Audiosurf Beta Weekend 2 starts right now! You're invited to play, hunt for bugs, and have fun.
You're receiving this email because you signed up to be kept in the loop about Audiosurf, our soon-to-be-released game which is a finalist in three categories at this year's Independent Games Festival. Audiosurf is a music-interactive puzzle racer that works with your own music.
If you already have Audiosurf installed from last weekend's beta then all you need to do is launch the game and allow it update itself to beta 2.
Otherwise, you can Download Audiosurf here:
http://media.audio-surf.com/SetupAudiosurf_BetaWeekend2_1.19.08.exeVote!
The winner of the 2008 Independent Games Festival's Audience Award is determined by a public vote. Please head over there and vote for your favorite!
http://www.igf.com/audience.phpBugs and Improvement ideas:
The Audiosurf Forum is the place for bug reports and feedback. Nearly everything that improved about the game since beta 1 came directly from discussions on the forum. A new section of the forum has been created for Critical Bugs. Please post there if a technical problem is preventing you from playing:
http://www.audio-surf.com/forumEspecially if you're a new player, what did you think of the difficulty? Too hard, too easy, or about right? When you're first learning to play that's when you can tell us the most about what's confusing.
Here's some of the bigger changes since the last beta:
-Mono Pro added
-Ninja Mono and Pro Mono can jump
-Pointman Elite can use the shoulder and can scoop 4 blocks into a queue for later
-Antialising is now in the options
-The song selector's text can be made smaller
-Freeride now displays the percentage of traffic hit
-Maximum song length increased to 25 minutes
-When collected, blocks become hollow so they don't block your view when flying up to the top
-More tracks have corkscrews
-Playlists and continuous play from song to song weren't finished in time for this beta, but they're at the top of our list.
Thanks for helping to improve Audiosurf!
Dylan and Lebeth
http://www.audio-surf.com 