Lisle Engle Heavy Distance

$0.99

Release Date:: Jun 26, 2023
Developer:: TFK Studios
Publisher:: TFK Studios
Platforms:: Windows

Strategy Simulation Indie Adventure Family Sharing Single-player Partial Controller Support

About This Game

Heavy Distance is a song wrapped in an explorative gaming environment. It has been described as a cross between a virtual album cover and an interactive music video. Lisle has taken his song creation and expanded the lyrics into a surreal landscape for the listener to explore and unlock. Lyrics referencing “time”, “photographs", and "frozen winters" are materialized inside the environment for the player to discover. Once all of the pieces of the game have been collected and matched to their proper times and locations, the player is allowed to enjoy the final song presentation in full psychedelic 3D glory.

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User Reviews

Overwhelmingly Positive

2 user reviews

100%

Positive

User #816374 english

48 min at review

Recommended

The game is certainly surreal and does a good job of utilizing some slightly amateurish design ideas to convey a sense of peace and wonder. I really enjoyed the sound design of the game, thunderstorms, soft speaking, and light piano, as well as clocks and eagle screeches. The game is somewhat let down by the actual gameplay and the long stretches of empty map between points of interest. The biggest downside here is that in order to play the song, you need to find all 6 photos (Doable) and then match them to 6 clocks (I couldn't find the 6th clock). There is also a collection of 4 fluorescent bulbs to find and I did find 3 of them, but one of them was so far away that finding it was a bit of a chore. For $1.49, I guess I can recommend it, but it definitely has some areas for improvement. https://youtu.be/dgSi4vmhjU0