Underplayed Gems

Kaleidoscope (2012)

Kaleidoscope cover
Developer
iSquared Games
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Indie

How it feels

A hypnotic audiovisual experience where simple inputs ripple into ever-shifting painted soundscapes.

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About

Kaleidoscope consists of level-paintings, which differ in style and behavior, yet are controlled in a similar fashion with the help of just four buttons. The simplicity of the controls is overcompensated by the rich audio/visual experience presented within the game. Player’s responses to a constantly changing environment shall have an impact on both image and audio. This creates an illusion of a player being simultaneously a painter of the current image and a composer of the music heard. In addition to that, each level in Kaleidoscope has a clear defined goal, which opens up doors of an infinite synaesthesia world to the masses.

Screenshots

Kaleidoscope screenshot 1

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