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Music Catch: An extremely soothing music game

kongregate.com — Relax and catch the shapes for a while. Yellow shapes are good, Red shapes are bad, Purple shapes are awesome. That's about all you need to know.

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  • dleesgeetar, on 05/25/2008, -26/+4that was chill, my score was: 659259 and largest cursor size 30x
    • Pogojoe, on 05/25/2008, -5/+6Yes. Chill.

      Nice find MBM.
      • chevyorange, on 05/27/2008, -0/+2And 5 others that submitted it 1 and 2 days before him.
  • dangerousLEH, on 05/25/2008, -22/+2832,165 first try

    and i now want a cd with nothing but this kind of music
    • dangerousLEH, on 05/25/2008, -15/+2Wow, still very addicting. Now at 1,203,836.
    • soogy, on 05/26/2008, -3/+10Not that anyone cares about your score, but the music is Before Dawn by Isaac Shepherd. The "kind of music" is classical, a genre listened to only by us old folks who were born before the interwebs was invented by Al Gore and the Vice Presidential Action Rangers.
      • MrESaulved, on 05/26/2008, -2/+3That piece is not constructed in the Classical style, that is more correctly labeled New Age - Instrumental Piano Solo.

        For similar works of that genre try Jim Brickman, or Michael Nyman's down-tempo works.
      • dangerousLEH, on 05/26/2008, -5/+2Yes, I am aware of classical music, thank you. I not only study music at college, but I also take independent double bass FOR classical music, so go pull your "high and mighty" attitude on someone else
    • mrfunktastic, on 06/02/2008, -0/+1Also try George Winston, who peaked in the 80's with this kind of "rural folk piano", on the Windham Hill label.
  • kagayaki1, on 05/25/2008, -4/+111Awesome game, super easy, but challenging to get the score up. Wish there were more music choices than just the one song, but that's probably v2.
    • DarkDx, on 05/26/2008, -3/+8Random guy in reddit submits this thing and it gets popular > MrBabyMan submits it, and no matter how lame it is (not saying the game is lame, but there are other examples) it gets to the front page. I don't know what the ***** I'm even doing here anymore anyway.
      • kagayaki1, on 05/26/2008, -1/+7I think Playable Web Games is actually one of the hardest categories to get to the front page. Usually the games are pretty good that do. Just my opinion.
      • AnOMNOMymous, on 05/28/2008, -1/+0Then leave.
    • Haoie, on 05/26/2008, -0/+0There were a couple of Newgrounds flash titles somewhat similar to this that have a number of songs.

      I think the best was Rhythm Fireworks.

      Anyway, nice game. I do love music games.
  • Iced_Eagle, on 05/25/2008, -15/+2Almost two million with a 45x combo cursor. Woot.
  • matx, on 05/25/2008, -4/+28This would be even better if a custom song could be used and it created the balls like a visualization automaticly.
    ** time to start programming **
    • Vindicoth, on 05/26/2008, -0/+32You mean like.. AUDIOSURF?!

