Hi all,

Being the packrat that I am, I have saved a couple of podcasts done by Darren 
Duff regarding Dimensions.

Here's the link to these files.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/37074312/dimensions.zip
I hope this will answer some questions about playing the game.

Bob Hill


On May 10, 2013, at 7:18 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:


> Hi Teresa,
> 
> thanks, this helps a lot.  I thought you had to pull the beam all the way 
> down to the bottom of the screen, so I kept losing the artifact.  I actually 
> broke down last night and converted a bunch of cells into artifacts, I was so 
> frustrated at not being able to get any of them. :)
> 
> thanks also for the info re the collective zone, glad you don't have to do 
> the Facebook thing.  I don't blame you for buying the cloudburst one, given 
> where you live (though I agree, that does seem unfair.  I'll probably end up 
> buying the collective one, and the Ghost dimension.  I'm sure I'm showing my 
> age, but I'm usually sound asleep by midnight.
> Cheers,
> Donna
> On May 10, 2013, at 12:18 AM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, Alex and Donna,
>> 
>> Ok, the location of the beam varies a little. When you are using it, the 
>> sound raises in pitch. Pull the artifact toward you, and hold steady once it 
>> levels off at its highest pitch, which won't be much higher than its 
>> beginning pitch. There will be a sort of "tada" tone when you've captured 
>> it, and Emily will say something like "you got it!"
>> 
>> The cells are simply power packs for you to play the game. The longer you 
>> play, and the richer your sound environment, the more quantum cells you'll 
>> collect. This is the way I played the game. I think I may have bought one 
>> pack, because I was impatient.
>> 
>> I didn't bother with the collective dimension, except to play it like the 
>> other ones. You'll still have artifacts to collect in it, but you get more 
>> cells if you connect to friends on Twitter and talk to them with the 
>> messenger function, a la Church of the Subgenius style. I haven't used it, 
>> but I've heard it's hit and miss for accessibility.
>> 
>> Once you play a level for some period of time, like a few days, the next 
>> level will unlock, or you can buy enough cells to unlock it. I think there 
>> is one level that only unlocks when it's raining in your local area, but 
>> since I live in the desert, I went ahead and bought cells to unlock it. :-P
>> 
>> Anyhow, go ahead and contact me on or offlist if you have more questions. 
>> Have fun.
>> 
>> Teresa
>> On May 9, 2013, at 3:10 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> I'd like to ask a question as well. How do you collect cells? Artifacts 
>>> make noise, but cells seem to be silent. I know you can get cells other 
>>> ways, but it seems unfortunate to just let free ones drift by. Thanks. Oh, 
>>> one more: I did let the game access my Twitter account, but nothing 
>>> happened with the Collective Dimension, and no tweet seems to have been 
>>> sent. Did I do something wrong? Did it mean I need to be somewhere where it 
>>> hears three people speak?
>>> On May 9, 2013, at 6:00 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> You *are evil! :)
>>>> 
>>>> I have a couple more questions.  when you're pulling to bring the 
>>>> artifacts close to you, do you have to slide all the way to the bottom of 
>>>> the screen?  And, how did you deal with the collective dimension?  I have 
>>>> absolutely no desire to link this game to twitter or Facebook.  Is there 
>>>> any way to unlock that dimension without doing that?  And, I assume that 
>>>> if you don't unlock that dimension, there's no way to get to Level 2?  
>>>> That would sort of bring my game to a screeching halt.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Teresa!
>>>> Donna
>>>> On May 9, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> It took me a week to get an artifact and another week to get rid of 
>>>>> anethalim. Practice, practice. (evil giggle)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Teresa
>>>>> On May 9, 2013, at 6:19 AM, Jessica Moss <junglebookfa...@gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> I think Hannah does to a point too.  I put the headphones on her, and 
>>>>>> let her talk and sing into it, and asked her if she liked it, and she 
>>>>>> was like "yeah!"  then we would both talk into it, and blow into the 
>>>>>> microphone on the phone,, but she then got tired of it, considering the 
>>>>>> fact that she's only 3 and has a short attention spand, and after a 
>>>>>> while, I had to make myself put the headphones away, sense I was 
>>>>>> finished with my chores, which was the reason I wanted to play around 
>>>>>> with it and had time to.
>>>>>> I just couldn't do the artifact thing, sense I couldn't figure it out, 
>>>>>> but loved the way it kept going in and out of tranquil and flux mode, 
>>>>>> and one time made it all the way to kinetic mode, but didn't stay there 
>>>>>> because I wasn't moving around enough.
>>>>>> On May 8, 2013, at 11:59 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The quantum cells increase the longer you play and the richer your 
>>>>>>> sound environment is. The artifacts have a kind of sonar sound, and are 
>>>>>>> very distinctive once you recognize it. This game is very subtle in a 
>>>>>>> lot of ways, and takes some intent listening skills. It's almost like 
>>>>>>> an interactive musical piece with a game thrown in as an afterthought. 
>>>>>>> It's very innovative, and I really like it a lot.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Teresa
>>>>>>> On May 8, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Well, Jessica, you're not the only one confused on this game.  I 
>>>>>>>> haven't gotten a single artifact yet.  It sounds like the pull gesture 
>>>>>>>> is like the dragging gesture kind of, but I haven't gotten either it 
>>>>>>>> or the push gesture to work.  It's odd, too, because despite this, my 
>>>>>>>> number of quantum cells keep going up.  I'm clueless.
>>>>>>>> Donna
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>>> 
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