Audial
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
You play as the little white square. Press the keys that you see on the screen to move around and make music. Explore the space and enjoy how the music changes with your actions. My hope is that playing this game feels like improvising on a musical instrument.
If you're using wireless headphones and it feels like there's a long delay between your keypresses and the sound you hear, try using wired headphones instead.
You can play this game with your keyboard or with a gamepad.
Keyboard controls: this game currently assumes you can touch-type and you use a US QWERTY keyboard. I'm sorry if this excludes you! I'm working on making this more accessible. Avoid pressing the space bar - that's a debugging feature that I forgot to remove from the latest build.
Gamepad controls (NEW!): plug your controller in before launching the game. When the game starts, press any button on the controller and the game will show gamepad controls. The displayed controls currently assume a playstation-style controller.
This is a very early prototype. I still don't know what this thing is.
Status | In development |
Platforms | Windows, macOS |
Rating | Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (4 total ratings) |
Author | Luis Torres |
Genre | Rhythm |
Tags | Experimental, Minimalist, Music |
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Install instructions
WINDOWS:
Just unzip the .zip file and double-click "game.exe".
Note: you currently need to set your monitor refresh rate to 60Hz for the game to work correctly. Sorry
Note: if your game crashes on startup, try playing with your headphones unplugged; if that works, then please leave me a comment about the headphones you were using. Thanks!
MAC:
Unzip the .zip file, right-click on "game", click Open, and confirm that you're cool with running the executable.
There are 2 builds available for mac: one for newer macs (both intel and ARM), and one for older macs (tested to run on 10.13 high sierra). Try the newer one first; if you see an error like "dyld: Symbol not found: .....", then try using the build for older macs.
Development log
- Game controller support and moreAug 29, 2023
Comments
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What a fun game!
The controls are easy to pick up and lend themselves well to the frantic and free movement! I very quickly realized it's about the journey and not the destination, then got into a flow state and started zooming around. While I was discovering some of the mechanics, I started to really freestyle and focused more on the sounds I was creating rather than how I was moving through the level. When I got to the end, I hung out for quite a while just making music, which I imagine was the goal :)
Really cool idea and execution, very excited to see where it goes next!
i love the friction between the 3 layers of the unconventional key controls, the traversal mechanics, and the actual sound production.
it kept me in a mode where i felt like i was out of my depth and winging everything, but could master things if i made just a little more effort!
This was amazing! How you made the drop all totally dynamic to let us build up however long we want is sooo satisfying
Really fun concept! I had a lot of fun jamming out and zooming around.