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AudioSurf
85 Score
Indie

AudioSurf

Dylan Fitterer  /  February 15, 2008  /  Rated Unrated

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Released

2008

Publisher

Unknown

Time to beat

~3 hrs

Community

3,329

Audiosurf is a puzzle rhythm game developed by Invisible Handlebar.

Players control a levitating vehicle and race it down a multi-colored highway. The players have to collect colored blocks known as "cars" and form clusters of three or more blocks of the same color. Hot colors such as red or orange get the player more points than cold ones such as blue or purple. The more clusters formed - the more score the player gets. Players are also awarded different bonuses depending on how did they complete the race. Players are also awarded one of the medals: bronze, silver or gold based on the selected difficulty.

Players are free to choose one of 14 different vehicles to use. Each vehicle belongs to one of the three difficulty groups and has unique abilities. Using different vehicles may change the gameplay drastically.

The main feature of Audiosurf is the synchronization of the track, traffic pattern, and color with the song you choose. The song dynamics affect the track elevation (in case of a song build-up for example).

On launch, the game featured the soundtrack from Valve's The Orange Box and songs from independent artists. Players can also choose any track saved on their PC.

Audiosurf is a 2008 music-based puzzle video game created by Invisible Handlebar, a company founded by Dylan Fitterer. Its track-style stages visually mimic the music the player chooses, while the player races across several lanes collecting colored blocks that appear in sync with the music. The game was released on February 15, 2008, over Steam, a few days after winning the Independent Games Festival 2008 Excellence in Audio Award, heavily influenced by the soundtrack composed by Pedro Macedo Camacho. The full version was for a long time only available for purchase through Steam, but was later released as a retail product in Europe, by Ascaron. Audiosurf was the first third-party game to use Valve's Steamworks technology. The Zune HD version was also released as Audiosurf: Tilt. A sequel, Audiosurf 2, was released in May 2015.

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