would have been interesting to ask the player to match pitches or tempos, or create certain combinations of sounds. Might be worth exploring further. In any case, great job!
I figured out how to make all the lights over that first door green, but I never got the door to open and overall was very confused as to what I was supposed to do.
I did however spend a lot of time just listening to and experimenting with various track combinations. I kind of just wanted to get into the groove, you know? The beats were fairly entertaining all on their own.
Very good job with graphics, shadows, lights and sounds, you should gamify the game a little more, like adding goals, other people and more feedback, i liked it
Like the concept... couldn't see how there was a "right" answer, other than what happened to be preferred. Escaped after a few minutes.... very short runtime in total.
For some reason, when I played from Firefox there was no audio. Chrome worked.... Which is odd, since it's the unity player not the browser doing the work. :/ Liked the interpretation. The game was a bit short and could possibly use a bit more depth, but I liked that you get to hear the combination at the end.
Thanks for the excellent feedback. I agree there is a need for more content. Due to the 48 hour limit, I prioritized the mechanic over almost everything else. I'll be sure to add more content to the non-LD version of the game. :-)
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Otherwise nice!
The controls on my end were quite annoying, the walking would slide too much and the mouse would turn way too slow
The game is very good.
At the beginning it took me some time to get what you meant by "remove noise", but after experimenting a bit, I got the idea. I think that it would've worked much better if the player was able to turn on/off the samples and hear the changes in real time, instead of having to press the red button again.
(minimalistic comment)
That said, I felt it was underutilized here. It would have been interesting to ask the player to match pitches or tempos, or create certain combinations of sounds. Might be worth exploring further. In any case, great job!
I did however spend a lot of time just listening to and experimenting with various track combinations. I kind of just wanted to get into the groove, you know? The beats were fairly entertaining all on their own.
The mood is nice, since few story elements are given, we can imagine the one we like.