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-z6YK92otg

      It's on steam. you upload a song and it generates the level.
      • Ryosen, on 05/26/2008, -1/+7Thanks for the head's up on Audiosurf. It's a fun, simple game and for $10, buying it was a no-brainer. For those that aren't familiar with it, it's like a cross between Tunnels of Armageddon and a lazy man's Guitar Hero. Sold.
      • dzhastin, on 05/26/2008, -5/+0No, this game is not like Audiosurf. Audiosurf is entertaining, involves an element of skill and there's an almost infinite choice of songs.
        • Dotcommer, on 05/26/2008, -0/+7lol. Sounds like SOMEONE sucks at playing music catch and is a little jaded...
      • ZeirosLion, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2Ah, good ol' Audiosurf. I need to fire that up again to see how they changed the algorithm for it this time. But yeah, I would also like to see a sort of algorithm that could allow for a user-made playlist, like Audiosurf.
    • Vapor17, on 05/26/2008, -0/+3that game is so much fun
    • t2t2, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2How about Evenator?
      http://www.kongregate.com/games/Jiggmin/evenator
      (Through custom doesn't seem to work anymore :/)
    • Willsi, on 06/04/2008, -0/+1Yeah it would be similar to Audiosurf... which is an awesome game.
      But with the balls and stuff in Music Catch.
      Almost the same just a different way of playing.
  • linuxrocks2007, on 05/25/2008, -29/+196This has been submitted before: http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Music_Catch_Gam ...
    I'm pretty that this isn't the only duplicate. Oh well, what can you do, it's MrBabyMan.
    • TimeLincoln, on 05/25/2008, -17/+35Well guess what, none of us could find that one so i'm glad he submitted it.
    • Rozza, on 05/25/2008, -4/+21there is a button called 'bury, duplicate story' you know
    • B3000, on 05/25/2008, -15/+92Wasn't MrBabyMan going to quit Digg? What happened?
      • TheWorm, on 05/25/2008, -4/+69For him it's like quitting heroin.
      • Skanadian, on 05/26/2008, -9/+33No one really cared, that's what happened.
      • aenima987, on 05/26/2008, -3/+14LEAVE MRBABYMAN ALONE!!
      • EvilFerret, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4I believe he did stop submitting stories for about a week..... Guess he's back now. Can't say I'm very happy about it.
    • cmscott, on 05/25/2008, -0/+16I saw this in upcoming yesterday as well, but I guess it never front-paged.
      http://digg.com/playable_web_games/Most_Beautiful_ ...
      • SupaDawg, on 05/25/2008, -0/+6I believe it was on reddit last night as well. either front page here or reddit. Can't recall, but i was playing it last night.
        • DarkDx, on 05/26/2008, -2/+2It's usually this process: Aritcle/game/whatever gets popular in reddit > Mrbabyman submits it > and becuase he's the diggod it gets on the front page no matter what kind of content it is.
    • Skanadian, on 05/26/2008, -7/+7Love the MrBabyMan-flame-digg-bait action.
    • ligyron, on 05/26/2008, -6/+10I don't know if you've noticed, but that submission doesn't even have 20 diggs after 2 days. At that rate, it's pretty much fair game for anyone to resubmit (especially if it's from an entirely different site)
      • chevyorange, on 05/27/2008, -0/+3OR MrBabyMan could just Digg the original story and give it the weight that he brings? What's so hard about doing things the right way? If he just Dugg the original story everything would be copacetic.
    • Synyk, on 05/26/2008, -3/+11I'm glad it's a dupe, or else I would never have discovered it (the other one being at 20 diggs and all)
      Stop bitching, PLEASE.
  • Koush, on 05/25/2008, -10/+2i got 2131026 on my 2nd try with a 73x multipler.
    its was pretty fun.
    • dleesgeetar, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1holy crap, thats a great score D:
  • positron, on 05/25/2008, -11/+6I tried playing but nothing happens. There is some piano music and a grey line that rotates around in a black box and that's all. No shapes or anything. At first I thought it was just a really long slow intro, but no. Nothing. What gives?
    • EagleX, on 05/25/2008, -19/+2Get a mac.
      • alwaysmc2, on 05/25/2008, -1/+4What is wrong with you? This is either a Flash problem or a coding mistake on the part of the game creator.

        Also, I happen to be running Vista and IE7, the ultimate target for mocking, and it worked just fine, so kindly stop being so smug.
    • Scottievm, on 05/25/2008, -4/+3I have a Mac, and the exact same thing happened to me...
    • Schmecky, on 05/26/2008, -0/+5I had this problem. I went to Adobe's site and updated by Flash player, and then it worked fine.
    • aechase, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Didn't work for me on Firefox 3, did work in Safari.
      • iamnobody8614, on 05/26/2008, -0/+5I'm running FF3 and it worked for me. I'm guessing it's a plug-in thing.
      • Darand, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2Running FF3 as well no problems
  • skelator99, on 05/25/2008, -27/+1wow http://youtube.com/watch?v=SlhfPuKfoE8
  • dodgyd55, on 05/25/2008, -2/+16loved the game. loved the music. any one know what it is? it reminded me in FF7
  • Rozza, on 05/25/2008, -1/+26Playable web games used to be my favorite part of digg, now its kind of died away, hopefully this will keep it kicking for a bit longer!
  • podium123456, on 05/25/2008, -20/+63488454 points, 94 longest combo. Beat it!
    • DalamarArgent, on 05/26/2008, -10/+74024630 with a 98 combo, today's best score according to their site. Although it is definitely beatable.

