Endorfun

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Endorfun

Developer(s)	Onesong
Publisher(s)	Time Warner Interactive
Designer(s)	Michael Jai Feinberg
Platform(s)	PC
Release date	1995
Genre(s)	Arcade
Mode(s)	Single player
Rating(s)	N/A
Media	CD-ROM
Input methods	Keyboard,Mouse

Endorfun is a single-player, arcade-style computer game released in 1995. It is notable for its use of subliminal, new age messages throughout its soundtrack.

[edit] Gameplay

The player controls a small cube, referred to as a light body, by using the keyboard, or mouse. The light body rolls along a grid (the unified field) collecting life force tiles (coloured tiles with a texture matching that of the cube) by rolling the cube over them such that the top face of the cube matches the colour of the tile. Coloured tiles of varying types appear randomly on the playing surface, but can be eliminated in the same manner as life force tiles.

Games are divided into multiple levels, each of which has a set time limit and a life force target. If a player collects the target amount of life force play proceeds to the next level. If the timer expires or the light body is unable to move (all adjacent grid spaces are blocked by coloured tiles) then the game is over.

There are three different modes of play in Endorfun, each with different goals:

Longevity: play for the longest possible time
Abundance: pass through a set number of levels before time runs out
Quickening: as Abundance, but levels become progressively faster and more difficult

[edit] Soundtrack

Endorfun's soundtrack is composed of a large number of short, looped song segments. Each segment is approximately 5 seconds long, with different segments strung together to provide longer, varied soundtracks for each level.

Each level's soundtrack contains subliminal messages oriented towards peace, well-being, love, and happiness. Selected messages include: