Evoke
Ronnie Pence delivers a stunning and surreal spot-the-difference game that blends otherworldly artwork with an atmospheric soundtrack to deliver a strange experience for the genre. Evoke is a perfect dream and casual gameplay with a capital "C".
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Good game, nice mix of big and small differences. But if you have a cruddy monitor, or problems distinguishing between very subtle changes in tone, I'd skip this one altogether unfortunately.
Evoke Walkthrough
Level 1
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There is a bird skeleton under the left figure.
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The left figure's eye is blinking.
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The right figure's shadow is wave-shaped.
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The indent on the left tree trunk is lower than the right tree trunk.
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The right tree has an additional, thin branch.
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There is a second spot on the right moon.
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There are two peaks in the middle of the right mountain range.
Level 2
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The right tree is missing its rope to the tire swing.
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The lower left building in the background has a flat roof.
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The left clown has a larger nose.
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The right clown has an extra stripe on his shirt.
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There is a pair of blinking eyes in the left building.
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There is a large circle in the middle of the row of steps leading to the left building.
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There is a door at the bottom of the right building.
Level 3
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The right eye is bigger than the left eye.
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The right ear has an earring.
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The left cheek has blush on it.
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The center ring on the right side of the hair is lighter in color than the left side.
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The left swirl is moving in the opposite direction from the right swirl.
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The left side of the body has a shadow.
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The small gap at the top of the hair on the right side is flat, instead of rounded like the left side.
Level 4
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The solid blue pyramid on the right side has a eye-shaped design at the top.
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The patterned pyramid on the left side has a circle inside the upper triangle.
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The left skull has a larger hole at the nostril.
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The right ribcage is missing a bone.
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The right tree has an extra branch at the top.
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The left tree has a shadow.
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The bottom right corner has a third shadow line.
Level 5
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There is a hole on the left side of the ground.
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The left side of the red river has a triangular-shaped dark spot coming out of the shadow line.
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The right bird has a glowing red eye.
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The left bird has a shadow at the side of its face.
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There is a mountain in the background on the right side.
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The upper right side of the image border has a semi-circle of a moon sticking out.
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The bottom crack on the left ledge is lighter colored than the crack on the right side.
Level 6
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The left square creature's eye has a shine spot.
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The left side of the left creature has a second shadow.
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The long circuit on the upper left side shoots out a ball of light.
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The far left circuit has an additional line sticking out of it.
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The medium-sized gear on the right side has a hole in the center.
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The lower left side has an extra stripe.
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There is a single sphere rotating at the top of the image.
Level 7
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There is a hole in the sphere at the bottom left corner.
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The large slope sticks out of the right side of the image.
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There is a moon at the upper left corner.
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The small sphere on the left side is darker in color than the right side.
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The left deer has a tail.
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The left deer has a taller shadow in the middle of its body.
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The right deer is missing a horn.
Level 8
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The word "HELLO" is scratched on the right side of the floor.
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The left window is broken.
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The corner of the right windowsill is tiered rather than flat like the left side.
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The left bird has a lightning bolt on its wing.
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The left bird also has a third shine spot on its eye.
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The right bird has a star on its cheek.
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The line going through the left section of the floor is faded.
Level 9
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The left creature has an extra ring in its eye.
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The left creature's back leg has a shadow.
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The left side of the hole at the top of the hill has a shadow.
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The lower right side of the hill is flat.
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There is a dark triangle at the bottom right corner of the image.
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The left sun is darker than the right sun.
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The outer halo of light around the right sun is farther out than the sun on the left side.
Level 10
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Click the satellite as it sails over the upper right corner of the image.
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Click the rotating galaxy in the middle of the left side of space.
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There is an extra star in the lower area at the right side of space.
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There is an additional round light spot on the left half of the planet.
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There is also a rectangular light patch on the left half of the planet.
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The round shine spot on the right half of the planet is brighter than the left.
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Click the large icon that appears in the middle of the rotating planet.
Hmm, ambiance is nice. Artwork is intriguing. But I have to agree with littleghost, unless you crave giving yourself a massive case of eyestrain, this game is not for you. And not the normal level of eyestrain you get from spot the difference games... this is more like from how extreme an angle can I view my monitor in order to pick up a ridiculously subtle difference in color kind of eyestrain.
Hmmm, one of the differences isn't being registered in level 2
The tire swing rope
Gabe,
Try clicking its mirror image on the opposite side. Sometimes it can be a little picky about which side you click.
Love the imagery, but some of the differences are just too subtle. Like crank-your-contrast-up-to-11-and-it-might-be-a-slightly-different-shade subtle. On one level I thought the Sound button which was just slightly visible against the background was the difference.
Nice one. I like the feature that you can skip the level when you only have 3 differences left to find.
I agree with Hippolyta: I've discovered quite some, really novel ways and angles to watch my monitor to find those really subtle differences ("My dear, what are you doing sitting on the floor staring at the screen of your desktop with your head tilted like that?"). So, there are some rather cruel differences hidden, but you've got the chance to skip them. Fair enough for me.
