Auditorium
A puzzle game by Cipher Prime where you guide streams of light to make music.
Where Auditorium comes up1 episode or test
- 1Activate a puzzle elementPlayer gets a part working
- 2Its part joins the songEach element adds its own part
- 3Music builds upPlayer hears the right path
- 4Undo or break progressPlayer loses a working element
- 5Music drops backPlayer knows without a prompt
From Game Maker's Toolkit on Auditorium
What was said about Auditorium
Auditorium uses music as feedback, with puzzle parts singing out as you activate them. In Auditorium, each puzzle element the player activates adds its part to the song. Game Maker's Toolkit describes this as similar to Portal 2, where directing lasers into sensors makes new parts of the soundtrack sing out, and says Auditorium may have inspired it.
The music works as a positive and negative feedback channel alongside visuals. If the player undoes or breaks their progress, the music drops back and they know it without a prompt. Quote: "It's not just a nice auditory gimmick, but it tells you that you're on the right path."
Adaptive Soundtracks in Games
It does something similar to Portal 2, with puzzle parts singing out as you activate them, and may have inspired it.
Auditorium uses music as feedback, with puzzle parts singing out as you activate them. In Auditorium, each puzzle element the player activates adds its part to the song. Game Maker's Toolkit describes this as similar to Portal 2, where directing lasers into sensors makes new parts of the soundtrack sing out, and says Auditorium may have inspired it.
The music works as a positive and negative feedback channel alongside visuals. If the player undoes or breaks their progress, the music drops back and they know it without a prompt. Quote: "It's not just a nice auditory gimmick, but it tells you that you're on the right path."
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