Lost in the Static

By: Derek Yu

On: November 14th, 2007

Lost in the Static is essentially a very cut-and-dry platform game based on Squidi’s White Noise game concept. Yes, that is an actual in-game screenshot (at least, part of one – not that it matters!). Everything, from the title screen onwards, looks like that.

While it’s a very interesting visual experiment, the game itself isn’t too captivating – just move from one room to the next and dodge stuff. I think there’s a lot more that can be done with this idea, certainly!

(Source: Intentionally Wrong, via The Gamer’s Quarter forums)

Posted in Freeware, Platformers, Unique / Bizarre, Windows | Tags: Squidi

Carlz0r

ugh… the constant motion and making my eyes see the level kinda puts my brain in this worn-out depressed funk..

But at least I can say I’ve tried it.
haowan

I played all the way through it… I liked the music. Everything looked pretty clear and sharp after playing this :D
seregrail7

It’s an incredibly basic platformer that hurts my eyes to play.
Benzido

It’s kind of a nifty idea but the execution seemed kind of lazy. Plus yeah, it made me feel sick (then again, so does playing HL2:E2 with the gnome constantly stuck in my field of view)
raigan

i was really hoping it would be an autostereogram 3D game.. damn it!
HandCraftedRadio

I think the game is fine how it is. I don’t think its worth spending a lot of time working on a game that 90% of the audience quit at the begining because it makes them sick and the other 10% barf after playing. It’s a cool idea but a game like this is probably better off staying simple.
http://www.awesomenessinabox.com David

I’m pretty sure the author said it was a 4-day experiment over on Independent Gaming, so don’t raze it too bad for being somewhat simplistic. I personally think it’s a pretty cool concept to try, even if only for the amusement I get out of the futility of trying to take a meaningful screenshot of the darn thing.
Shih Tzu

Hey, wait, I see the rocket ship now!

Raigan: Actually, Bullfrog’s Magic Carpet had a graphics mode that purportedly did that. I never got it to work.
Pragma

Normally, I’d complain that the music was full of static, pops and clicks… but I guess it fits.

I found the steadily scrolling background on some screens fairly vertigo-inducing.
muted

it’s a sail boat!!
Matt

As an experiment, it seems pretty successful. I can’t see many players being able to handle much more than presented. But after emerging from the static my high resolution monitor seems really clear.
Si

Few obstacles, virtually no encounters, just a haze of black/white pixels. Bit of a poor game really.
Carlz0r

muted said about 7 hours later:

itâ€™s a sail boat!!

lol.. Mall Rats.
I Like Cake

I was reminded of this:

http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF217-Magic_Eyes.jpg
Richard

It didn’t help my headache, but… Everything looks so perfect now!
Sergio

Hey! There’s green in that screenshot!
Secret Admirer

In a LCD screen you can actually see pretty clearly