Resonance of the Ocean is a freeware casual game developed by Image Labo and Heaviside Creations, and published by Image Labo. It was released on Steam for Microsoft Windows on July 9, 2022.
Premise[ | ]
This game is set at the edge of a desolate island in a hand-drawn world. The player is tasked to pick up key items to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean. This game is short, as it can be played in only 10 to 30 minutes. Because of the game's short length, it was mentioned that for now, there is no save function.[1]
Development[ | ]
This game was originally made on the 22nd unity1week, a Japanese game jam event, so the game was originally made in the Japanese language only. This game placed 4th in the overall ranking, and 1st for art and sound.
The Steam version of this game was updated with an English localization and with minor changes. [2]
Controls[ | ]
This game only supports keyboard controls:
- Arrow Keys: Move
- Space Key（or ZXC): Confirm
- ZXC Keys: pick up, replace, throw, search
- Shift Key: Move to the lighthouse
Achievements[ | ]
This is a list of 5 achievements of the game:
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| The First Day | Echoed the sound of the first day |
| The Next Day | Echoed the sound of the second day |
| The Day After... | Echoed the sound of the third day |
| The Last Day | Echoed the sound of the last day |
| Memories of the Sea | Checked all items left behind by the sea |
DLC[ | ]
On August 1, 2022, a DLC for the game was released, which included the soundtrack and artwork of the game for $2.99, in order to support the developers of this game.
The soundtrack consists of 3 tracks and lasts for 1 minute and 13 seconds in total.
| # | Name | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Title | 0:33 |
| 2 | Stage Clear | 0:10 |
| 3 | Main Theme | 0:33 |
The images included are as follows:
- Key art
- Logo (transparent)
- Field background (cropped)
- Player and some effects (transparent)
- Rough design during production
Credits[ | ]
- Art, Others: Muji
- Game Design & Programming: Tarahiro
- Music & Sound Design: Ninomiya Yuji
- English Localization: Cheryl
System requirements[ | ]
- OS: Windows 7+ or Mac OS X 10.13+
- Processor: 2 GHz or higher
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: 512 MB display memory
- Storage: 600 MB available space
