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  • Free Game: Resonance of the Ocean on Steam

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 10 13:13:09 2022
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057080/Resonance_of_the_Ocean/

    Looks cute.

    --
    Zaghadka

    Seems a computer engineer, a systems analyst, and a programmer were
    driving down a mountain when the brakes gave out. They screamed down the mountain, gaining speed, but finally managed to grind to a halt, more by
    luck than anything else, just inches from a thousand foot drop to jagged
    rocks. They all got out of the car:
    The computer engineer said, "I think I can fix it."
    The systems analyst said, "No, no, I think we should take it
    into town and have a specialist look at it."
    The programmer said, "OK, but first I think we should get back
    in and see if it does it again."

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 10 21:20:35 2022
    On Sun, 10 Jul 2022 13:13:09 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057080/Resonance_of_the_Ocean/

    Looks cute.

    I can't see myself playing this; its vaguely retro graphics combined
    with its almost kawaii cuteness would usually be enough to drive me
    away. Still... there's a part of me that's considering it.

    I think because the idea reminds me of that bit in "Myst". You
    remember "Myst", right? The mid-90s 'photo-realistic' adventure game
    that was heavy into environmental world-building and annoying players
    with its logic puzzles? Yeah, that one.

    Anyway, in the first game there was this bit where you crisscrossed an
    island aligning microphones to capture sounds to unlock a door (no, it
    didn't even make sense in context. God, I hated that puzzle). Anyway,
    its eerie soundscape and beachlike locale remind me a lot this game
    (or is it the other way around?). The puzzle was awful, but even
    decades later I still remain enthralled by the sense of place it
    created.

    Anyway, I grabbed the game. Who knows, I may even give it a try.
    Thanks for the update, Zaghadka.

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  • From Werner P.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jul 11 09:34:40 2022
    Am 10.07.22 um 20:13 schrieb Zaghadka:
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057080/Resonance_of_the_Ocean/

    Looks cute.

    Thanks... it will end up in my pile of shame probably never to be played.
    But hey free is free.
    So thanks a lot.

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