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First-person synthesizer Fract debuts April 22
Ambient first-person puzzler Fract is gearing up for a PC release later this month via Steam, Good Old Games and the Humble Store, developer Phosfiend Systems announced this week. In Fract, players build and shape their surroundings by solving puzzles, bringing derelict machinery to life against a backdrop of customizable electronic music. Fract's development was backed by Indie Fund, a company that previously supported indie standouts Monaco, Dear Esther and Antichamber. Fract will be released for Windows, Mac and Linux on April 22. Pre-orders are available now at a 10 percent discount. [Image: Phosfiend Systems]
Explore and create music in the Tron-like world of Fract, out next month
Synaestheisa is a condition in which you experience one sense like sound through another pathway like sight, and it's a growing concept in video games, particularly through the art of visualizing music. More recent indie games like Audiosurf and Sound Shapes carry on the groundwork laid by Dreamcast/PS2 classic Rez, while larger projects like Harmonix's newly unveiled Chroma show there's plenty left to explore for synaesthesia and gaming. Exploring music is exactly what you do in Fract, the Indie Fund-backed and IGF Best Student Game winner that's coming to Steam, GOG and the Humble Store next month. Developed by Montreal-based three-man team Phosfiend Systems, Fract is based around a psychedelic, boldly colored world - inspired by the movie Tron - that is in essence one big synthesizer. Players can create and manipulate music and sound by exploring the world and solving the puzzles they find there, You can even save and export the music you create in Fract, so brace yourself for some amazing Joystiq jams when the game hits Windows PC and Mac in April, priced at $15. [Image: Phosfiend Systems]
Indie Fund backs synth-based puzzler Fract OSC, out this year
Indie Fund has put its faith and money behind Fract OSC, the beautiful and abstract game about puzzle-solving with synthesizers and electronic music, developed by Phosfiend Systems. Fract OSC features an open world like Myst and broken-down, lit-up graphics inspired by Tron, combined into puzzles that give players real-time control of synthesized sounds. Fract OSC started as a student project, picking up the IGF award for Best Student Game in 2011 and grabbing an Honorable Mention in IGF 2013 for Excellence in Audio. With Indie Fund's investment, Fract OSC should be out this year on Steam for PC and Mac. Indie Fund has seen success with previous investments in games such as Monaco, Dear Esther, Antichamber, QUBE and The Swapper, among other notable indies. Fract OSC certainly sounds like a winner.
