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Well I got to trying the beta, and this game is amazing, it's like living your music.
The feeling starts to fade away when your hand starts to cramp, but it's still great.
Simple things like bumps on the path or things like color = tempo, along with bpm changes and pauses all becoming visual. :eek:
You simply just pop in a song, I've only tried .mp3, .flac, .ogg (no DRM plays to my awareness) it spits out a track in about ~5 seconds for my rig.
FPS at 1600x1200 at max settings I pull ~90fps with my 8800GT.
Along with 11 "ships" each with varying abilities and play styles. (One ship is co-op)
If you go with Pointman or Pusher it becomes more of a puzzle game rather than death dodging. Same goes with playing slow or fast songs.
Main Webpage (When it comes back up): http://www.audio-surf.com/
Bad news is the beta is closed for now BETA 2 OPEN! NEW AND IMPROVED!, but the game should be releasing soon.
I whipped up my crappy attempt at DragonForce - Fury of the Storm (Good tempo + congestion) while my hand was in the middle of cramping and I didn't know how to use the Ninja Mono's left click. (Whoops!)
Here's the ending part of it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8V8htkE7WE
After you've finished a race it will upload your score, ship, and nickname with your bonuses to other people that played the same song as you!
And here's a slightly better attempt at a similar song ;) (Not me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-z6YK92otg
Here's a slower song where the player is playing pointman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JROWtJgdHkY
As you can see it's more of a fast paced action puzzle music game...
Trying to rack up combos of 3 or more of touching colors, score ranking from red to violet in points (3 red = 240 points / 3 violet = 30 points). Higher combo = more points.
Power-ups like Paint and Shock add extra stuff to the mix, along with white/black blocks and swaps along with multipliers, unique ship abilities, and end bonus for specific goals.
Some songs are just nice to cruise through:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G04iSdsaSLE
Hopefully February! :attn:
hUMANbEATbOX
01-14-08, 08:00 AM
Looks interesting, wish I could get into the beta. :(
Dont really get the point to this game :confused:
Sweet e1m1 is the 13th most popular song.
Lol, that game looks wicked :)
FlakMonkey
01-14-08, 04:23 PM
wow this game looks amazing.
cant wait for a release.
Dont really get the point to this game :confused:
To have fun of course :) You wouldn't know if you haven't played. It's like crack.
You just keep loading song after song into it...
I am not happy about it, but I woke up early to finish schoolwork and spent the whole morning playing my first game and got carried away... :shrug:
IKIKUINTHENUTZ
01-15-08, 03:34 PM
I know oni will want to play this after watching this video :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSg7iKx-H6Q
same song but different gameplay style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IJAfjCz3Sw&feature=related
Got a new video up.
Touhou music = Touhou like game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be7VU-Xn-xQ
So it's kinda like Everyday Shooter meets Rez: HD?
So it's kinda like Everyday Shooter meets Rez: HD?
If you want to play like that sure ;)
Mono (Not ninja) while playing any song is pretty relaxing.
Got another one for you guys, Express Love (Another fast one):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peXsfZai_tY
If anyone has any recommendations for a song to do lemme know. :D
p.s. Game should come out and be $10-$20, definitely gonna buy this thing, can't wait to see what he adds.
IKIKUINTHENUTZ
01-16-08, 12:44 PM
Glad that you playing with the mouse Hazaro
it's a hell lot harder to play with compare to the keyboard lol
FlakMonkey
01-16-08, 06:39 PM
BT - Dynamic Symmetry
please do this song :O~
BT - Dynamic Symmetry
please do this song :O~
I wondered why he sounded familiar...
The Antikythera Mechanism :clap:
I'll see which mode is best, may not be appropriate for ninja mono.
Also might need to trim the song a bit, AudioSurf currently has a weird max length. People say anywhere from 12 minutes to 20 minutes.
Length also means I have to cram it into 100MB for utub (see: stage 6)
p.s. if anyone knows how to get fraps video to work with DivX encoding (Accepted by stage 6) I'd love to know. Get some good quality videos up.
SolidxSnake
01-16-08, 08:14 PM
I wonder what it would be like playing SDOIT (42 min dream theater song :D)
That game looks awesome. Reminds me of FreQuency for the PS2.
