The Beat And Zen Of Indie Games

A few days ago I stumbled across a great little game from an Indie company on Steam called Audiosurf. The best I can describe Audiosurf is that it combines the action of a Sci-fi racing game with Tetris and Guitar Hero. The $9.99 game requires you to supply the music. You pick the game type, tell it which MP3 to use and it will generate a game track based on the characteristics of that music.

An example of one game type with the game and music sped up a bit can be seen here on Youtube:

Audiosurf – Tank! (Live)

I have some European heavy metal that is insanely difficult on the medium and high settings. A great way to kill 20 minutes of time once in a while.

On the other end of the spectrum is a game still under development called “fl0wer”. From some of the people behind the flash game “fl0w” the game fl0wer is more of a meditation tool than what many would recognize as a game.

Here is a great video that shows off the basics:

An HD version of this video and other videos can be found on the GameTrailers website under fl0wer.

In my opinion fl0wer is something that could really only be enjoyable with a HDTV and modern sound system. The fact the game is coming out for the PS3 is not a coincidence.