Ride your music

There is a program you can download called Steam. Essentially, Steam allows you to purchase video games from companies without having to buy the CD’s – you just download them and install. It’s pretty cool and if you have friends who have it, you can see what games they’re playing (and join in, if you also have said game). In that way it’s somewhat like xbox live, but for the PC.

I was on Steam last night and they were advertising a new game called Audiosurf. The tag, like the title of this post, is “Ride Your Music.” I’ve always been a fan of music rhythm based games (like Dance Dance Revolution) so this piqued my interest.  At only 10 bucks, it’s a pretty decent deal.

Essentially you get a little spaceship that is traveling along a little highway.  The highway’s turns and gradient are based on the music.  You use the mouse or arrow keys to guide your ship into colored boxes that appear, which then go onto the grid below your ship, which translates into points.

Here’s a screenshot (note, this is squished down from a fullscreen shot, I promise it looks much more crisp):

So yeah, it’s an interesting game, right?

The thing that makes it so cool is that  THIS GAME USES YOUR OWN MUSIC COLLECTION!!!

That’s right, the game is smart enough to take any mp3 that you own, and convert it into a level, and it does it very well.   Kind of a very fun way to listen to your music on your computer.

Did I mention you can compare your scores to other people who have played the same mp3?

Sweet.

~ by prometheus0110 on February 19, 2008.