Detuned

Detuned is a game about a festival where music grows louder as its main event approaches, hurting you as you try to find a way out. You work as a pearl collector in a town where avoiding painful sounds is not socially accepted.

Avoid the sounds

Detuned turns rhythm gameplay around: instead of hitting notes to a song’s beat, you avoid a randomly generated series of notes. Each area may hide a pearl in its scenery, so you need to stay alert and keep moving.

Changing sessions

Songs are remixed with gameplay changes every so often. Sometimes you choose how the challenge changes; other times, a dice roll decides. You may find items that improve your chances of survival, but you can obtain them only if you have collected enough pearls. Reaching the festival’s main event leads to one of eight endings, depending on which special items you collected.

Sound and visuals

The graphics combine photographed doodles with pre-rendered lighting to create dreamlike images. The soundtrack consists of distorted recordings of everyday noises.

Unlockable content

After reaching at least six endings, you unlock a song editor for making your own compositions. Save files from previous games in the “ApeHardware’s Playable Freakshow” bundle each unlock a bonus item.