Audiosurf!

[Haganegiri]

Wow, I don't see any thread about this amazing game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JROWtJgdHkY

You select any song on your hard drive, and it creates a stage for you, and you collect colored blocks in turn with the beats.

http://www.audio-surf.com/ - Official Website, can explain better than I can.

Unfortunately, the Beta Weekend just ended, but some anonymous people have found ways to continue playing it...PM me if interested.

[djpretzel]

It certainly looks interesting, but I'm having a hard time from the YouTube video seeing the correspondence between the beats and the block collection... anyone else? Just me?

[anthonium]

While the game looks cool I also don't see how the blocks are generated depending on the music.

[supremespleen]

Looks like some of the songs work better than others.

[Haganegiri]

It certainly looks interesting, but I'm having a hard time from the YouTube video seeing the correspondence between the beats and the block collection... anyone else? Just me?

Definately a case of some songs better than others.

Techno/electronic songs have better block-beat correlation.

Most rock is kinda bad about block-beat correlation, although oddly enough Dragonforce - Through the Fire and the Flames is pretty decent :P

Also, stages rise/dip relating to the music.

That video doesn't do it justice, it was just one of the first ones I could find.

Artist whose music make awesome stages: Kanye West, BT, Red Hot Chilli Peppers (their newer stuff moreso).

Also Voices of the Lifesteam is pretty trippy experience.

[jmr]

I just tried it out.
Like others in this thread have pointed out, the timing of the blocks didn't always correspond with the music. There were certain sections of songs that I tried that lined up significantly better than what's shown in the youtube video. At times, it was like the in-game sound effects were like an extra percussion track, but it usually it only lasted for a few seconds at a time.

It did a fairly good job determining the movement of the 'road', though. I tried this remix (http://www.ocremix.org/remix/OCR01492/), and when I hit the section at 3:40, it was like a frickin' roller coaster.

[Zombie]

Wow, this looks awesome. I will definitely have to give it a try. I sent you a pm, hananegirl. :-)

[The Pezman]

Frequency/Amplitude rides again!

....well... sort of.

::excitement::

[Haganegiri]

Alright, well I sent out the instructions.

And if your looking for a a headache-inducing time, try Outkast - Bombs over Baghdad. I can't even make 1/10 the score needed for a Bronze medal.

[atmuh]

this looks like the kind of game that would be interesting for about 15 minutes

[Linearity]

That's pretty neat. I liked how the track went up and down with the back beat.

[Effef]

I played this for about 4 hours yeasterday. To me, the best tracks are really long anthemic trance. Lots of variety, and its easy enough to keep up. For pure points, nothing beats fast rock though. Think like 1 solid minute of red blocks.

You really don't know how fun it is until you play it.

[anosou]

Mac OS X port please.

[Global-Trance]

I played this for about 4 hours yeasterday. To me, the best tracks are really long anthemic trance. Lots of variety, and its easy enough to keep up. For pure points, nothing beats fast rock though. Think like 1 solid minute of red blocks.

You really don't know how fun it is until you play it.

I wonder what'll happen if I try to play it using my mixes hahaha.

[eternal Zero]

The blocks correspond to an interesting rhythm that goes with the song. At least,this is how it works in mono ninja (one color + grey). Zircon's stuff is pretty good in here. Antigravity was great, and I just love Without Regret. dj Taka is freaking nuts in this game.

[anosou]

Mac OS X port please.

Quoted for emphasis!

[Effef]

So the server for this that SA set up for this is down now, by request of the developer. There is a fix, go find it yourselves if you want it.

[Zombie]

I am sad. I've downloaded the installer and whatnot, but it wont work. :-(

[Oni-91]

dj Taka is freaking nuts in this game.
What songs? I could probably see INAZUMA working in it...

[Antipode]

Slightly slower and less complex songs make the blocks and waves line up almost perfectly with the music. You just have to experiment until you get it to work well.

Anyway yeah, awesome game.

[Sauzer]

played this basically all day yesterday...

it's wonderful :3

[JoeFu]

Game just came out today.

It is oh so freaking awesome.

