Void War Soundtrack For Audiosurf
Today (well, yesterday, now) was "Void War Friday" for Audiosurf. Fans of both Void War and Audiosurf will find some familiar tunes to race to all this week.

Remember how I mentioned that the Void War music (composed and performed by my brother, Matt) made GREAT tracks for Audiosurf racing? Apparently the Audiosurf folks noticed, and asked if they could feature selected pieces from the Void War soundtrack for Audiosurf Radio for a week.

I agreed (duh!).

Playing Dogchild with Ninja Mono is just plain insane. I mean, I played it a couple of weeks ago when I mentioned it, and there were maybe four other people in the entire world who had raced to that music before. Now? Well, not only can I not place on the high score lists, but I can't even figure out how to get halfway there. And its only been one day!

Incidentally, the whole "Bach" connection from Void War came about when I was discussing the music I wanted for the game with my brother. He disregarded most of my suggestions completely, but when I mentioned the Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach which was used in the classic arcade game Gyruss, I guess I hit a nerve. I think about half the musical pieces in the soundtrack are influenced by or contain elements of Bach's classics.

As another piece of trivia - I was surprised to learn that Audiosurf was based on a little prototype game I'd played way back in... gosh, was it 2005? Dylan posted four of his "prototypes in 7 days" and I think I tried out this prototype and another one called "Free Parking."

Anyway, if you haven't tried out Audiosurf yet, now's the chance to start! It's a wild game that turns your favorite music into

Oh, and try out Void War, too. I'm pretty proud of it. It was never a big hit or anything, but I've played some KILLER 8-player deathmatches with it. 3D space combat with Newtonian(esque) physics and Twisted Metal style special abilities might not have been the game concept that the entire world was waiting for, but I sure loved making it.

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