Synaesthete (video game)
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Synaesthete is a freeware game developed by four students at the
You control an avatar named the Zaikman, named after the team's producer Zach Aikman. The Zaikman is referred to as a defense mechanism for the collective unconscious, and you use him to destroy enemies and progress through various levels.
At the 2008 Independent Games Festival, Synaesthete was nominated for the Student Showcase, and Excellence in Visual Art. The game claimed the prize for Best Student Game among the 125[2] student entrants that year.
Gameplay
Controls
To play Synaesthete, the player must simultaneously move the character using the W, A, S, and D keys (default) to dodge enemies, while matching three music patterns using the J, K, and L keys (default). The music matching is similar to games like Beatmania, where the player must press the corresponding key at the right moment, in time with the music. Each successful hit of these "notes" will fire a beam from the Zaikman and wound an enemy. Synaesthete differs from most music-based games, however; the player is not required to hit every note. Instead, allowing notes to be missed simply means that the corresponding beam will not be fired. As each musical pattern is linked to a different track in the music (i.e., kick drum, synth, etc.), many players find it easier to focus on one or two and ignore the third.
Levels
Each level of Synaesthete belongs to one of three "Visions," where each Vision corresponds to a different style of electronic music. The "Way of the Samurai" vision corresponds to
Soundtrack
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "TownHouse" | 3:19 |
2. | "Gearbox" | 3:15 |
3. | "Tryptonaut" | 3:30 |
4. | "Mountain" | 3:18 |
5. | "Shore" | 6:00 |
6. | "Blackberry" | 3:29 |
7. | "Luminous Voluminous" | 3:43 |
8. | "This is Hardcore" | 3:22 |
9. | "Elation" | 2:28 |
10. | "Dance of the Zaikmans" | 1:44 |
11. | "Menu" | 1:28 |
12. | "Credits" | 2:10 |
Rolling Without Slipping
Listed below are the developers of Synaesthete, and their primary role:
Zach Aikman - Producer
Joseph Tkach - Designer
William Towns - Technical Director & Musician
Andy Maneri - Product Manager
External links
References
- ^ "Synaesthete official site". Archived from the original on July 2, 2007. Retrieved 2008-05-04.
- ^ "2008 IGF entrants page". Retrieved 2008-05-05.