[Msyjsm]

this looks like the kind of game that would be interesting for about 15 years

<.<
>.>
*runs away*

[The Dennis]

This game is pretty awesome and fun. No, the block correlation isn't perfect, but it does exactly what I always wanted Frequency/Amplitude to do, which is allow the play of your own music.

Which, might I add, lends a very potent dimension of gameplay almost tailor-made for THIS VERY SITE.

I mean, we can have high-score tabs for each OCRemix! I actually played Planetskill's Oil and Water mix, and there were already another two scores on the board for that song!

THAT prospect is more exciting to me than the game itself.

[LuisX]

This game is pretty awesome and fun. No, the block correlation isn't perfect, but it does exactly what I always wanted Frequency/Amplitude to do, which is allow the play of your own music.

Which, might I add, lends a very potent dimension of gameplay almost tailor-made for THIS VERY SITE.

I mean, we can have high-score tabs for each OCRemix! I actually played Planetskill's Oil and Water mix, and there were already another two scores on the board for that song!

THAT prospect is more exciting to me than the game itself.

Try playing the FF7 voices in the lifestream tracks. Specifically the battle music tracks. There are two of them which has 7 people with scores in it, I am in as LuisX.net

[JJT]

This is pretty slick. Found this uploaded on youtube:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SDZ9cJGCqxw

[Israfel]

Cool. Has anyone here played vib-ribbon for the PS1? That game uses the same basic idea.

[LuisX]

This is pretty slick. Found this uploaded on youtube:



Just 31,000? I think I can do better than that...

Also, check out how many people are playing this OC remix track:

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1999/audiosurf1su9.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=audiosurf1su9.jpg)

[JoeFu]

Using F-Zero songs just works oh so well with the game. I've been playing a bunch of F-zero GX songs, and omfg its awesome.

I have number 1 for zen(aeropolis) on pro right now, but only like 4 guys have played the song.

[eternal Zero]

A lot of people will tend to play Ninja Mono due to the simplicity of the gameplay but I think the most fun is had in the other elite settings. Especially Elite Double Vision. Seems hard, but it's really quite intuitive. Not to mention it looks badass.

[Doulifée]

the track is very funcky with water temple x-dream trance version. but yeah sometime the block - music correlation is strange.

fav of mine:
zetsubou billy, one of feath note opening
water temple x-dream trance version
wifi waiting room from ssbb

[The Dennis]

Anyone else having an incredibly hard time posting scores? It's horrible, if I'm logged out I can see the high scores and I'll usually have competitive placement. So I hit the 'post score' button and then it offers to log me in. I log in... and suddenly, according to the game, nobody's played the song and I can't post my score.

[Amayirot Akago]

Bought this last week only to forget about it completely, until I remembered last night and had a go at it. By golly, best 10 bucks I ever spent. It's trippy, challenging, and hella addictive, even if some songs don't work as well as others.

One of my fav songs to use so far: Music Instructor - Hymn

[Wintermute]

Wow! I just purchased this game on steam at the recommendation of this thread, and I was not disappointed in the slightest. It is amazingly fun, and on certain songs it just really *works*

Secret of Mana - Thicket OC ReMix was the first song I played. It blows my mind. I almost just wanna download Fraps so I can show you guys how cool it is, and how amazingly well synched to the music.

So, any recommendations on some other mixes it might be fun with? I'll try mine out, see how it works.

[Doulifée]

So, any recommendations on some other mixes it might be fun with? I'll try mine out, see how it works.

try zircon last mix. i made a very bad score with it. XD

[Zethzen]

Just 31,000? I think I can do better than that...

Also, check out how many people are playing this OC remix track:

http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/1999/audiosurf1su9.th.jpg (http://img518.imageshack.us/my.php?image=audiosurf1su9.jpg)

Haha, hey LuisX I see your name all over the place when I'm playing, was wondering who you were. Not many other people play OCRemixes :\. I pretty much play eraser with a sprinkling of ninja mono.

