I don't get it lol. it's just abunch of sounds, i don't hear any ocean sounds or enjan sounds.

so yeah, after playing for  sometimes, I am using the downloadable version by the way, when I reach the ahem
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The sounds would crackle badly to the point it's painful and no longer playable. will be nice if there is more background info about the things that you get, though, such as description.

ah also I just realize that audio crackling also happends on your other games, I think it's my pc's?

One of his games says it does realtime synthesis and needs a CPU of at least 3GHz. I don't know if this one is the same, though I have tried it on itch a while back. If so, that'll be the issue for a lot of people. Mine handles it fine but mine also runs at 3.9GHz boosting to 4.1 when it needs to.

Hi folks,

Thanks for checking this out! I admit it's a weird one. I expect it to be polarizing and I absolutely love that about this. We have so many great shooters, platformers, and RPGs here to enjoy. Did anyone really ask for an open-world game with no objectives where all you do is drive a boat?

I apologize to those who are experiencing issues with performance once the soundscapes get rather dense. The audio is indeed synthesized in real-time and requires a bit from the CPU to sound good. This is a known issue with older hardware. There are a few optimizations I can make in a future update similar to what I did during the soundStrider beta. Mainly, I can add render distance and object limit sliders, and the ability to disable reverb post-processing. I will add this to my roadmap for the next release so more of you can enjoy this. Thanks for your understanding.

Please keep up the feedback as I'll be watching this space.

Cheers!

How do you dive though? I see forward back and left/right controls which I assume means it's first person movement? That's about all I can figure out though.

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Thank you so much for your kind words. I will say that I have a roadmap for upcoming releases, and that aquatic creatures are a major part of it. This includes dolphins, gulls, and whales. Ideally weather and time of day effects as well. This will add to the variety of the sounds you hear while boating around. They will sound just as synthesized as everything else. Ideally I'd like to create an entity system so each individual creature has its own unique behavior.

To answer your question about a spoiler, for now you may want to check this reply I made to friend asking the same thing. Hope this helps!

I just got a question:
But first the feedback.
I love this game, please do keep it up.
I don't think there was ever an audio game where you could choose to boat around above and under water.
But my question is: how do i know whitch direction i am facing?

hello and, your game looks promising, fat, i'm using the windows 8, so i think this is not surprising, your game does not run, it is played on the sand, this app can not run on your computer.

Oh man the sound when you hit a wall or the floor on turbo, you almost feel bad for it.

There are still things I don't understand, like what's the difference between the two scans. I would have thought the lower one would be for behind you and the higher would be for in front. Also I don't know why the controls are mislabeled on the page, in case it's deliberate
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The left stick doesn't turn you. The best I can figure is it's akin to strafing if on foot, or side to side movement. The right stick will turn you though. This is confirmed not only by the directional indicators, but your facing direction in the status menu.

I found it odd that directions were expressed in mathematical terms rather than compass directions. I'm probably not using the correct terminology, so in an attempt to clear things up, basically it's showing north as 90 degrees rather than 0 degrees like you'd see on a compass or heading indicator of an aircraft.

I do love the physics though. How your vehicle has momentum and you can't just reverse and start going right away. If you have a controller, it respects analog input rather than treating it as digital. So when you press lightly, you will hear the sound of the engine. It will be low if not turbo and high on turbo, but either way, the more you press, the faster the burbles become. Same for turning and movement.

When you hit a wall or the floor, you bounce off of it until you just end up losing all your velocity. When you pass by something, you get that doppler effect, but it also works when you pull away from something or climb / dive higher / lower than it. Also, the use of occlusion to denote things that are behind you is - well, I don't want to say brilliant, because it's 2021 and we've had this tech forever, but - at any rate, I'm glad it's being used that way.

I love how you can come to the surface and jump the vehicle out of the water. It sounds so good, and the splash when it hits is satisfying. Can we also talk about the way the sound becomes muffled when you dive and clear when you rise to the surface? That's a hard thing to get right, nevermind the fact that it's synthesized. As a sound designer, I've spent time trying to get that effect just right, and it involves filtering and automation. Sometimes blending two different sounds together, one for the surface layer, and another for the underwater layer.

Also, if you just want to fire it up and chill, it's good for that. Whether you're on the surface or down deep, you'll find interesting harmonies that will make you relax.