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If You’ve Ever Wanted To Climb Around Inside A Beck Song, This Game’s For You
Sound Shapes has been out for a couple of weeks now, and I think it’s finally time I wrote something about it here on Kotaku Melodic. It’s been a bit tough to get the average gamer interested in the game for some reason, even though it’s one of the most clever, musical games I’ve played all year. (And that’s taking into account that 2012 has been a real barn-burner for clever, musical games.)
This Video Game Turns The Los Angeles City Skyline Into A Music Video
We’re only getting a taste of the onslaught of great user-generated levels for the PS3 and Vita’s splendid (SPLENDID) Sound Shapes. This one, posted to YoUTube by OneMillionHP, cleverly builds the skyline of L.A., then lines it up with actual footage of the city.
See How Sound Shapes Turns Your Vita Into A Fully Fledged Music Sequencer
I’ve had my eye on Sound Shapes for a good long while; the music-platformer-sequencer isn’t quite like any game I’ve played before, and I’m entirely enamoured of its approach to musically integrated level design.
New Beck Songs Shape These Video Games Levels That You Can Play Next Month
Have a look — and a listen — to some new music from Beck that is being used to structure levels in next month’s PS Vita and PlayStation 3 game Sound Shapes. Notice how the lyrics are incorporated into the level. What’s a little harder to grasp is that, as you control the little guy in this platforming game, you are collecting little icons that add aural elements to the music that’s playing, building the song at the pace you play.
