Favorite Game: Hyperbeat

Every once in a while you play a game that is unlike any other, that transcends genres, that you can feel the author speaking through it to you, and that you can tell will stick around in your mind in some way or another probably forever. Hyperbeat is one of those games.

I love how the way to interact with anything in the hub is to just wait while a musical rest fills in, I love the 1 FPS walking animation, I love how philosophical the entire narrative and dialogues are, and how the different songs are used to emphasize feelings in the dialogue. And I LOVE the soundtrack.

The gameplay is hard, yes, and I missed many beats even in the tutorial. But you can clearly feel yourself improving as you play, and it's very rewarding.

This is how my character looked by the end of the game:

Thank you to Noclip2's Computer Worlds video for featuring this game, otherwise I might have never experienced it.

Now if you'll excuse I'm going out for a walk, because I feel excited and I can't sit still while listening to the Hyperbeat soundtrack.