German indie developer THREAKS revealed today the first full gameplay trailer of its musical action-adventure Beatbuddy Tale of the Guardians. The trailer reveals how beautiful hand-painted levels, clever puzzles, head-bobbing music, and engrossing gameplay all combine into a truly unique and engaging experience.
Winner of Intel’s Level Up Awards for ‘Best Art’ and ‘Best Sound,’ Beatbuddy Tale of the Guardians implements the innovative idea of enabling a player to experience a music song within an action-adventure level. THREAKS achieves creating a breathtaking experience through its patent-pending sound technology that syncs up in-game animations with the music.
Beatbuddy Features
- Play a new game genre with a genuine mix of action- and music gameplay
- Discover six different hand painted worlds with countless musical inspired game mechanics
- Experience exclusive songs in each level from composers like Austin Wintory (Journey PS3)
- Interact freely with the music and mix the song while you play it
Beatbuddy History
Supported by a star ensemble of music artists, including Grammy-Nominee Austin Wintory (Journey PS3), Parov Stelar and Sabrepulse (Chime PS3), THREAKS developed Beatbuddy over the course of 4 years. Beatbuddy’s humorous story was accompanied by famous game writer Rhianna Pratchett (Mirror’s Edge, Tomb Raider). The awarded look of the game was created in countless hours of work, crafting each environment utilizing hand painted 2D sprites. The highly precise music visualization for each game element, is achieved with THREAKS own sound-technology. After being critically acclaimed for the Pre-Alpha STEAM Demo in 2012, THREAKS and the music experts from Reverb Publishing are now hungry a release.
Beatbuddy Tale of the Guardians will be released by Reverb Publishing on August 6, 2013 for Windows® PC, MAC, and Linux.
Check back later today for a full hands on impressions..