Awesome songs I've enjoyed so far (without looking through my playlist):
FFMusicDJ - Ahead on our rave
Zircon/Sixto - Lunatic Moon
HousetheGrate - Walk on Water and La Hora es Tarde
Snappleman - Dead Batteries and Malicious Fingers
Snappleman/Braincells - Scrambled Eggman
Norg - Iron Spire/Zeboimite Ascension
In fact anything by Snappleman or Norg
JAXX - Lightning Star
Analoq - Sierra Navada-Tan
Rayza - Rolling Start
A bunch of stuff from Jivemaster (althought I can't recall which I played right now)

There's definitely a ton more, and so much more I have to go through.

[The Dennis]

For anyone having troubles using the scoreboard, it seems to be a problem when your screenname has non-alphanumeric characters in it. My old name was Pump-Actin' Tinactin so it never let me put scores. My new name is Flylighter and it works just fine :)

That being said, you guys gotta beat some of my VotL scores now!

[Wintermute]

Wow, that new Zircon track is a trip on Ninja Mono. Quite fun. I currently hold the bottom score... wooot... :)

[FR]

This thread makes me sad because I thought the game was free.

Seriously though,I'm guessing this game is worth getting by the posts in this thread.

[The Dennis]

At last! : )

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6271/wooohx9.th.jpg (http://img258.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wooohx9.jpg)

[Aninymouse]

Good to see some community besides 4chan's /v/ is in on this cool game. Those guys are usually so lame-ass.

[RocketSniper]

I was about to make a post about this game, too...


Globally sixth place for tefnek's Motor Crazycycle. Woot.

Now to work on some other songs that have scoreboards....





Also, venetian snares works amazingly well with this game.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARX1ImVuC6A

[sephfire]

Mac OS X port please.

I share your hopes.

[Wintermute]

Some OC Remixes just work so well for this game...
Proticity's stuff is pretty good, Forest Birdcussion has an awesome bouncing feel to it.

[sephfire]

I can't take it. I have to buy it for my wife's PC. I must be able to surf through my own remixes. I can't imagine how awesome a treat that will be.

[kupernikus]

Globally 3rd place on Red XIII redux in casual.... rofl. this rocks. Thank you so much for posting it. that was ten bucks well spent. ALso, I need to l2p. I suck.....

Edited for a disturbing amount of hyperbole. Leaving bad grammar, incorrect punctuation, spelling, and over use of the ellipses.

[EdgeCrusher]

I bought this last night and must say Im very impressed with it. Metal songs are great for it too.

[Lemunde]

Ok, so I haven't logged into this site for a long time but I just had to come back by when I saw there were a lot of people playing the same songs I was. Most notable are the Turtles in Time Sewer Surfing tracks(there's like three different mixes of that one song).

I've been playing the game non-stop for the past couple of days. I don't really pay attention to the timing of the blocks. Sometimes they sync up and it's cool but for the rest I just try to nab as many as I can.

I've already managed to grab a couple of top scores(Metallica: Of Wolf and Man; how did I ever manage that?). Of course on the most popular songs I'm just lucky to place in the top ten.

Anyways I use the same name in the game so if you see me on there...well, that's me.

[!Nekko!]

I just happen to download the demo before even seeing this discussion. Glad to see I'm not the only one who tried Motor crazy.

[Barnsalot]

Oh man, if you haven't tried Time's Scar from Chrono Cross yet, do it now!

[Amayirot Akago]

Oh man, if you haven't tried Time's Scar from Chrono Cross yet, do it now!As in the first song on the OST? I tried that, it was pretty awesome :-)

[FiremanJoe]

Tool - Ticks & Leeches, Vicarious
Porcupine Tree - The Sound of Muzak
Venetian Snares - Szamar Madar
London Elektricity - Hanging Rock, I Don't Understand, Remember the Future
Pendulum - Sounds of Life
High Contrast - Twilight's Last Gleaming
Nu:Tone - System

Most drum & bass tracks are a steady downward slope. Prog rock/metal gives lots of sharp ups and downs. Freakin' amazing stuff! :D Love this game XD

Also, I'm totally gonna try one of your mixes, G-T! XD

[Lemunde]

For anyone having troubles using the scoreboard, it seems to be a problem when your screenname has non-alphanumeric characters in it. My old name was Pump-Actin' Tinactin so it never let me put scores. My new name is Flylighter and it works just fine :)

That being said, you guys gotta beat some of my VotL scores now!

