<s>
Synth	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
real-time	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
by	O
Canadian	O
developer	O
Rhys	O
Paul	O
Hovey	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synth	B-Application
is	O
an	O
abstract	O
and	O
procedurally	O
generated	O
3D	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
graphics	O
have	O
an	O
algorithmic	O
C++	B-Language
representation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synth	B-Application
is	O
a	O
strategic	B-Application
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
find	O
an	O
exit	O
in	O
a	O
procedurally	O
generated	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synth	B-Application
uses	O
C++	B-Language
algorithms	O
to	O
generate	O
the	O
level	O
's	O
structure	O
and	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Levels	O
are	O
seeded	B-Algorithm
from	O
four-letter	O
words	O
:	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
"	O
BGNI	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
store	O
pre-rendered	O
textures	O
and	O
model	O
data	O
,	O
only	O
small	O
filesizes	B-General_Concept
are	O
required	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synths	B-Application
drum	O
and	O
bass	O
synthesizer	O
soundtrack	O
dynamically	O
changes	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hovey	O
cites	O
the	O
artwork	O
of	O
Roger	O
Dean	O
(	O
who	O
produced	O
the	O
covers	O
for	O
several	O
Psygnosis	O
titles	O
)	O
,	O
other	O
Amiga	B-Device
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
Pink	O
Floyd	O
as	O
influences	O
for	O
Synths	B-Application
imagery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synth	B-Application
is	O
currently	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
demo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Todd	O
Ciolek	O
,	O
an	O
editor	O
with	O
Gamasutra	O
made	O
reference	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
experimental	O
design	O
:	O
"	O
Rhys	O
Paul	O
Hovey	O
’s	O
SYNTH	B-Application
is	O
an	O
experimental	O
game	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
with	O
the	O
visuals	O
of	O
Darwinia	B-Application
and	O
the	O
procedural	O
nature	O
of	O
.kkrieger	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
SYNTH:Electropix	O
64	O
bit	O
version	O
1.505	O
,	O
won	O
1st	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
Intel	O
corporation	O
's	O
"	O
Level	O
up	O
"	O
2010	O
game	O
demo	O
contest	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Best	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
desktop	O
"	O
category	O
.	O
</s>
