#fract osc

[eyeofgender]

take me to the synthwave dimension

i want to live here

[get-thee-to-a-shrubbery]

not sure if ive posted abt FRACT OSC yet but GOD damn it’s a GOOD game (thank u @thesoftboi for buying it for me) 

so like the premise is that you’re dropped in this tron ass world, but everything’s powered down. It’s a world that was once run on / powered by sound and music, and it legit looks like an ancient-yet-futuristic civilization. you have to solve these vaguely-music-based puzzles (some of them are a little more music-involved than others) and like

at the site of every puzzle, there’s the little basis for every ‘song’ already playing, but it’s quiet and weak like a pilot light, and as you solve the puzzle it’s like youre slowly turning up the gas

and listen. listen. if you like 80s tron synth ass shit you will LOVE this game. the puzzles can get a little difficult sometimes but i just wanna say that it’s 100% accessible to non-musicians! a good sense of rhythm will help with some of them, but defo isn’t necessary!

also it’s low poly as hell which is not only a great aesthetic but also kind of necessary for the game to run well because 1) there’s a lot of glow effects and a little post-processing i think and 2) all the sound and music is synthesized in real time, it’s not sound files. that shit takes a lot of processing power yo

OH ALSO!!! As you complete these puzzles around this world, you unlock synths that you can use in the “studio” which is a thing you can go to at any time to make your own music with the synths youve unlocked! theres only actually 3 synths (lead, bass, and pad) and you unlock each after completing the first puzzle of each area BUT there’s a lot of parameters (knobs and sliders and switches to play around with) that affect the sound of each synth

“oh but rosie surely THAT part of the game isn’t as accessible to non-musicians” NOPE the studio is set up so that you can’t make a shitty-sounding melody. the only notes you can play are ones that sound real good together (by default, anyway; i think there’s a way to unlock the full scale?)

also im pretty sure you unlock drums at once point

ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is a super good game and i 100% recommend it for anybody who loves 80s ass synth sounds and cool tron ass soft glow shit

[eyeofgender]

Pad

the sound this image makes:

(I also made varients without the bloom effects, lichen, or background, which I will put beneath the cut.)

[eyeofgender]

buncha doodles

[eyeofgender]

Lead

the sound this image makes:

(I also made varients without the bloom effects, crystals, or background, which I will put beneath the cut.)

[eyeofgender]

Bass

the sound this image makes:

(I also made varients without the bloom effects, drips, or background, which I will put beneath the cut.)

[fancypantsrecords]

Mogi Grumbles - Fract Osc | VCR | 2019 | Black

[cadevader]

Oh gee, you can get the FRACT OSC OST on vinyl, it is so freaking tempting but I would be paying $20 for something I would only have for show that no one would understand.