Or for that matter.. The Ministry of Lost Souls by Dream Theater... I can't wait :)
hUMANbEATbOX
01-19-08, 12:45 PM
Just got an email, there is a Beta2 test this weekend. Downloading now. :D
FlakMonkey
01-19-08, 01:01 PM
This game is incredible.
Just got an email, there is a Beta2 test this weekend. Downloading now. :DYep. Got it myself :D
hUMANbEATbOX
01-19-08, 04:06 PM
Wow is this ever fun. Sent it to my bro who is big into GH3 and he didn't like it so much.
:attn:
Awesome game is awesome.
ratbuddy
01-19-08, 06:57 PM
Er, yeah, but does it work with non-gay-hair-metal songs?
Er, yeah, but does it work with non-gay-hair-metal songs?
If you want it to. I'm in twitch mode right now. :santa:
-maddog-
01-19-08, 07:43 PM
Interesting idea. Whitehat is a nice 3d visualization also.
FlakMonkey
01-19-08, 07:57 PM
i'm addicted.
Heh, I just checked the e-mail and he seems to have addressed everything that people on the forums asked.
-Mono Pro added (Awesome)
-Ninja Mono and Pro Mono can jump (Awesome)
-Pointman Elite can use the shoulder and can scoop 4 blocks into a queue for later (Awesome)
-Antialising is now in the options (Awesome)
-The song selector's text can be made smaller (Awesome)
-Freeride now displays the percentage of traffic hit (Awesome)
-Maximum song length increased to 25 minutes (Awesome)
-When collected, blocks become hollow so they don't block your view when flying up to the top (Awesome)
-More tracks have corkscrews (Awesome)
FlakMonkey
01-19-08, 08:15 PM
I only use ninja mono...I just don't like the others' gameplay.
Er, yeah, but does it work with non-gay-hair-metal songs?Yes. I've thrown classical at it, and it comes out very fine (also, since classical tends to be very well defined in progression, you can clearly see differences). I might throw up a video sometime.
FlakMonkey
01-20-08, 12:45 AM
It works fine for every genre. I have a very vast selection of music on my computer, and each song I've played has been just incredibly fun.
I really really love this game.
Raptord
01-20-08, 11:00 AM
I've been playing this for a few days after a friend from school told me about this, I just got 206k in Through the Fire and flames in ninja mono, I'll be posting it on youtube eventually :)
edit: Link to my video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=mM9gjb9gnBU
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/11638/Audiosurf
lol they say public is capped, im dling at 24mbit :)
Mpegger
01-20-08, 04:57 PM
Wow. Talk about a extremely limited demo. 3 songs and thats it? :eh?:
Raptord
01-20-08, 05:30 PM
You can import any song you can imagine, it'll make a track for it, no matter the song type.
Mpegger
01-20-08, 05:51 PM
I meant it only allows 3 songs to be played before you can't use it and are "forced" into buying it. Hell, after the first song you have to sign up and login. 2 songs after and thats it, no more usage till you buy.
3 songs (imo) is hardly enough to even try it out. It took me longer to download the demo because of the site (wasnt even getting 1/3 of my total download bandwidth) then to try it out.
FlakMonkey
01-20-08, 07:33 PM
I meant it only allows 3 songs to be played before you can't use it and are "forced" into buying it. Hell, after the first song you have to sign up and login. 2 songs after and thats it, no more usage till you buy.
3 songs (imo) is hardly enough to even try it out. It took me longer to download the demo because of the site (wasnt even getting 1/3 of my total download bandwidth) then to try it out.
ummm...what are you talking about?
it wasnt a demo...it was a weekend beta...and I played well over 20 songs. no idea where you are getting this 3 songs nonsense.
:rolleyes:
Mpegger
01-20-08, 11:06 PM
ummm...what are you talking about?
it wasnt a demo...it was a weekend beta...and I played well over 20 songs. no idea where you are getting this 3 songs nonsense.
