I was browsing the Internet one day,
in the merry, merry month of Ma – November,
when lo and behold,
a game that wasn’t sold
but instead freely downloadable and
it’s GOOD. And pretty.
Alright, so the above is not one of my better poems. Whatever. But it is a true story, and true stories are not usually so poetic.
Right, I found this game, independently produced by four Digital Art and Computer Science students. It’s called Synaesthete, after the medical condition, though this game is primarily focused on sound-colour synaesthesia.
At first glance, it seems innocuous enough, just another rhythm game with scrolling notes and such, and perhaps people who try it will find the actual gameplay a bit mild (at easy level). However the way the game is executed is perfect. I will not spoil it for you, but suffice it to say that this is a game for everyone (except those who experience seizures from strobe effects and whatnot), and basically it is poetry in motion.
I urge anyone who reads this to play it. It shouldn’t take up more than half an hour. Just in case you missed the link above, here’s another link to the website: Synaesthete homepage.
Here’s the homepage for the games produced at DigiPen Institute of Technology, where all four game developers studied.
