Description

The Off-Score project is a music album that you can interact with.
In Off-Score each track is both a song and a game, where we experiment with different ways and game mechanics to invite the player to listen to the lyrics of the song. The interactive tracks lead you through different stories, mood and topics, from a piece of paper inside a copy machine which represent the society, to an elephants hunter that struggles with regrettable memories.
"Pay attention to the music in order to advance in the game; play through the game in order to understand the story behind the song." This is the original motivation for the Off-Score Project. We hope to provide a new approach for storytelling with games and music together.
Off-Score consists of 3 tracks: Copy Machine, Elephants Remember and Relativity.

History

Singer-songwriter YenTing Lo noticed that most music listeners don't pay much atention to the lyrics of a song. When she was planning to record her own music EP in 2017, this problem arose again because the lyrics are the main soul of her songs. Having worked and discussed with Ferran, a game developer who's been exploring new ways of combining music and games, they agreed that making a game around a song could provide listeners with an experience that highlights the lyrics and enhances the storytelling of the songs. After approaching Ferran's co-worker Vanja for the visual art, the Off-Score Project began its journey.

The name Off-Score comes from our vision to take people out of the "game score" and "music score", steer them "off-score".

Features

  • Interactive Music Album
  • 3 tracks with unique gameplay, story and mood
  • Original jazz fusion songs with allegorical lyrics
  • Point & Click puzzles and action
  • Aim to make listeners engage more with the music

Projects

Videos

Copy Machine Release TrailerYouTube

Elephants Remember Release TrailerYouTube

Images