:rolleyes:
Filename: SetupAudiosurf_BetaPreview_PUBLIC_DEMO.exe
No, I did not capitalized or add in the text "public demo". It was part of the filename and already capitalized as such.
http://www.jal2s.com/uploader/files/1/audiosurf.jpg
This is what I got after playing the the 3rd song of my choice, which included 1 song used as part of the tutorial.
"no idea where you are getting this" weekend beta "nonsense", as there was no mention of such a thing by the person who posted the link, nor any mention of such a thing at the website that provided the download, nor any mention of it at all during installation...
:rolleyes:
Filename: SetupAudiosurf_BetaWeekend2_1.19.08.exe
You grabbed the 3 song demo :(
Also beta weekend is over.
Next week?
Well the game should be coming out in February, but hopefully yes :)
WHERE'S MY VOLUME ADJUSTMENT!
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE VOLUME ADJUSTMENT!
:cry:
Well the game should be coming out in February, but hopefully yes :)
WHERE'S MY VOLUME ADJUSTMENT!
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE VOLUME ADJUSTMENT!
:cry:More ID3 tag support would also be nice :D
And a way of marking what's been played.
Ah, wth. Make it a fullfledged music player while at it :p
More ID3 tag support would also be nice :D
And a way of marking what's been played.
Ah, wth. Make it a fullfledged music player while at it :p
Post it up on the forums!
He's added everything people have said so far!
Leviathan41
02-11-08, 08:26 PM
I noticed that they are selling this game on Steam.
$8.95 if you pre-order before Feb. 15.
http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=12900
Oh and Valve's The Orange Box Original Soundtrack is included.
I noticed that they are selling this game on Steam.
$8.95 if you pre-order before Feb. 15.
http://storefront.steampowered.com/v/index.php?area=game&AppId=12900
Oh and Valve's The Orange Box Original Soundtrack is included.
Awesome!
Now I can combine both AudioSurf and Brawl :o
Nice.
Will procrastinate order until Thursday as is usual for me :p
FlakMonkey
02-12-08, 07:47 AM
got mine preordered and preloaded as soon as i saw it was on sale.
mmm audiosurf
glockjs
02-13-08, 01:06 PM
pre ordered last night based on.....everybodys feedback on here+the game looks cool as hell(awesome concept)+its only 9 bucks x.O+its on valve...now im no math major but that looks like an equation for win
Eh.
Screw procrastination :D
gangaskan
02-13-08, 03:33 PM
looks kinda like a gutair hero variant :)
kinda neat tho, diffrent take on it.
FlakMonkey
02-13-08, 04:44 PM
looks kinda like a gutair hero variant :)
kinda neat tho, diffrent take on it.
it's really nothing like guitar hero actually. check out some of the videos on youtube or dl the demo, it's really an amazing game.
gangaskan
02-13-08, 05:20 PM
i'll have to check it out :) to me it looks like something gutair hero ish.
glockjs
02-15-08, 01:42 AM
anybody know what time steam is gonna release the game??
FlakMonkey
02-15-08, 11:18 AM
anybody know what time steam is gonna release the game??
today sometime :S
my guess right now is noon PST
FlakMonkey
02-15-08, 01:58 PM
its out =)
glockjs
02-15-08, 02:28 PM
nooooooo!! i wanted to play last night at midnight because now im stuck at work for another 5 hours qqqqq
sulretal
02-15-08, 05:28 PM
Very fun very worth 10 bucks
glockjs
02-15-08, 09:31 PM
ok so i just played it for the first time...o..m..g. why the wasnt there a game like this before. i simply love it.
sulretal
02-15-08, 09:37 PM
Yea it's really great. I would pay 50 bucks for it.
The only thing I dislike is after every game they show me scores of people around the world. I don't mind but I'm not playing the game for competition, so I don't really care about othas.
Leviathan41
02-15-08, 11:44 PM
Wow, I really love this game. I played the demo and bought it immediately. It's a blast!
:thup:
glockjs
02-16-08, 12:35 AM
how many games out there these day cost 10 bucks and entertain the hell out of you? seriously. im quickly becoming a fanboy of this game :O
Videos, anyone?
