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January 27-29, 2012

The Beat

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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!

AWARDS:
Tied for first place in the Boston Game Jam

Team Information
Number of Members: 
6
Full Name / affiliation / email / role: 

Marc Flury / Harmonix / marcfluryatgmail [dot] com / Programming
Jesper Juul / GAMBIT, MIT / jatjesperjuul [dot] net / Programming
Van Nguyen / thegoleffectatgmail [dot] com / Graphics
Randy O'Connor / Student / randalloconnoratgmail [dot] com / Graphics
Filippo Beck Peccoz / peccozathotmail [dot] com / Audio
Daniel Costello / danatbellyacresproductions [dot] net / Audio

Contact: 

jesperjatmit [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
2D
Rhythm
PC
Platforms: 
Windows 98/2K/XP or DOS

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