Echoic Memory (2022)

Samantha Zero

Playdate

2.89 from 9 ratings

16 members have it in their collection · 2 playing now · 2 backlogged · 2 wish listed

How long? · 100% 6h (from 1 logged playthrough)

Echoic Memory is a musical puzzle game that utilizes the player's own sensory memory and a playful twist of the crank. With two modes, its story mode explores the meaning of memories. Echoic Memory was made by a small team before and during the pandemic.
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Details

Developers
Samantha Zero
Publishers
Panic
Genres
Indie, Music, Puzzle
Event
Playdate Update #1: 6/8/21

Release dates

  • May 09, 2022 (Worldwide) Playdate
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Favourites of 2022 by BMO · 9 games · 0

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Fripon

Review Fripon 3/5 · Jan 17, 2024

Fun mechanisms, but tiresome as it does not evolve and becomes too long

  • I love the idea, and being able to fiddle with the music and to focus on it is a nice mechanism idea, but it really starts becoming too long after a while. Around a bit after the middle of the game, I really thought I was at the end of it since it doesn't surprises you too much with any …

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  • I love the idea, and being able to fiddle with the music and to focus on it is a nice mechanism idea, but it really starts becoming too long after a while. Around a bit after the middle of the game, I really thought I was at the end of it since it doesn't surprises you too much with any new mechanisms, musics, or scenario. It took me a really long while to beat the game, around 2 months WOOOOFFF -I took a lot of breaks in between each sessions, since loosing some "levels" in a row was becoming very tiring at one point- .

  • !!warning (sort of spoilers)!! -> I'm glad to see you can unlock unlimited fuses and unlimited time after you beat the game, as I really enjoy modfing the music and listening to it, but around half of the game the time limit + fuse really became a bit too tiresome to me.

  • Try it if you're patient, and like listening on tiny parts of music on loop. That's my case, and I appreciated a good part of what makes Echoic Memory !

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ed.corcoran

Review ed.corcoran 2/5 · Jun 23, 2022

I love music and I love games, but I've never played a music game that I really liked. This continues that.

BMO

Status BMO Jun 15, 2022

I have to admit, I'm behind in playing new seasonal games on PlayDate because I'm still playing Whitewater Wipeout. But my new obsession is Echoic Memory. I love this game. Again, it's simple and highly enjoyable, like Whitewater Wipeout, but it also has the added dimension of story. I look forward to playing other games but for now …

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I have to admit, I'm behind in playing new seasonal games on PlayDate because I'm still playing Whitewater Wipeout. But my new obsession is Echoic Memory. I love this game. Again, it's simple and highly enjoyable, like Whitewater Wipeout, but it also has the added dimension of story. I look forward to playing other games but for now I'm hooked on these two.

I'm also getting a lot of questions on the subway during my commute. People see that crank and they want to know what device I'm using. It's led to some interesting conversations with strangers.

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