News
Beat The Game Coming This Summer
San Francisco, North America - June 8th, in the year
of our Lord 2017 - The lovely folks over at independent
studio, Worm Animation, today announced that their debut title,
point and click adventure music game—Beat The Game—is coming to
Xbox One, PC, Mac and Linux this summer. Beat The Game combines
beautiful, handcrafted characters and environments with classic
3D point and click adventuring, while adding an intuitive music
making mechanic. Inspired as much by twentieth century
surrealists, Dali and Ernst, as modern European techno, Beat The
Game is a charming adventure game with a heart made of music.
“Beat The Game is a love letter to my passions in life,” said
Cemre Ozkurt, founder of Worm Animation. “Charming characters,
sci-fi fantasy, European art and, of course, electronic music.
We’ve put a huge amount of the work into giving the game a
totally unique personality. And with the music making element,
we can’t wait for players to flex their compositional muscles to
create their own unique soundtracks.”
With a background in beautifully crafted film animation, Worm
Animation takes players on a journey with Mistik, the hero of
Beat The Game, to uncover the mysterious, abstract universe he
finds himself in after a motorbike crash. Mistik, though, is no
ordinary hero—he’s a music producer. With the help of his trusty
recorder, Mistik must collect the samples scattered around Beat
The Game’s beautiful, dream-like environments in order to create
the ultimate track. Esteemed house and techno producer, Marc
Houle, is scoring the soundtrack, ensuring the player is always
capable of crafting their very own club thumper.
From discarded drum sticks to the clang of a stone on metal,
Beat The Game’s environments are littered with an array of
sounds and colourful characters. As you explore a hazy, surreal
world, discovering interesting sounds, you gradually build up a
library of samples. Crack open your sequencer and the audio of
the game comes to life, allowing you to use your samples in any
combination you like. From mellow, dusty rollers, to upbeat,
acid house, Beat The Game’s intuitive sequencer ensures every
combination sounds good—it’s just a case of creating something
that fits your mood. With a cast of warm, funny characters and a
visual style that draws on classic animation, Beat The Game
feels timeless, a journey about the joy of creating music.