Not that I really need them, given that I have the game, but... :D
I got a few, glad all of you are enjoying it, but I'm playing Brawl so... I will get back to it later :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/hazaro
I got a few, glad all of you are enjoying it, but I'm playing Brawl so... I will get back to it later :)
http://www.youtube.com/user/hazaroStick the Brawl music on it :D
gangaskan
02-16-08, 07:33 PM
having issues with my mouse :( anyone have this problem after they installed it?
Mpegger
02-16-08, 09:16 PM
No problems with my mouse here. Except the occasional hiccup ingame (cordless mouse, so it doesnt only happen in AudioSurf).
lordkosc
02-17-08, 04:11 AM
its ok, more like a 5 dollar game tho... :(
sulretal
02-17-08, 09:31 AM
my name is WilliamDouglass on Audiosurf, add me to check out my songs and such.
I just got it on Steam yesterday. For $10 it's great & amazingly addicting. Nothing that's not out there though (i.e. DDR, Guitar Hero).
The only thing I'm having issues with is that I can't play my iTunes m4p files (only supports m4a) and the fact that none of my songs have a real titles (I drag & dropped my music from iPod... So I only have id3 tags).
JamesXP
02-17-08, 06:13 PM
You gotta convert them son'
You gotta convert them son'
Any particular software in mind? It's really tedious to find a functional freeware that will do the job.
FlakMonkey
02-17-08, 07:27 PM
I just got it on Steam yesterday. For $10 it's great & amazingly addicting. Nothing that's not out there though (i.e. DDR, Guitar Hero).
this game is nothing like guitar hero or ddr :shrug:
SolidxSnake
02-17-08, 07:34 PM
Have you guys ever played FreQuency for PS2? It's not the same concept but it looks very similar :)
Careface
02-17-08, 07:43 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8V8htkE7WE
After you've finished a race it will upload your score, ship, and nickname with your bonuses to other people that played the same song as you!
And here's a slightly better attempt at a similar song ;) (Not me)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-z6YK92otg
Pfft, FOTS is not similar to TTFATF :P
Looks fun as hell though. I still maintain that the best way to 'feel' your music is Stepmania :) Nothing beats hitting 16+ keys a second with 3 fingers on one hand to a song that has over 2000steps in just over 3 mins, perfectly in sync with the beats of the song :D
Ill definitely be looking around for this game though. It might even persuade me to reinstall Steaming pile of ****
SolidxSnake
02-17-08, 08:33 PM
Looks fun as hell though. I still maintain that the best way to 'feel' your music is Stepmania :) Nothing beats hitting 16+ keys a second with 3 fingers on one hand to a song that has over 2000steps in just over 3 mins, perfectly in sync with the beats of the song :D
Want to send me vids of you doing crazy songs like that? Such as.. air by reach, or deathmoon? Crazy stuff.
I play pad though... not that good.
Mr. Roboto
02-17-08, 09:16 PM
A bunch of people were playing this at the LAN party I went to this weekend, I still don't get how to play it to be quite honest :(
Is there a demo or something for it?
A bunch of people were playing this at the LAN party I went to this weekend, I still don't get how to play it to be quite honest :(
Is there a demo or something for it?Match the colors :p
Simple enough.
The issue is how to not get owned by your fast songs.
Careface
02-17-08, 09:48 PM
Want to send me vids of you doing crazy songs like that? Such as.. air by reach, or deathmoon? Crazy stuff.
I play pad though... not that good.
Its a terrible quality video (as I cant afford a decent camera) and its dark as hell, but you can still make out whats important :P
http://youtube.com/watch?v=w-0Gq9FOF5E
Its me doing Vertex Beta..I got pretty ****ed off at it, so forgive the language xD
Air by Reach
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/careface_/screen01426.jpg
Deathmoon
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j213/careface_/screen01373-1.jpg
Not the best I know, but meh. Not bad for one hand, I suppose.
this game is nothing like guitar hero or ddr :shrug:
How so?
DDR: Arrows scroll by. Press them to build up combo.
AudioSurf: Blocks scroll by. Catch & match them to build up combo.
Feels very much the same to me.
Careface
02-17-08, 10:21 PM
How so?
DDR: Arrows scroll by. Press them to build up combo.
AudioSurf: Blocks scroll by. Catch & match them to build up combo.
Feels very much the same to me.
