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FRACT OSC

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Aug 31, 2012 @ 7:40am

May 31, 2013 @ 3:16pm

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FRACT feature on Polygon

April 17th, 2013 - phosfiend

Tracey Lien caught up with us during GDC to talk a bit about FRACT, and did a great write-up for Polygon - check it out here.

FRACT OSC devlog on TIGSOURCE

January 23rd, 2013 - phosfiend

Behind the scenes on FRACT OSC

We've started an informal devlog on tigsource for those curious about how we're making FRACT OSC. Check it out right here.We're keeping it spoiler free, but if you really want to go into FRACT OSC a blank slate, you may want to steer clear!

Description

Release date: 2013

FRACT is a musical exploration game. Explore an abstract, broken-down world built on sound, rebuild its forgotten machinery and create your own sounds and music within the world. It draws inspiration from Myst, Tron, electronic music, and most importantly, synthesizers.

Features

Expansive and abstract open world to explore
Music-inspired puzzles
Unique visual style
Dynamic user-controlled audio system
^^That means synthesizers
Lazers. Lots of them.
Music creation and sound shaping tools
Ability to create, export and share your music with others

Awards & Recognition

2013 Independent Game Festival - Honorable Mention: Excellence in Audio
Early version won the 2011 Independent Games Festival Best Student Game Award
2011 Canadian Talent Awards Emerging Talent
2011 Propeller Awards Honorable Mention
2011 Fantastic Arcade Finalist
Featured on Rock Paper Shotgun, Kotaku, PC Gamer, Giant Bomb, Joystiq, Indiegames.com, Gamespot, and more

***Please note, the videos we've posted here are older builds of the game. FRACT OSC has since come a long way. Once we have a new trailer, we'll be sure to post it here right away.

Check out www.fractgame.com for more about the game; links to articles, and more screenshots and goodies! Follow us on Twitter.

441 Comments

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Nakriollag 8 hours ago

is the beta avilable? if not, when it will be?

phosfiend [author] Jun 18, 2013 @ 4:30am

@Oneonyourface I spoke too soon, technically 24bit should be doable. We still would need to make an elegant way to give users the option though, we'll see

De'adhiel Jun 18, 2013 @ 2:43am

sweet! great concept.. original! LOVE IT

Oneonyourface Jun 9, 2013 @ 2:15pm

uhh ok then, thanks for the prompt reply m8

16bit 48khz?

phosfiend [author] Jun 9, 2013 @ 12:57pm

@Oneonyourface We've got some optimizing to do yet, but 16bit will be likely. Unlike DAWs, we're also rendering a full 3D open world, physics, and tons of funky logic too. We'll have the audio engine running at the highest reasonable quality to run alongside a complex game, but FRACT OSC will likely never compete (nor was it meant to) with the audio quality of something like DIVA