I'm commin' for ya!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/Lemunde/Misc/QuestViewer2008-02-2218-19-59-32.jpg

Man that has to have been one of the best races I've done yet. The guy below me must have missed only one or two colored blocks than I did because I can count on one hand how many I missed. Oh, and you can't see it but Flylighter's at the top on the elite score board.

[The Dennis]

I'm commin' for ya!

Oh, and you can't see it but Flylighter's at the top on the elite score board.

I'm Flylighter : ) You can tell from my screenshot on page 4 of the thread.
I -believe- I have tops for the first three VotL albums, I'm going for four tonight! I know my scores are beatable though, because I can't even place on the scoreboards for the songs that came with the game!


EDIT: All four albums down in elite mode! I've set 'em up... now you guys knock 'em down!!! :)

[Jaybell]

Choppastyle has no right to be as crazy as it is.

[The Dennis]

Another really crazy track is Blind's Temple Trance from Zelda 2. In elite ironmode it has something like 345 congestion.

[Torzelan]

Many of S.S.H. (http://www.ssh.ne.jp/)'s tracks are fun/hard, Travel Demon (that Castlevania one) was awesome f.e. Also enjoyed the 666 mix of Unreal Tournament's razor-ub track.

[TehDonut]

I logged in as "Donut123" just in case anyone (no one) was wondering....

[DarkeSword]

Secret of Mana - Thicket OC ReMix was the first song I played. It blows my mind. I almost just wanna download Fraps so I can show you guys how cool it is, and how amazingly well synched to the music.

Yeah it's pretty amazing, isn't it? When the beta was out, I tried it with Thicket and was totally diggin' it.

[Lemunde]

I'm Flylighter : ) You can tell from my screenshot on page 4 of the thread.
I -believe- I have tops for the first three VotL albums, I'm going for four tonight! I know my scores are beatable though, because I can't even place on the scoreboards for the songs that came with the game!


EDIT: All four albums down in elite mode! I've set 'em up... now you guys knock 'em down!!! :)

BTW my hat's off to ya if you ever manage to stealth Full Frontal Assault in iron/elite mode. I tried it and from where I sit you have to be a friggin' robot to pull that off and even then I'm not so sure. I did however manage to beat my own record in iron/pro mode. And what's better is I got it on video! You'll have to forgive the audio because I had to edit the music back in in windows movie maker because the recording sounded like crap. Stupid Realtek drivers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guh3w8p4HZs

I'm sure someone could beat that record if they manage to get the two or three blocks I missed. Well not counting the last three but if you grab those you don't get the clean medal. To be honest I wasn't sure I could stealth that one again but I somehow pulled it off.

[eternal Zero]

Starting today, Remod will be hosting weekly challenges in Audiosurf. The basic premise is that some of us will be posting songs for everyone to play. We'll also determine a mode of the week. Highest combined score wins for the week. Check out the link in my sig. It oughta be fun.

If you'd rather not join us I suppose we could start it here, too.


This week: Ninja Mono (tends to be the most popular...I personally don't prefer it)

My song:
SoundTeMP - Supercooled Girl (http://home.comcast.net/~eternalzero/Supercooled%20Girl.mp3)

If you don't want to adhere to the mode/challenge, that's just fine. This is mostly my attempt at making it easier for us to play the same songs and give that sense of playing a game with other people. I know the community size is much larger here so don't everyone go posting songs but maybe a select few and then each week's top five will determine the next week's selection. And the mode will just rotate through all of the elite settings. But for the non-elite just play the pro or casual variants.

[The Dennis]

I couldn't register at remod, so I'm just gonna post it here.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3576/supcoolgirlwq8.th.jpg (http://img295.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supcoolgirlwq8.jpg)

I screenshotted the score with Ninja Mono because now I have to use some other ship to try to blast that other guy's score! Means my NM score will disappear.

It should certainly be beatable... I did it in Ironmode (no fins) so I missed some blocks here and there!

