Alt-Frequencies
Details: Video game
Initial Release Date: May 16, 2019
Developers: Accidental Queens, ARTE France
Publishers: Plug In Digital, PID Publishing
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
Genres: Puzzle Video Game, Adventure game, Indie game
Description: What happens when everyone is stuck in the same time loop, without knowing?Alt-Frequencies is an audio-based game, revolving around radio stations that reset every 3 minutes. Populated with all sorts of different characters and personalities, players get an intimate look into the lives of radio hosts, conspiracy theorists, students, politicians, underground activists, train station managers - and a dog.By redistributing information, you change what happens in the next 3 minute time loop and impact both news cycles and the lives of the people behind them.Listen as their personal stories evolve, in a world that seems to stand still.A new kind of narrative game that blurs the lines between the fantastical and the everyday while examining our relationship with mainstream media through the prism of radio stations.Built-in accessibility features that make the game available to a wide range of people - including blind and visually impaired players.By the studio behind the critically acclaimed A Normal Lost Phone and Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story.
Initial Release Date: May 16, 2019
Developers: Accidental Queens, ARTE France
Publishers: Plug In Digital, PID Publishing
Platforms: Nintendo Switch, Android, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Macintosh operating systems
Genres: Puzzle Video Game, Adventure game, Indie game
Description: What happens when everyone is stuck in the same time loop, without knowing?Alt-Frequencies is an audio-based game, revolving around radio stations that reset every 3 minutes. Populated with all sorts of different characters and personalities, players get an intimate look into the lives of radio hosts, conspiracy theorists, students, politicians, underground activists, train station managers - and a dog.By redistributing information, you change what happens in the next 3 minute time loop and impact both news cycles and the lives of the people behind them.Listen as their personal stories evolve, in a world that seems to stand still.A new kind of narrative game that blurs the lines between the fantastical and the everyday while examining our relationship with mainstream media through the prism of radio stations.Built-in accessibility features that make the game available to a wide range of people - including blind and visually impaired players.By the studio behind the critically acclaimed A Normal Lost Phone and Another Lost Phone: Laura’s Story.
