Like it a lot. Definitely leaves you wanting more, but in a good way; you definitely feel like you're getting more than you paid for with the lovely music. Great aesthetic and all a lot of fun. I am also entirely with Gail in her thoughts on Thatcher.
I was recommended this game because I just recently released a mystery game involving a lot of text and some custom music, and someone mentioned it reminded them of this.
I love your radio station story structure and the voice acting and music was all incredible. Fantastic work!
I've got another comment somewhere down there, but I have to give an update.
First of all, I was fortunate enough to have this game when it was free (and free is always worth it but damn what a free game it was!)
After always having it on my laptop (don't think I'll ever be deleting it actually), I decided to give it a revisit after a couple of years. Went in with no memory of who was who and where they belonged.
There's no need to listen to any of the songs or the radio interview, actually. I just realised that from playing it once again. There are clues littered everywhere. Everything is gotten from the text snippets and band descriptions. You can breeze through the entire thing in about 20 minutes or less if all you want to do is figure everything out (and you can, just pay attention to what's written). But you'll miss out on so much. The labour of love that went into the songs and voice acting in this game is amazing. This is by no means a shoddy game and it's more of an experience than anything else.
Think Obra Dinn, but with music. That's about the best as I can describe this little gem. Don't care if it isn't THAT replayable, I, for one, haven't deleted it yet and will continue to keep it on my laptop if for nothing else than the songs. (And believe me, in about 6 months I'm gonna forget who is who and where they go in any case so I'll be playing through it yet again!)
Tim, kudos to you and your team and the amazing batch of musicians who dedicated their efforts toward this.
Finally played and finished it after the tab lingering in my browser for months =) Loved the game, apart from the excellent and accomplished detective game design, the great production of music and radio segments was what really struck me. I would be crazy proud to have made such a thorough stylization.
This was a lot of fun, although at the end there was one band member left for me where I was clueless (Dova Pavlova - drums). For everyone else I found that the clues were decipherable (but damn, it took me ages to finally realize what the clue for Klanger - synth was), but here I had to guess, because I felt like it was my only option. But maybe I was just blind? Anyway, I'm glad John Walker from "Buried Treasure" pointed me here, I definitely didn't regret buying the full version and am looking forward to checking out "Rivals" in the weeks to come.
This was very cool and very well done. I ended up beating it after realizing two things about the synth player in Klanger and the drummer in Dova Pavlova. Really cool game, thank you. I love that this genre might take off after all.
Hi! Any chance I could contact you to ask a question about this (don't want to spoil anything publicly)? I made the same connection, but I think I'm still missing one tiny thing...
Can confirm the 16:10 problem. Also doesn't seem to want to work on Firefox for me. Apart from working around those problems, it was an enjoyable experience.
Honestly, I have no idea how you are supposed to know the person on drums in Dowa Pawlowa, so I kinda got a little frustrated at the end, and I still dont know how you should figure that one out.
But I got it through guessing and it is still a really great game.
Heads-up on a technical issue: I have a 16:10 monitor, and when I play the Windows version, the sides of the interface are cut off: https://imgur.com/a/3TMFZov
I'll work around it by changing my desktop resolution for the moment, but it would be nice if the game could accommodate it :)
I am in love. I adore 70s, 80s music and this game made my little fangirl heart so happy. All the bands felt so real, I felt like I was reading actual interviews and news and notes. I am enamoured with the songs too! I love Casta Nyet's Love Songs the most because it feels so intimate. This whole game feels so intimate. Thank you for this!
P.S. If you think this game is exactly your jam, I recommend reading "Daisy Jones & the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. They compliment each other perfectly with this game.
Fantastic game, beat in one sitting but didnt feel too short at all. The soundtrack is wonderful and i would definitely buy it on its own. Would love more info on the musicians involved?
This is a gem. As someone who cut up magazine interviews of my favorite bands and dropped everything when their songs played on the radio - this really took me somewhere. Excellent storytelling, and a genuinely satisfying logic puzzle. Loved it from start to finish! Can't wait for the songs to be available.
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Like it a lot. Definitely leaves you wanting more, but in a good way; you definitely feel like you're getting more than you paid for with the lovely music. Great aesthetic and all a lot of fun. I am also entirely with Gail in her thoughts on Thatcher.
I was recommended this game because I just recently released a mystery game involving a lot of text and some custom music, and someone mentioned it reminded them of this.
I love your radio station story structure and the voice acting and music was all incredible. Fantastic work!
Nice one, I'm going to play your game btw
I've got another comment somewhere down there, but I have to give an update.
First of all, I was fortunate enough to have this game when it was free (and free is always worth it but damn what a free game it was!)
After always having it on my laptop (don't think I'll ever be deleting it actually), I decided to give it a revisit after a couple of years. Went in with no memory of who was who and where they belonged.