[TehDonut]

http://www.prism.gatech.edu/%7Epshim6/ASscore.bmp

Take that flylighter!

sry didnt know how to make a thumbnail if its too big =(

[eternal Zero]

I'm personally against Ironmode, but whatever floats your boat. I like the simplistic play. No abilities, just riding.

Edit: FYI - at remod we've barred ironmode cause we don't want to get too (for lack of a better word) faggoty with high score mongering. We just want fun. Do not reply to this comment. I'm just saying it, not trying to start something.

[The Dennis]

Awww booo! My Gmail didn't send me notice! That means any number of my scores could have been beaten! Oh well, time to try and fight back :)

EDIT: Back atcha, champ!
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/5774/taltalloldt9.th.jpg (http://img247.imageshack.us/my.php?image=taltalloldt9.jpg)

[The Dennis]

I'm personally against Ironmode, but whatever floats your boat. I like the simplistic play. No abilities, just riding.

Edit: FYI - at remod we've barred ironmode cause we don't want to get too (for lack of a better word) faggoty with high score mongering. We just want fun. Do not reply to this comment. I'm just saying it, not trying to start something.

I thought score mongering was the whole idea! Hey, it's your tourny.

Well here's the deal, I did it again in non-ironmode. Here's the score I got (I still can't register at remod for whatever reason):

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9237/supcoolgirlyei3.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supcoolgirlyei3.jpg)

The problem is, I have no way of proving it wasn't done in Ironmode :(! Since I beat the scores with another ship, I can't screenshot the bonuses I got to show that there's no ironmode there.

It's your call, I suppose!

[TehDonut]

If you screenshot it with your cursor highlighted over your name it shows you whether or not you did it on ironmode. check out the screenshot i made. It shows the bonuses and everything...but if I did it on ironmode it would put ironmode in with the other bonuses.

[FiremanJoe]

What's the deal with last night's update? The game has a loading screen at the start now (which seems to go on forever) and it doesn't run as well as it did before. :S

[The Dennis]

If you screenshot it with your cursor highlighted over your name it shows you whether or not you did it on ironmode. check out the screenshot i made. It shows the bonuses and everything...but if I did it on ironmode it would put ironmode in with the other bonuses.

Yeah, but you can only do it for your highest score. The competition was with Ninja Mono and I screenshotted the score, but I have a higher score with a different ship that isn't for the competition : )

Either way, if it ended up being a big deal I can just compete next week!

[eternal Zero]

You know you don't have to be so hard on the rules for this little "competition". You guys haven't even submitted your own choices to play. I don't frequent OCR so often anymore so I'll probably not join in the festivities but I just gave the idea to have more fun with the game is all.

[Fyrebhaal]

So, if no one minds me asking, what OCR mixes are "best" in this game? I mean, I know its subjective, but what songs are good? I personally like a lot of the Kirby mixes.

[benprunty]

Here are some OCRemixes that I really enjoyed in Audiosurf:

Shatterhand - Shattered by Snappleman and Rubbler
Contra - Snow Field by tefnek
QBert - A!bol Hardcore by JAXX
Sonic 2 - Strip Mine by Beatdrop
Gauntlet 3 - Blue Wizard is About to Die by Binster
Ghouls N' Ghosts - Poltergeist Mix by Binster

[Jaybell]

Some songs really surprise me with how well they fit. Especially Shnabubula's Sugar, Water, Purple.

This is a fantastic game.

[Amayirot Akago]

The new Ducktales mix is a blast to play as well.

Wonder if anyone's beaten my score yet... *checks*

EDIT: Hm, no one else has even played it yet it seems.

[eternal Zero]

http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/9237/supcoolgirlyei3.th.jpg (http://img169.imageshack.us/my.php?image=supcoolgirlyei3.jpg)

I believe you with the ironmode thing. S'ok. At remod we changed it to any elite mode allowed. You may want to recheck the standings for this song, however. ^_^ Feel free to get #1 again, but I refuse to use Ironmode. Btw, can Ironmode alone help you top my score? What's the general gain in points? If it's over 50k that's just unfair.

