Sound Shift

My cat was literally staring at my computer screen while I was playing this. 10/10 cat approved visuals~ ... Also a better shooter than CoD!

Sound Shift is a game based on the generation of a play environment by the interpretation of music. It doesn't have an in-built music player, I played it by putting on some music using Itunes in the background, then starting up the game. I also tried this successfully with Spotify, so it will probably work with your preferred streaming service too. If you start the game up without some kind of "audio output", the game will give you a message which instructs you to "play some music". Sound Shift has two modes; Arcade and visualiser. Arcade is a simple game where you shoot at moving white blocks with your ship at the bottom of the screen. Firing is automatic and hitting blocks generates credits of various values. Your ship also powers up over time and when full, it fires a larger bullet, emptying out your reserves. All the time, your music generates visuals on screen. The second mode is a traditional music visualiser, generating patterns on screen to the beat of the music you play. You...

Sounds Shift takes any song played by your system and uses it to estabilish the rhythm and speed of the whole game: you'll get two game modes where you either shoot at targets ( both static and moving) or have to dodge them while moving close enough to gather points. While sporting decent visuals and being fun in quick burts its gameplay is sadly too shallow to have any kind of staying power making Sound Shift a pretty bland and forgettable experience. [b]PROS:[/b] -once you unlock a few visual mods (and the ability to mix them) the game will look quite pretty -being able to choose any song played on your system, regardless of source, gives you lots of freedom -gathering the points to unlock all visual and effect mods will take a few hours [b]CONS:[/b] -very simple gameplay with little variation and basically no way to fail, it can get dull fast -no leaderboards, no high scores or any kind of purpose to gameplay except gathering points -doesn't work too well with low tempo so...

Same level of origonality we have come to expect from Matthew Brown. An unusual platform that shares only with games such as Audiosurf and Sentris, the base game is very well constructed however an improved tutorial and more gameplay mechanics could be possible future addings to prevent users stumbling upon "what do i do now?" or "why am i doing this" thoughts. That said, as with all his other games the current price/content ratio is a good! Massive potential!

Basically just a free visualiser to go with your own music. Problem is that other than blocks that move back and forth, the backgrounds aren't really in sync or dependent on your music at all, and while they fit a frantic techno beat, they seem really out of place when it comes to easy listening music or music like 'wheels on the bus go round and round'. Also because of the intense amount of flashing lights, I have serious concerns for people who suffer with epilepsy since I could see no public warning on the Steam page or inside the game direct. The game gives you two modes. First ‘Arcade’ which requires you to move left and right targeting blocks with an automatic firing system. Technically if you just leave the computer running for 3 hrs you will earn enough coinage to buy all the modifications (extra video backgrounds, lighting, FX). This will further reward you with the one achievement which comes with the game. For other gamers who want to actually do something, a second m...

It's not the worst I've played... But to call it a game is a stretch. Heres my breakdown. The Good: Lightweight. Despite being pretty to look at, it's not that intencive. This is Unity at it's most streamlined, I think. Uses external audio, so you can literally use anything. Go for it. Literally any website, format of audio/video, or anything like that is usable. The Bad: Movement controls. What made Audiosurf so playable was the quick, mouse-based controls. It made moving left to right easy, sharp, and accurate. This is simply clunky in comparison. Even with a gamepad, the analogs just don't feel "good". Uses external audio. While it can use anything, it's also not user friendly. Being lightweight isn't an excuse to force the player to use another program to play music/media. The Ugly: Firing controls. Firing is music-based. And the special secondary weapon is time-based. Everything is automatic. Which means theres no chance to actuallly use skill, because the only t...

This game is simple. Targets pop up, your little square automatically shoots them as you move around. The thing that got me to buy this, though, was the fact that you could use your own music. Sure, a good soundtrack is nice, but there won't be many occasions where you can jam to Dragonforce and shoot things at the same time. The backgrounds all look beautiful and match up with the music perfectly, dimming when the music gets quieter and slowing down. Essentially, this game is a pretty rhythm-based light show with a little arcade diversion thrown in. Definitely worth $2.99.

It's a nice visualizer, might be good for those rave parties. Once again I'm reminded that I want UGA back :(

I've tried to play 3 minutes. For all I saw, this game felt like it was had been designed to make people want to go blind. Or to support epilepsy.

At the time of this writing (January 2016), this "game" is a pretty good (yet limited) VJ visualizer tool. It has nice video backgrounds that synchronize to whatever audio is coming out of your speakers, and you can add some effects and filters like bloom, motion blur and color filters to them. The playable part of this title only serves as a mean to unlock new videos, effects and filters for your visualizer. Once you finish unlocking them all, there is no reason to go back and play. If you want a pretty VJ visualizer for your party, this might be it! Specially at this low price. Note to the author: please use your knowledge to create a "VJ Visualizer Creator" that allows the users to import their own short video loops. You could also sell some "video banks" and effects as DLC. Think about it! ;)