There's no need to listen to any of the songs or the radio interview, actually. I just realised that from playing it once again. There are clues littered everywhere. Everything is gotten from the text snippets and band descriptions. You can breeze through the entire thing in about 20 minutes or less if all you want to do is figure everything out (and you can, just pay attention to what's written). But you'll miss out on so much. The labour of love that went into the songs and voice acting in this game is amazing. This is by no means a shoddy game and it's more of an experience than anything else.
Think Obra Dinn, but with music. That's about the best as I can describe this little gem. Don't care if it isn't THAT replayable, I, for one, haven't deleted it yet and will continue to keep it on my laptop if for nothing else than the songs. (And believe me, in about 6 months I'm gonna forget who is who and where they go in any case so I'll be playing through it yet again!)
Tim, kudos to you and your team and the amazing batch of musicians who dedicated their efforts toward this.
This was a very nice experience. Short and sweet game. Good job!
Beautifully observed 80s indie scene detective fun. Sweet!
Great game. Just a note here to confirm that it works for me on the latest macOS Big Sur.
Nice!
Finally played and finished it after the tab lingering in my browser for months =) Loved the game, apart from the excellent and accomplished detective game design, the great production of music and radio segments was what really struck me. I would be crazy proud to have made such a thorough stylization.
Thanks very much!
Found this game through the Rivals steam page, and loved it! Short, sweet, and I didn't have to look anything up.
Nice work!
This was a lot of fun, although at the end there was one band member left for me where I was clueless (Dova Pavlova - drums). For everyone else I found that the clues were decipherable (but damn, it took me ages to finally realize what the clue for Klanger - synth was), but here I had to guess, because I felt like it was my only option. But maybe I was just blind? Anyway, I'm glad John Walker from "Buried Treasure" pointed me here, I definitely didn't regret buying the full version and am looking forward to checking out "Rivals" in the weeks to come.
Excellent, thanks very much!
This was very cool and very well done. I ended up beating it after realizing two things about the synth player in Klanger and the drummer in Dova Pavlova. Really cool game, thank you. I love that this genre might take off after all.
Hi! Any chance I could contact you to ask a question about this (don't want to spoil anything publicly)? I made the same connection, but I think I'm still missing one tiny thing...
Of course, no problem! You can DM me on Twitter if you like, I'm at @videospacegames
Cool, will do. Think we need to be following each other.
This was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed playing it.
Very welcome!
Brilliant little gem! Thanks.
Thanks very much!
Can confirm the 16:10 problem. Also doesn't seem to want to work on Firefox for me. Apart from working around those problems, it was an enjoyable experience.
Thanks to thesixthaxis, found this, wonderful way to kill a few hours instead of working today! Thanks mate, a work of art.
Thanks very much!
Honestly, I have no idea how you are supposed to know the person on drums in Dowa Pawlowa, so I kinda got a little frustrated at the end, and I still dont know how you should figure that one out.
But I got it through guessing and it is still a really great game.
IIRC this was the person that was supposed to replace drummer in the band other member of Dowa played in.
Ahh, this was fantastic. Thank you.
You are very welcome!
Are you able to change the resolution of the game?
Oh, one other thing -- it seems that the game is set up so that the Itch client runs the installer every time you play?
Heads-up on a technical issue: I have a 16:10 monitor, and when I play the Windows version, the sides of the interface are cut off: https://imgur.com/a/3TMFZov
I'll work around it by changing my desktop resolution for the moment, but it would be nice if the game could accommodate it :)
I am in love. I adore 70s, 80s music and this game made my little fangirl heart so happy. All the bands felt so real, I felt like I was reading actual interviews and news and notes. I am enamoured with the songs too! I love Casta Nyet's Love Songs the most because it feels so intimate. This whole game feels so intimate. Thank you for this!
P.S. If you think this game is exactly your jam, I recommend reading "Daisy Jones & the Six" by Taylor Jenkins Reid. They compliment each other perfectly with this game.
Fantastic game, beat in one sitting but didnt feel too short at all. The soundtrack is wonderful and i would definitely buy it on its own. Would love more info on the musicians involved?
Absolutely loved this, short but so sweet.
Soundtrack is fantastic, and the whole thing comes together in a package that really draws you in.
Would absolutely love to see more of this!
That's great, and you will.
This is a gem. As someone who cut up magazine interviews of my favorite bands and dropped everything when their songs played on the radio - this really took me somewhere. Excellent storytelling, and a genuinely satisfying logic puzzle. Loved it from start to finish! Can't wait for the songs to be available.
Thanks! Songs are available on bandcamp, see link in description.
As a music lover I enjoyed this so much! Great music, chill atmosphere and was very satisfying to figure out all the names~
Loved Dova Pavlova and the Watercolours as soon as I heard them, nice to know they were based on some of my favorite bands!
Ah excellent, thanks very much!
Loved the game! Android port someday?
It was fun
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will we ever get the music on spotify? I really loved listening to it!!
Thanks! I will surely upload it soon.