[Dunnowhathuh]

SGX and MC's More Than A Weapon seems to play out pretty good. I sucked at it but nevertheless, I reckon it works well.

[V___]

THIS
GAME
IS
GOD

100%

This made my year





I recommend good breaks, seriously...

[The Dennis]

I believe you with the ironmode thing. S'ok. At remod we changed it to any elite mode allowed. You may want to recheck the standings for this song, however. ^_^ Feel free to get #1 again, but I refuse to use Ironmode. Btw, can Ironmode alone help you top my score? What's the general gain in points? If it's over 50k that's just unfair.

I don't believe Ironmode offers a higher score at all. The tooltip for it says 'merely for bragging rights and a challenge'. I THINK the ironmode offers a different track than the non-ironmode for each song so there's a possibility for more points, or not. But the point values for combos and per block is the same. The real difference in ninja mono is that in ironmode, you can't use the fins or the clearing button.

But yeah, I'll give up for this competition! : ) Ninja mono is too high stakes for me to want to go through it again, lol!

[Archaon]

So. Come on. You've probably all bought it or obtained it through illicit means by now. That means we need a thread to post about crappy video game music that we think creates good tracks.

Or just crappy real music if you prefer. I'm game.

Ice Cap is pretty hectic. As in the original Ice Cap from the game, not one of the thousand remixes of it. It's not that fast. but there are GREY BLOCKS EVERYWHERE. I mean, if you're playing as Ninja Mono there are grey blocks everywhere. If you're one of those mutant freaks with the superhuman mental coordination you need to use one of the other elite characters effectively then I suppose there would not be.

It seems to me that when a track has a lot of steep dips it tends to be more forgiving with the number of blocks, because it's a lot harder to see them coming. Supporters?

[Pyrion]

Quartet SummerTrance OCReMix. Seriously. That's gotta be about the most loaded track I've found so far.

EDIT: Top Gear "Las Vegas." Don't believe me?

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/9136/audiosurftopgear563871phy3.th.jpg (http://img231.imageshack.us/my.php?image=audiosurftopgear563871phy3.jpg)

[eternal Zero]

SoundTeMP - Supercooled Girl: Double Vision Elite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH_aaN5SBl4
Nowhere near my best run but the only one I have on video. I've been trying to get a new high score for me (which would be the new global #1) on video, but it's too difficult. Fraps lowers my frame rate, forces me to play on a much lower resolution, and tends to "skip" which really screws me over.

abg - Finale: Eraser Elite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRvDmqhhtyc
Current top global score. Still a bad run due to regular fraps issues. This one had an extra bonus that screwed me over! Limit of file size on .avi is 4GB so this had to be split into two avi files while recording which made a huge spike in the middle of the song! Yay! (Not really, it pissed me off so much.)

[PhrygianFingers]

Anything by Rush seems to work really well, I've tried Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer, and YYZ; they are all pretty sweet.

Also, I usually play Mono mode but techno songs like Sandstorm get way more "available" points in Mono versus other songs, does anyone know how the "traffic congestion" is calculated?

[eternal Zero]

Anything by Rush seems to work really well, I've tried Subdivisions, Tom Sawyer, and YYZ; they are all pretty sweet.

Also, I usually play Mono mode but techno songs like Sandstorm get way more "available" points in Mono versus other songs, does anyone know how the "traffic congestion" is calculated?

If you look at a song's equalizer bars as it is playing you tend to notice spikes in different frequencies. I think this has something to do with determining when you get blocks.

[LuisX]

Hey FlyFighter, check the Jenova remix by Black Mages, some competition there :)

[zircon]

Your videos are REALLY quiet. I can barely hear the music at all.

[eternal Zero]

Your videos are REALLY quiet. I can barely hear the music at all.

Yes I noticed. I'm afraid I had the setting on low when I recorded and it's not exactly easy to replicate runs like those. Maybe this one will be better. Please tell me if it isn't, I'm still trying to find just the right setting for this game.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n_6FXpwXxE

[The Dennis]

I took a little time out to do some ninja-monoing! Both of these are ironmode and stealth! One is Pendulum's 'Granite' and one is Dragonforce's 'Through the Fire and Flames'.

