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The Lost Garden
2021

The Lost Garden

3D audio puzzle game (MacOS/Windows)
interactive collaboration
In collaboration withStephan Moore, Nicolás Arnáez, Jessa Gillespie
The Lost Garden is a first-person audio puzzle game that features sonic exploration in an abandoned underground urban environment. As a stranger here, the player explores the soundscape of a world cut off from nature, perhaps a future us, by interacting with sonic puzzles that open doors to new areas, and, ultimately, the lost garden. Through listening and interacting with sounds, players are encouraged to consider the fragile nature of our natural soundscapes, and to speculate on what the story might be for the abandoned game world. As puzzles are solved, clues are revealed, and doors to new areas are opened, ultimately leading the perceptive player outdoors, to the lost (last?) garden.
Released on The Lost Garden Scott Smallwood, Stephan Moore, Nicolás Arnáez · Soundsleit Productions / Audio Games Lab · 2021