      **** the MPAA, **** the RIAA and **** Red Shapes.
      • parallax7d, on 05/26/2008, -2/+1I got a 2.4 million score with a 99 combo, and missed at least 6 yellow shapes.
    • JackHarkness, on 05/26/2008, -4/+15465277 points
    • Drax0n, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1691870 points
    • kagayaki1, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4Everyone "beats it", LOL, the game is easy to finish, but hard to get a high score.
  • franklymister, on 05/25/2008, -19/+12Kongregate is lame - the game doesn't load if you have AdBlock enabled.

    Play it on Armor Games without the ad problem, and without some stupid "chat" where you have to watch a bunch of people typing OMG U R TEH GHEY while you're trying to enjoy the game. http://armorgames.com/play/1623/music-catch
  • sethkinast, on 05/25/2008, -2/+83The music is "Before Dawn", by Isaac Shepard, and you can download it here:

    http://www.reflexive.com/index.php?PAGE=WebGameDet ...
  • Zergvasion, on 05/25/2008, -10/+28492, 735 in my first try.
    Dugg for "Purple Power"
    • JackHarkness, on 05/26/2008, -4/+3did you leave off a number, I got 5,465,277 the first(& only) time
      • Kzoo, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Wow. . . I tried 3 times and got a high of ~572,000
      • Kflo, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2Hrm... I think he's BSing, I tried about 6 times. On my best (hit no reds) I only got 1,512,381.
      • mooseofshadows, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2wow I broke a million on the first try, it's a relaxing game though.
  • PiGuy, on 05/25/2008, -2/+19Commence score boasting
    • anagoge, on 05/26/2008, -2/+3I got over 9,000!

      /unoriginal comment.
  • Awspire, on 05/25/2008, -3/+15Wow, that game is relaxing.
  • richjmdigg, on 05/25/2008, -12/+4You folks kidding? The game was dull - just lots of wax on, wax off with the cursor, and the music was dull. Colours are nice though I guess.
    • Labourer, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1music was not dull. peaceful perhaps
  • diemunkiesdie, on 05/25/2008, -9/+3Largest Size: 29
    Points 802,861
    That was really fun and simple, plus the music really kept the game relaxed yet interesting!
  • DrJamesWoods, on 05/25/2008, -12/+61,377,355 on my first try, pretty fun game
  • tubbsthezombie, on 05/25/2008, -2/+23I feel calmer now...
  • PullingTeeth, on 05/25/2008, -1/+11Soothing game is an oxymoron for me...I need to stop trying so hard.
  • Eisim, on 05/25/2008, -3/+71since the story is stolen from reddit, i'm going to steal a comment from reddit:

    Most games on Ferry Halim's site are way more beautiful than the original submission. Check them out: http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/
  • biff198, on 05/25/2008, -5/+3Oh wow, I played this game about an hour or two ago. It's not that spectacular...
  • juventusc, on 05/25/2008, -23/+45MrBabyMan YOU SUCK !!! do you really have to summit everything you see at reddit?
    • NightVortez, on 05/25/2008, -6/+25I don't post on reddit, so seeing stories like this on digg is a good thing for me, I don't see why so many attack MrBabyMan for this, the point of digg is to submit stories from other websites.
    • Jareth86, on 05/26/2008, -8/+3Honestly, it's gotten to the point where I will digg Mr. Babyman just because you people are being so *****-alicious towards him. I'm actually starting to feel bad for the guy...
    • ZigVicious, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2but not from other sites that are about submitting stories from other websites.
    • anagoge, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6Not that I'm defending the actions of this one member, but if this had not been submitted right here, right now, I would not have had the chance to play the game and listen to that beautiful music.