One small bug: as I inadvertantly discovered, the mute icon is in the same area of the image where the "Skip this level" button is on the other half. So, by attempting to mute the music to receive a phone call, I managed to skip the antelopes-level with one difference left, and having spent about five minutes in aforementioned position trying to find that one last difference...
bio
I swear the "Skip Level" button was in front of the differences on more than one level. And, there was a difference that it didn't recognize for me too. I has a sad.
cendare,
I can guarantee you that there are no objects obscured by the Skip button in this game :) If you'd like to see where all the differences are located, have a look at the walkthrough above the comments.
Also, if the game is not recognizing when you're clicking the right area, try clicking its mirror image on the opposite side. As I mentioned earlier, this game can be kind of picky about clicking on the right side or hitting the pixel just right.
Too subtle for me. I gave up after realising I was clicking specks of dirt on my computer screen.
Mick
That is funny I did exactly the same:)
I really want to like this game, but the tonal differences are just too slight. I kept going to the walkthrough, and even when I knew where the differences were, I still couldn't see them.
If you have a crappy monitor or you do not want to blind yourself by brightening your screen you can always inverse the colors. On a mac control, option, command 8; on windows hmm the only way I know is to take a screen shot and invert the colors in paint.
It would have been nice if they did subtleties but in light colors or even medium instead of dark greys.
i think i gave this five stars just for including a stylized rendition of a plague doctor. i loved the illustrations; otoh, everyone here who says its superduper difficult to spot any differences is correct. deosnt matter how great a monitor you have nor how well it's calibrated. too bad cos this one's got way more interest than most of its species.
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Evoke Walkthrough
Level 1
There is a bird skeleton under the left figure.
The left figure's eye is blinking.
The right figure's shadow is wave-shaped.
The indent on the left tree trunk is lower than the right tree trunk.
The right tree has an additional, thin branch.
There is a second spot on the right moon.
There are two peaks in the middle of the right mountain range.
Screenshot.
Level 2
The right tree is missing its rope to the tire swing.
The lower left building in the background has a flat roof.
The left clown has a larger nose.
The right clown has an extra stripe on his shirt.
There is a pair of blinking eyes in the left building.
There is a large circle in the middle of the row of steps leading to the left building.
There is a door at the bottom of the right building.
Screenshot.
Level 3
The right eye is bigger than the left eye.
The right ear has an earring.
The left cheek has blush on it.
The center ring on the right side of the hair is lighter in color than the left side.
The left swirl is moving in the opposite direction from the right swirl.
The left side of the body has a shadow.
The small gap at the top of the hair on the right side is flat, instead of rounded like the left side.
Screenshot.
Level 4
The solid blue pyramid on the right side has a eye-shaped design at the top.
The patterned pyramid on the left side has a circle inside the upper triangle.
The left skull has a larger hole at the nostril.
The right ribcage is missing a bone.
The right tree has an extra branch at the top.
The left tree has a shadow.
The bottom right corner has a third shadow line.
Screenshot.
Level 5
There is a hole on the left side of the ground.
The left side of the red river has a triangular-shaped dark spot coming out of the shadow line.
The right bird has a glowing red eye.
The left bird has a shadow at the side of its face.
There is a mountain in the background on the right side.
The upper right side of the image border has a semi-circle of a moon sticking out.
The bottom crack on the left ledge is lighter colored than the crack on the right side.
Screenshot.
Level 6
The left square creature's eye has a shine spot.
The left side of the left creature has a second shadow.
The long circuit on the upper left side shoots out a ball of light.
The far left circuit has an additional line sticking out of it.
The medium-sized gear on the right side has a hole in the center.
The lower left side has an extra stripe.
There is a single sphere rotating at the top of the image.
Screenshot.
Level 7
There is a hole in the sphere at the bottom left corner.
The large slope sticks out of the right side of the image.
There is a moon at the upper left corner.
The small sphere on the left side is darker in color than the right side.
The left deer has a tail.
The left deer has a taller shadow in the middle of its body.
The right deer is missing a horn.
Screenshot.
Level 8
The word "HELLO" is scratched on the right side of the floor.
The left window is broken.
The corner of the right windowsill is tiered rather than flat like the left side.
The left bird has a lightning bolt on its wing.
The left bird also has a third shine spot on its eye.
The right bird has a star on its cheek.
The line going through the left section of the floor is faded.
Screenshot.
Level 9
The left creature has an extra ring in its eye.
The left creature's back leg has a shadow.
The left side of the hole at the top of the hill has a shadow.
The lower right side of the hill is flat.
There is a dark triangle at the bottom right corner of the image.
The left sun is darker than the right sun.
The outer halo of light around the right sun is farther out than the sun on the left side.
Screenshot.
Level 10
Click the satellite as it sails over the upper right corner of the image.
Click the rotating galaxy in the middle of the left side of space.
There is an extra star in the lower area at the right side of space.
There is an additional round light spot on the left half of the planet.
There is also a rectangular light patch on the left half of the planet.
The round shine spot on the right half of the planet is brighter than the left.
Click the large icon that appears in the middle of the rotating planet.
Screenshot.
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April 11, 2012 3:17 PM