Fifteen students at Chicago-based DePaul University have just released Devil’s Tuning Fork, a first person game that is inspired by the work of artist M.C. Escher. The student developed title is an entry into the 2010 Independent Games Festival Student Competition and bases itself around a very unique play mechanic.
Players are called upon to navigate around the game world using a variation of echolocation or sonar. The playing environment is made up of visual sound waves that outline the playing area and the game is being likened to seeing the world with one’s ears.
Devil’s Tuning Fork has players taking on the role of a child who, upon waking from a mysterious coma, finds himself in a strange place. Using the tuning fork, players must rescue other similarly afflicted children and thus escape the coma.
The game itself is available for free download (the file size is approximately 30 MB).
Brett Venter
