Oikospiel

released on Feb 16, 2017

Play as a German Shepherd named Pluto and explore the enchanted climates of planet Earth and the asteroid 433 Eros. Visit an Arctic Ocean wind farm, Kochiri Forest, a computer OS, a cluttered desk, a union-busting prairie in Kansas, a private jet, a flooded city at the North Pole, and many more fevered landscapes. Written, assembled, and with an original score by David Kanaga, composer of Proteus, Panoramical and Dyad, Oikospiel's soundtrack is "100 percent intertwined with the game" (PC Gamer), featuring a lush variety of interactive musical experiences woven together into an operatic whole.


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Easily the best game made by dogs, ever

I tried really hard to pay attention and divine the story, and I think I get the broad strokes. But I have no idea how it ended. Like, I could tell you exactly what everyone said, what the dialogue was, what words they used and it still doesnt actually impart any coherent thought to me. (I love this game)
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I love the avant garde wacky idea behind this game as a playable soundtrack but unfortunately it hurts me physically to play it.

A model viewer gone completely feral, with thoroughly unpleasant controls matched and (if I'm not being a grouch) exceeded by its excellent politics.

Without a doubt one of the strangest games I have ever played. On first playthrough, there seems to be little that could be described as a story, and the environments felt very amateurish at times, and at other times just weird and strange. The gameplay is nothing worth talking about, as you literally just walk from point to point most of the time. But I still did enjoy this game, mainly because of the music. This game does something very cool when it comes to the music, and that is to integrate it completely into the game. Most of the music is played in the background, but there are elements that are controlled by how you move, where you move, etc. The result is an incredibly weird, but cool, soundtrack, unlike anything I've ever heard in a video game. Alongside this game, you can download a libretto that apparently explains things a bit more. Because of this, I absolutely do not consider myself completely done with this game, and I will definitely pick it up again at a later date to try and fully understand it. So, for now it stands as one of the most unique games I've ever played.