Managing the flow of the music.

Do you have a couple minutes?  Auditorium may steal those, and several more.  It’s a Flash game I saw linked on Penny-Arcade, who saw it on Dubious Quality who saw it on RockPaperShotgun. At first, I didn’t really know what was so great about the game.  But I click on most all of the Penny-Arcade links because most of what is linked is of quality.  The gameplay is basic, but is definitely challenging.  There’s a flow that you have to manage to have the game make music.  You manage it through any number of devices: there are more levels than I’ve played but so far I’ve seen arrows in each direction and gravity wells.  There are many others.

Sometimes it's pretty easy.

I sat on my couch playing this and couldn’t stop because the game was so fun and involving.  Making progress on a level means making the flow of music go through each set of notes.  Even when you’re not hitting all of them, most likely you’ll be hitting some and therefore still be hearing the music.  It’s kind of a nice touch.

The difficulty does ramp up on the levels.

The game definitely gets harder, and there are multiple ways to beat each level depending on how you use the pieces that are given.

I wanted to write a quick blog on it, because it was such a fantastic experience.  The game has made my bookmarks list.  Another great feature I like about it is that it saves your progress.  When you come back to the game, you won’t have to beat each level again.

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