The Beat

The Beat is a two-player puzzle-rhythm game.

You have crashed on Earth, but the earth is obviously a mess! Escape!
Find your way to the mother-ship!

AWARDS:
Tied for first place in the Boston Game Jam

Team Information

Number of Members:

Full Name / affiliation / email / role:

Marc Flury / Harmonix / marcflurygmail [dot] com / Programming
Jesper Juul / GAMBIT, MIT / jjesperjuul [dot] net / Programming
Van Nguyen / thegoleffectgmail [dot] com / Graphics
Randy O'Connor / Student / randalloconnorgmail [dot] com / Graphics
Filippo Beck Peccoz / peccozhotmail [dot] com / Audio
Daniel Costello / danbellyacresproductions [dot] net / Audio

Contact:

jesperjmit [dot] edu

Game Submission

Version:

1.2

Installation Notes:

Download.
Run installer.
Start the game by pressing the shortcuts on the desktop or in the start menu!

Brief Play Description:

How to play
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The Beat is a two-player puzzle-rhythm game.

You have crashed on Earth, but the earth is obviously a mess! Escape!
Find your way to the mother-ship!

Player 1:
W - up
A - Left
S - Down
D - Right
T - Action button

Player 2:
Cursor keys - move
Space - Action button

Alternative Download URL:

http://www.jesperjuul.net/download/thebeat_1.2_setup.exe

Game Characteristics:

Casual

Core

Puzzle

Rhythm

Platforms:

Windows 98/2K/XP or DOS

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