Synthesis Universe -Episode 00-

Synthesis Universe -Episode 00-

OlivierJT · 2019 · VR, Music, Atmospheric, Cinematic, Psychedelic

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About Synthesis Universe -Episode 00-

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Welcome to Synthesis Universe - Story -

An incredible story within a Musical civilization.
Every notes, every beat is alive and surrounds you.

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Episode 00 is about you, who are you in that story: a witness from the future
A Music album: each sequence is a story moment, inspired by the structure of the music.

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Feeling the beat!

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  • 7 Music tracks.
  • 4 main sequences + 3 extra.
  • A Hub and a Timeline room (Containing the 3 extra)
  • This is not a game, even if the world is aware of your actions.
  • Expect a unique level of immersion, no menu or text, pure true VR interactions.


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Take your time! Look around: the world is aware of your actions & will reward you.
CAUTION: Built entirely for VR:
Standing strongly recommended, 360 necessary sometimes.
(Playing seated is possible but not optimal)
Can be played just standing up, even with very limited play space!
Try to go off bounds!
Mostly gaze activated, the motion controllers are not much used in Episode 00
Play time should be about 30 minutes, but time is not limited.

Key and button in game:
M: Toggle screen mirror mode ON/OFF
Pressing Both sticks: Recenter/reorient view.
Esc: Quit

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 9, 2022
[h1]Experienced on the Meta Quest 2[/h1] You can view my review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/IAIZnvVtLS0 [u]This is a neutral recommendation.[/u] I personally didn't vibe with this experience at all. It's about a 30 minute, experimental, artistic music video for VR with mostly gaze-based interactions. While you can play this seated, it is better played standing with some room to move as you will be looking around 360 for some of the gaze-based interactions where you do have to look at a specific spot. The music is mostly electronic, synthesizer based music. The art is pretty minimalistic with mostly simple shapes and patterns to the few objects on screen with mostly basic colors. The music also has simple beats. The art didn't really speak to me. However, it seems others enjoyed this more than I did based on the Steam reviews. However, it does feel like this was an unfinished experience and this was just the start of a much bigger intended experience that never came to fruition. Game is running on the Unreal Engine. On my RTX 3080, I was getting a steady 90 fps. There were no settings available. I did not experience any serious issues or bugs. Overall, I did not enjoy t…
5 found this helpful
Recommended Jul 5, 2020
Aesthetically cohesive introduction to an audio-visual adventure. I can appreciate that for some, $10 may be a bit pricey considering it's an 'introduction', but I am very glad I bought this (on sale for $6)! What's here is already a really wonderful and unique experience, immersive and appealing. Sound, music, visuals all are really excellent. While this is just an 'introduction', it is a completed introduction that shows polish and care and vision. It engaged me in its 'synthesis universe'. There's also a neat 'meditation room' included, it's nothing mind-blowing but I could see it being used as a pleasant space to just sit sometimes, or perhaps use something like OVRDrop to get work done while sitting in this space. Yeah it's relatively short. But I highly recommend it! I found the dev has a twitter too, it's clear they are working away at Episode 01 (https://twitter.com/OlivierJT_SU)
4 found this helpful
Recommended Nov 7, 2020
What a cool experience, would have loved a longer one!
3 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 28, 2020
Definitely more than 15mn contrary to some reviews! (More content was added after initial release) Some users don't pay attention and miss most of the experience. This is not fast food, this is not a game or a thing you have to try to speed run. Why not taking some slow time in there, relax and enjoy the show? Many interactions are hidden, delicate and add replay value, there is even a secret ending. This is not for everyone: If you are a gamer in a hurry: don't buy it. If you are looking to be fully immersed surrounded by music and FXs, enjoy every polygons, music notes and pay attention to the cues and the cryptic story... then go for it. Experiment, try looking at all things, take your time... VR artists, and true explorers, welcome. After the first loop there is 3 more tracks to experience, even a light meditation room where you can chill out as much as you want. Gamer in a hurry don't notice the new rooms and haven't read the store description either so they miss them! I demoed to a friend and he spent 45mn in there, looking at everything, absorbing every details. Time will feel like much shorter than you actually spend time in. If you take your time, try to interact wit…
1 found this helpful
Recommended Oct 27, 2025
Very cool, absolutely loved it! But come on — 10 EUR is a bit too much.
Not recommended Nov 21, 2020
all i get is some random terrible very loud noise that just wont stop and has possibly damaged my speakers. please refund me as this is unplayable and bad for my system.

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