      Dupes are only dupes to the people that have seen it before and many people won't have.
  • gambl0r, on 05/25/2008, -6/+1Very cool game! I got 1,670,000 on my first try... max combo was x70. I gotta try it again :D
  • notwizt, on 05/25/2008, -5/+0Yay I got 2 million :)
  • Infowarmachine, on 05/25/2008, -1/+12i want that song on mp3
  • bluetytanium, on 05/25/2008, -1/+5If you liked this you should probably try Audiosurf on Steam.
    • mKdiR, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1Audiosurf is good, but it's not got _that_ much in common with this flash game.
  • vacuum2440, on 05/26/2008, -2/+5haha how hard would this be for a person who is colour blind
    • likwidmatt, on 05/27/2008, -0/+0I am slightly.. so the fact that I had trouble telling the difference from the purples and the reds made things more fun I thought. At least for a game that is impossible to lose at.
  • bottlesandcans, on 05/26/2008, -5/+5Music makes me poo.
    • LilJimmyNordin, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2As a musician, I'd like to humbly request that you never come to one of my shows.
  • tanlaan, on 05/26/2008, -7/+22,326,036 first try =]
  • TheLoneWolf071, on 05/26/2008, -5/+6I was just thinking to myself "Hrm Didn't this get dugg yesterday?" Then I saw who submitted it and lol'd
  • MiamiRox, on 05/26/2008, -7/+1MrBabyMan you've finally posted something worth digging.
  • Spyder2k, on 05/26/2008, -3/+3mp3 link please.
  • goalieguy314, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1Really cool concept. Hope to see it expanded on
  • DrLeePhD, on 05/26/2008, -1/+6dugg for the 'purple power' !!!
  • mandrakeRaptor, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6I think this game cured my headache.
    • gannondork, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2sweet does it work on chicks that I want to have sex with?
    • mandrakeRaptor, on 06/02/2008, -0/+0Nope, but thats why god invited the roofie colada
    • mandrakeRaptor, on 06/02/2008, -0/+0invented....ok i totally deserved to be buried.
  • beermaker, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1sweet!!!!!
  • ultraJesus, on 05/26/2008, -3/+32283048 first try.

    PURPLE POWER ACTIVATE
  • Tyr7BE, on 05/26/2008, -3/+1What's the music in the background? Or is it an original piece?
    • DalamarArgent, on 05/26/2008, -0/+2Read the comments above yours, it is already posted.
  • joepeg, on 05/26/2008, -2/+3That game is really boring. I don't understand why it is on the front page of both reddit and digg. I loved the comments much better on reddit because the title was "the most beautiful game you will ever see." It clearly is not, but the negative responses included links to some very fun and interesting games.
  • jgambleii, on 05/26/2008, -0/+6That's one of the most beautiful piano pieces I've ever heard.
  • withoutamartyr, on 05/26/2008, -1/+1Was that music Kingdom Hearts?
  • kataztrophy, on 05/26/2008, -1/+2I'll be playing this till Audiosurf is released.
  • MuskokasFinest, on 05/26/2008, -2/+291,574,483,483,478 first try.

    • BrendanSheehan, on 05/26/2008, -3/+10That's nothing, I got 500,000,000,000,000,000,76 :P
    • 1337Kitty, on 05/26/2008, -0/+15I got an overflow error. Beat that.
    • anonydigg, on 05/26/2008, -0/+4I was so good it was giving me complements!
    • Flawed77, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1I got over 9000! Then I tried again and did better...
    • MeatyVitamin, on 05/27/2008, -0/+1Thats over NINE THOUSAND!!!!!!!
  • Jenadae, on 05/26/2008, -6/+11,227,221

    guess i coulda done better ;D
  • smurf22, on 05/26/2008, -2/+6I don't know about you but I got pissed off while I was playing it.
    • Recluse, on 05/31/2008, -0/+1Yeah you're not the only one. I found the game frustrating and annoying.
  • MagMan68Classic, on 05/26/2008, -2/+6If you guys like this music then play the Sims
    or ride an elevator
    Before you bury I did like the music...thats just what it reminded me of
  • utahnkid, on 05/26/2008, -3/+13Breaking! Communist Russia also boycotting "Music Catch" along with Indiana Jones for demonizing "the red".
    • Deadly4Shot, on 05/26/2008, -0/+1You should be being digged up so much more than you are.
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