ODDADA

Songwriters will know, of course, that while sometimes you can get a song to sound exactly how it sounds in your head, other times, the song turns into something completely different. The difference between ODDADA and a DAW like Ableton is that it celebrates this notion, rather than just allowing the musician to create whatever they want. In this way, ODDADA is kind of like a training ground for creativity, forcing the musician to be happy with a lack of autonomy. That being said, I would be lying if I said that the lack of autonomy wasn't, at times, frustrating, and I would absolutely love to see these devs apply these fun graphics to something more open-ended, like a cute modular workstation with fun sequencers. At the end of the day, that's just not what this game is.

A fun casual tool to play with. I would like to see a mode where I could select the instruments I would like to try for my song, and though I realize this is probably counter to the whole aesthetic of the game, I would like to see some presets for some of the instruments (aside from the default preset that a given instrument shows up with). If you're a dabbler with no real clue of how to make music, yet you have a burning desire to 'make music,' ODDADA can be a fun experience. Other things I would like to see, is let me dictate how long I'd like my song to last, instead of one preset. (I've only played a couple of hours, maybe this is something you get later when you've unlocked everything available.) I would recommend this as a diverting pass-time with some creative aspects (as opposed to a casual puzzle game).

So devices need to be running in order to save?? I just spent about 20-30 minutes creating a tune on the second device (houses), pressed the train save button and moved on to the next device, and now nothing is coming out of the second recording.. SO DUMB!!!

This is a masterpiece of a game