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Resonance of the Ocean

PC (Microsoft Windows), Web browser, Mac, Android • 2022

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Quick resume

Pick up what the waves wash ashore to make instruments. Use those instruments to answer the echoes heard from beyond the ocean.

Global score

98/100

Genres

Adventure, Casual, Indie, Arcade, Puzzle

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    Pros

    • Beautiful hand-drawn art style
    • Relaxing and calming music and sound design
    • Short and accessible gameplay
    • Free to play
    • Unique sound-based puzzle mechanics

    Cons

    • Very short playtime with limited replayability
    • Minimal story development
    • Somewhat unintuitive controls
    • Lack of depth in puzzles
    • No multiplayer or social features

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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      "Short game (~15-30 minutes) with limited replay value; players complete it quickly and do not tend to engage in long or habitual sessions."

      Capsule for The Lost Dachshund The Lost Dachshund

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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    • Expectation

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      "Players engage voluntarily for enjoyment and relaxation, with no obligation or external pressure noted."

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires focused attention during short play sessions; not designed for background or idle play."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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    • Progression

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Expression. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Continuation, Thrill.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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    Last update: 30/04/2026