Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com Joystiq http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif Joystiq http://www.joystiq.com en-us Copyright 2013 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/<![CDATA[Odelay! Beck conributing three new tracks to Sound Shapes]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/18/odelay-beck-penning-three-new-tracks-for-sound-shapes/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/18/odelay-beck-penning-three-new-tracks-for-sound-shapes/http://www.joystiq.com/2012/07/18/odelay-beck-penning-three-new-tracks-for-sound-shapes/#comments Odelay! Beck penning three new tracks for Sound ShapesThe synaesthetic platforming of Sound Shapes is getting bolstered by three tracks from pseudo country/hip-hop/folk/whatever artist Beck, Billboard reports. "Cities," "Spiral Staircases," and "Touch the People" will apparently each get their own levels in this August's PlayStation 3/Vita game. All three tracks are brand new for Sound Shapes, rather than from Beck's lengthy discography.

Beck joins co-developer I Am Robot and Proud (Shaw-Han Liem), Sworcery composer Jim Guthrie, and notoriously game-centric DJ Deadmau5 on the game's soundtrack, which, like, it's gonna be a super good soundtrack, right? We totally agree.

When the Deadmau5 collaboration was announced, Queasy Games told us that his tracks weren't just implemented into game levels, but also part of the game's level editor, allowing players to break apart the track and use it to create a soundscape behind the platforming. It stands to reason that Beck's tracks will also get this functionality, making this news all the more thrilling.

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Gallery: Sound Shapes (7/18/12)

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Sound Shapes' levels are presented in an "album" format, with each collection of levels having a distinct look and sound. This video features a demonstration of an "album" whose sounds are provided by Deadmau5, a musician respected enough to get away with having a number in his name, and whose shapes are designed by indie developer Pixeljam.

Check out the collaboration above, and start thinking of how you can use those visual and musical elements to make your own levels.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>Deadmau5pixeljamqueasy-gamessound-shapesMon, 16 Apr 2012 23:59:00 EST<![CDATA[Made in Toronto: Deadmau5 collaborating with Queasy on Sound Shapes]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/made-in-toronto-deadmau5-collaborating-with-queasy-on-sound-sha/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/made-in-toronto-deadmau5-collaborating-with-queasy-on-sound-sha/http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/13/made-in-toronto-deadmau5-collaborating-with-queasy-on-sound-sha/#comments When electronica artist Deadmau5 isn't busy hanging out with famed game developer Shigeru Miyamoto, or tricking tweeters into thinking he lost an early retail PlayStation Vita, he's teaming up with Queasy Games to handcraft tracks for upcoming Vita game Sound Shapes. He likely does other things, sure, but we're not privy to that.

An announcement this morning revealed the partnership -- apt given the studio's Toronto roots alongside Deadmau5. As if the collaboration couldn't be more serendipitous, Queasy Games head Jonathan Mak has been building Sound Shapes alongside Shaw-Han Liem, otherwise known as "I Am Robot and Proud," a Toronto-based electronic music artist. When asked about the collaboration, Liem was modest, telling Joystiq, "There is no special history between myself and Deadmau5, other than the fact that we both come from the Toronto/Canadian electronic music scene, which is quite small!"

He related the collaboration to Queasy's work with Capy Games, the indie studio responsible for Critter Crunch and Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, among other things. "We know that he plays games, and indie games in particular - he's a fan of 'Sword & Sworcery'," Liem told us.

It's not clear how many tracks from Deadmau5 will end up in the title, but we'll find out in the not-too-distant future as Sound Shapes launches some time in 2012 for the PlayStation Vita. It also sounds like players will have a chance to cut up said tracks for level creation, as Liem concluded, "We've always had the goal of making the musical 'toolset' something that is flexible and that people can use to make different kinds of music. Adding Deadmau5 to the mix gives people a whole new set of musical tools to work with, which is totally exciting to us."

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JoystiqMade in Toronto: Deadmau5 collaborating with Queasy on Sound Shapes originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Dec 2011 15:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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