I can see how DDR/SM/GH skill could definitely be at least partially translated to AudioSurf. :santa:
FlakMonkey
02-18-08, 04:55 PM
How so?
DDR: Arrows scroll by. Press them to build up combo.
AudioSurf: Blocks scroll by. Catch & match them to build up combo.
Feels very much the same to me.
In AudioSurf a completely unique track is generated for ANY song you may have. Colored blocks fly by to the beat of the music and you collect as many as you can, while avoiding grey blocks which harm your combos and high scores.
In GH notes pass by and you have to press the correct note while "strumming" the guitar. The track is straight, and you can only use the songs that come with the game. Similarities with AudioSurf: both are music related games...
In DDR arrows come by relative to directions on a dance pad. They come by in a straight line, and you have to step on the arrow that appears on the screen. You can only play the songs that come with the game (AFAIK). Similarities with AudioSurf: both are music related games...
all this of course IMHO
SolidxSnake
02-18-08, 05:58 PM
In AudioSurf a completely unique track is generated for ANY song you may have. Colored blocks fly by to the beat of the music and you collect as many as you can, while avoiding grey blocks which harm your combos and high scores.
In GH notes pass by and you have to press the correct note while "strumming" the guitar. The track is straight, and you can only use the songs that come with the game. Similarities with AudioSurf: both are music related games...
In DDR arrows come by relative to directions on a dance pad. They come by in a straight line, and you have to step on the arrow that appears on the screen. You can only play the songs that come with the game (AFAIK). Similarities with AudioSurf: both are music related games...
all this of course IMHO
Yes, of course. Rhythm games aren't similar at all. Um Jammer Lammy or Parappa the Rapper aren't similar to DDR or ITG? Or FreQuency?
The common denominator: They're all rhythm games.
Leviathan41
02-18-08, 06:03 PM
Ill definitely be looking around for this game though. It might even persuade me to reinstall Steaming pile of ****
If you haven't tried Steam in a while, you may be surprised. It has really improved since its release and is very good now, I love it.
Yeah, I can't say enough about Audiosurf. It's so much fun! :thup:
*Goes back to playing Audiosurf*
FlakMonkey
02-18-08, 06:25 PM
Yes, of course. Rhythm games aren't similar at all. Um Jammer Lammy or Parappa the Rapper aren't similar to DDR or ITG? Or FreQuency?
The common denominator: They're all rhythm games.
Our opinions are different. Don't degrade mine because of that. :rolleyes:
Careface
02-18-08, 07:06 PM
You can only play the songs that come with the game (AFAIK).
Im saying this to prove you wrong, but just to let you know something you may not know. There's a huge community of custom 'simfile' makers out there. There are many thousands of songs written for DDR/ITG/SM/IIDX you name it.
My Stepmania folder (stepmania being a pc port of DDR/ITG) has around 4000 songs in it, and there are plenty of more songs I could download but just dont want to. Main reason for this is that (no offence to simwriters out there) most of the simfiles are crap. It takes a lot of skill and a heck of a lot of time to produce a detailed, and in sync, simfile.
Anyway long story short, yes, you can add as many songs as you'd like to DDR/ITG.. the tradeoff is you need to make them yourself. I admit, AudioSurf is awesome in the fact it dynamically creates its own files.. thats an awesome feature that at times I wish DDR had.
FlakMonkey
02-18-08, 07:17 PM
Im saying this to prove you wrong, but just to let you know something you may not know. There's a huge community of custom 'simfile' makers out there. There are many thousands of songs written for DDR/ITG/SM/IIDX you name it.
My Stepmania folder (stepmania being a pc port of DDR/ITG) has around 4000 songs in it, and there are plenty of more songs I could download but just dont want to. Main reason for this is that (no offence to simwriters out there) most of the simfiles are crap. It takes a lot of skill and a heck of a lot of time to produce a detailed, and in sync, simfile.
Anyway long story short, yes, you can add as many songs as you'd like to DDR/ITG.. the tradeoff is you need to make them yourself. I admit, AudioSurf is awesome in the fact it dynamically creates its own files.. thats an awesome feature that at times I wish DDR had.
Ah that's pretty awesome that you can make your own.
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