Sole Searching

Help me I'm Stuck in a Blender Holdings, Inc. presents..... Sole Searching!

Have you ever been stranded on a beach, starving, with your only desire being a bite of any food... or a nice donut... me either. But good news! Now you can experience it for yourself! Sole Searching is a metal detector simulator game where sound and music will guide you to find treasures on an abandoned beach.

This game fills a gap in the market by focusing on sound-based gameplay rather than relying on visual cues alone. This makes it more accessible for players with visual impairments. By prioritising music in our game, we encourage players to consider the importance of music and sound in games. More importantly, however, moving the focus away from the visuals and toward sound, we are able to create this more accessibility-driven design, leading to a more creative, immersive experience. It also has the potential for more developers to explore more inclusive approaches in more games as well, since this is an underexplored concept in the gaming industry.

Presented at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music's New Creatives Festival on 19 October 2025. Also follow out Instagram @stuckinablenderholdings and listen to the OST on Soundcloud!

Controls:

Mouse/Mousepad - to pan

WASD - to move

SPACEBAR - to jump

'E' - to dig

'Q' - to go back to Main Menu

The Team:

Aaron Cottle - Lead programmer

Joy Chow - Music composer, producer

Molly James - Bass trombone player, 2D art

Mel Artwoeger - Sound effects, 3D art, socials