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Raycatcher

Raycatcher is an innovative new game that syncs gameplay to your favorite mp3s. Load in your entire music library and watch as the game morphs itself to match. The gameplay itself is easy to pick up, yet…

5 March 2009

Raycatcher is an indie developed by Thinking Studios, released 5 March 2009 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Raycatcher is

Raycatcher is an indie game developed by Thinking Studios and released in 2009. It was published by Slam Dunk Studios. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Raycatcher is an innovative new game that syncs gameplay to your favorite mp3s. Load in your entire music library and watch as the game morphs itself to match. The gameplay itself is easy to pick up, yet compelling. Rotate a cluster of colorful shapes to catch matching rays of light cast onto your screen. As you match light to shape, your cluster will expand and evolve. Raycatcher also comes with a selection of great music from the brilliant new artist Noobie Noobinson. Load in your own music: Raycatcher will accept .mp3 and .wav formats. Beat detection technology: Changes gameplay to match your music in pleasant and creative ways.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Raycatcher launched on 5 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2 and Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

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When did Raycatcher come out?
Raycatcher was released on 5 March 2009 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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