Audio Forager

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Audio Forager is not a game. Games contain meaningful gamelike interaction and game loops, which are absent in this software. Instead of being a game, Audio Forager is a software application that uses a bunch of sounds from Freesounds (hopefully every single one is credited or it's still effectively plagiarism) to allow you to make garbage noise and pretend it's music. I wonder why this was a complete and utter failure with only 9 users using it at the same time. Anyway, it's not a game. For those unfamiliar with what actually makes something a game, a "game loop" describes the interaction and feedback a gamer has when playing a game. Tetris, for example, has a game loop where a random block appears, the gamer interacts with the block to position it, and then the game decides if that finishes a row or not, increases the players score if any rows were completed, then gives the gamer another block to position. Counter-Strike has a game loop where a player seeks another player, tests their skill against that player by shooting them or being shot, the computer rewards the player if they win, and then if the player survives, they repeat that loop. There's no loop here, no true i…

Played with Index. No instructions or tutorial, controls appear to activate at random and most sounds are accompanied by loud static in your ear. Not fun in any way.

Audio Forager — это атмосферная инди-головоломка с необычной механикой. Игра предлагает собирать звуки в виртуальном лесу, создавая мелодии для продвижения вперёд. Увлекательная концепция и минималистичная графика подчёркивают фокус на звуке, но сюжет остаётся расплывчатым. Геймплей требует внимательности и терпения, а ограниченное количество уровней может наскучить. Подойдёт тем, кто ценит экспериментальный подход и не боится абстракции.

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