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Next I'm trying to stealth bLind's Zelda 2 Temple Trance. Friggin' thing has 343 traffic.

[Archaon]

Few tips here that might improve your playing performance:

- Assuming you're using the mouse, move your arm and not your wrist. The game is a lot more receptive if the mouse is moved in a perfectly straight line. I've found that, quite often, the slight curve introduced by moving the mouse from left to right with your wrist alone causes the ship to "grind", which can really screw you over when you need to make a split-second sweep from the far left to the far right.

- Turn down the graphics. Yes, I know the game is very pretty on the Premium setting, but unless you're on a really good computer it's probably going to strain it a bit, and even the slightest instant of slowdown can mean the difference between a 30% bonus at the end of the track and nothing. This, of course, doesn't apply if you're just playing more for the experience rather than for getting a high score.

- The eye tends to take notice of the blocks only once they get within a certain distance. You need to try to overcome this and look ahead as well as directly in front of you, because if you don't then you'll end up getting overwhelmed by a sudden onslaught of blocks that you weren't expecting. Reflexes can only take you so far.

Those worked for me, anyway. I'm not sucking quite so badly now!

[The Dennis]

Finally, a video I've made that's relevant to the site!

Here's bLiNd's Zelda 2 Temple Trance, stealthed at 343 congestion.

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[Pyrion]

- Turn down the graphics. Yes, I know the game is very pretty on the Premium setting, but unless you're on a really good computer it's probably going to strain it a bit, and even the slightest instant of slowdown can mean the difference between a 30% bonus at the end of the track and nothing. This, of course, doesn't apply if you're just playing more for the experience rather than for getting a high score.

Even if you have a really good computer, turn them down anyways. Dual 8800GT's and I still run standard simply because the less complex the game is, the faster it runs and the less laggy my FRAPS recordings are.

One other tip, if you're playing casual mono, go ahead and turn on ironmode. It's easier. I'm not kidding, taking away the shoulder lanes allows you to make fast moves without overshooting and ending up in a shoulder lane.

[BardicKnowledge]

Does anyone here play with a 360 controller? I've found that I'm better with that than the mouse for some reason.

[Dunther]

If you want something hard try the Chocobo Racing soundtrack :P

[1337 1]

Does anyone here play with a 360 controller? I've found that I'm better with that than the mouse for some reason.

You do realise you can use the keyboard?

[Dunther]

S&D keys are the best.

[Sir_NutS]

I love this game, and goes well with most of my latest tracks which have been electro-ish.

[Foxhull]

Since my comp. is having problems right now, it probably can't run Audiosurf, so I'm stuck playing OCR mixes on Beats for PSP, same very basic concept, different style though.

[1337 1]

Since my comp. is having problems right now, it probably can't run Audiosurf, so I'm stuck playing OCR mixes on Beats for PSP, same very basic concept, different style though.

It'd need to be having some serious problems; I've seldom seen a game that was so good have such simple specs.

Heh, I got an email just then telling me I'd lost the #1 position for one of the songs. If I wasn't busy rebuilding my parents computer, I'd be trying to beat it now :P

[Dunther]

Yeah, this mail thing is good :)

[Triad Orion]

I picked up Audiosurf today and I'm having a lot of fun with it, though I'm still only playing on Casual. It's a great experience and was totally worth the money. It's so simple it's addicting.

For the record, some of the music from like, Mega Man games are really fun to play on this. The ZX games in particular tend to be quite fun to play on because of their fast paced nature.

[Dunther]

Try some 8-bit music :P

[atmuh]

this looks like the kind of game that would be interesting for about 15 minutes

bumping this to admit i was wrong!

[Amayirot Akago]

bumping this to admit i was wrong!Did Atma just admit he/she/it was wrong?

Is that Hell I hear freezing over?

[Triad Orion]

Nah, it happens sometimes. And this is one of those times that we're all glad he's had a change of heart because AudioSurf is a really fun and addictive game. I don't play on Elite yet, mostly casual and Pro. And I suck at the Pointman system still, even if it's where the meat of the game really is.