The Audiosurf Thread (Album of the Week: Volume 9)

[aggrievesTemulence]

I forgot how poorly this game meshes with my slightly obsessive personality. I can do the first 30 seconds or so of Time on My Side on Ninja Mono perfectly, but I have hit a wall and can't progress any further. Any further progress, analytically deciding which blocks to skip and which to get, is severely hampered by how long it takes. Once I master the first 30-second stretch, I have to play through those 30 seconds a dozen or so times to solve the first 35 seconds.

Meh, I'll probably just give it a shot on Ninja Pro tomorrow morning.

[vlad3163]

Apparently I can no longer edit my original score post, so here's my new, updated score list complete with up-to-date throne thievings >:]

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Homestuck Vol. 3
Beatdown (Strider Style) - 143,155 - 2nd Place
Beatdown Round 2 - 131,763

Homestuck Vol. 4
Atomyk Ebonpyre - 37,371
Black - 82,749

Homestuck Vol. 5
Skaian Skirmish - 44,436
Savior of the Waking World - 50,411 - 10th Place
Sunslammer - 111,260
Crystamanthequins - 51,876

Homestuck Vol. 6
Frost - 77,643 - 10th Place
Courser - 58,185 - 4th Place
Umbral Ultimatum - 102,527
GameBro (Original 1990 Mix) - 92,314
Tribal Ebonpyre - 71,634 - 8th Place
I Don't Want to Miss a Thing - 70,437 - 5th Place
MeGaLoVania - 188,204 - 3rd Place

Homestuck Vol. 7
At the Price of Oblivion - 60,326 - 8th Place
Even in Death - 50,077 - 10th Place
T3R3Z1 Owns - 54,729 - Yes I have it spelled correctly in game
The Carnival - 46,314 - 4th Place
Spider8reath - 77,720 - 6th Place
WSW-Beatdown - 118,666 - 11th Place
Savior of the Dreaming Dead - 100,340 - 3rd Place

Homestuck Vol. 8
Flare - 17,904 - 8th Place - when I was checking I saw bloodyEmissary finishing up the song.
Unite Synchronization - 72,696 - 6th Place
Scourge Sisters - 85,759 - 6th Place
Cascade - 357,535 - 5th Place
I'm a Member of the Midnight Crew (Acapella) - 33,776 - 1st Place
Black Hole / Green Sun - 75,172 - 3rd Place

Midnight Crew - Drawing Dead
Liquid Negrocity - 81,753 - 4th Place
Carbon Nadsat / Cuestick Genius - 5,821 - 8th Place

Strife!
Stormspirit - 16,182 - 6th Place
Heir Conditioning - 188,205
Dance of Thorns - 181,588 - 7th Place
Time on My Side - 113,414 - 7th Place
Atomic Bonsai - 212,597 - 4th Place
Knife's Edge - 162,891 - 6th Place

The Wanderers
Mayor Maynot - 170,140 - 7th Place

AlterniaBound
BL1ND JUST1C3: 1NV3ST1G4T1ON!! - 16,001 - 1st Place
Blackest Heart (With Honks) - 33,353
Rex Duodecim Angelus - 192,949 - 5th Place

[Holly]

I'm downloading the demo right now.

[MythicalWashrag]

That is quite the extensive list, Vlad. Nice job!

Eventually everyone's score will be in the OP for every album, but only as we do the "album-of-the-week" thing because updating that huge mass is all at once is not something I want to do.

@Holly: Yay~

[MythicalWashrag]

Aaand we have an album of the week challenge!

[XP105]

Woo! Volume 8!
Wait...
That has Cascade in it...
WE ARE ALL D00MED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Didero]

Just made Casual champion for 'Kingside Castle' (37,518 points). My in-game name is Didero too.

Also, my tactic for Mono is just to pick up as many coloured blocks as I can, except maybe a few at the end to make sure I get the Clean Finish bonus. Is that the best way to do it, or should you also sometimes skip blocks to make a bigger combo later?
Because my scores for some other HS songs were not even half of the champion's (on Mono Pro).

EDIT: I'm also Casual champion for 'Temporary' now, with 110,274 points
EDIT2: And 'Airtime' (107,379 points).
EDIT3: 'Unite Synchronization' too, 83,006 points.

[mysteriousOutsider]

Missing certain blocks can give you a higher score, yes. But that's... complicated.

Mono generally has a lower score potential.

[Alec Trevelyan]

I did a buncha stuff with DV Pro.

Havoc DV Pro is the best course on all Audiosurf, hands down.

Also I got the throne on Cascade beta with dv pro and 201k

[Holly]

Okay, I'm gonna actually try this now.

[mysteriousOutsider]

EDIT3: 'Unite Synchronization' too, 83,006 points.

Your Unite Sychronization track looks different than everyone else's.

[aggrievesTemulence]

Also, my tactic for Mono is just to pick up as many coloured blocks as I can, except maybe a few at the end to make sure I get the Clean Finish bonus. Is that the best way to do it, or should you also sometimes skip blocks to make a bigger combo later?

Basically, a 5x combo is worth more than two 3x combos. Therefore, if you have two groups of 3 blocks that are too far apart to combine in a 6x combo then it is better to get only 2 of the blocks from the first group. It can get a lot more complicated than that, and I am no expert, but that's the basic idea.

[Didero]

Your Unite Sychronization track looks different than everyone else's.

It does? Damn. Don't add me on that champions list then.
I'll check my other songs too, see if something weird happened there as well.

Basically, a 5x combo is worth more than two 3x combos. Therefore, if you have two groups of 3 blocks that are too far apart to combine in a 6x combo then it is better to get only 2 of the blocks from the first group. It can get a lot more complicated than that, and I am no expert, but that's the basic idea.

That would require you to know the track pretty well, and/or be able to think and react very quickly.
I'll stick to my current tactic then

[Daniel990]

How do I MOVE in this thing?

[Didero]

Your Unite Sychronization track looks different than everyone else's.

It does? Damn. Don't add me on that champions list then.
I'll check my other songs too, see if something weird happened there as well.

Hmm, most of my other songs look a bit off as well. The difference is minor, but apparently significant.
Just ignore all my scores then, otherwise it's not fair.

Basically, a 5x combo is worth more than two 3x combos. Therefore, if you have two groups of 3 blocks that are too far apart to combine in a 6x combo then it is better to get only 2 of the blocks from the first group. It can get a lot more complicated than that, and I am no expert, but that's the basic idea.

That would require you to know the track pretty well, and/or be able to think and react very quickly.
I'll stick to my current tactic then

[Holly]

Shit, already out of demo playtime....
...I guess I'll buy it then.

[Mraof]

It does? Damn. Don't add me on that champions list then.
I'll check my other songs too, see if something weird happened there as well.

Hmm, most of my other songs look a bit off as well. The difference is minor, but apparently significant.
Just ignore all my scores then, otherwise it's not fair.


That would require you to know the track pretty well, and/or be able to think and react very quickly.
I'll stick to my current tactic then

Are they not MPEG Layer 3s (.mp3) perhaps?

[Holly]

So is there anything that decides where the coloured or gray blocks go on Mono mode? Like, melody-wise or is it just random?

If the song seems slightly laggy is that because my computer is slow or could it be because the song not suited for the game?

Does the song influence if the track turns side-ways? Vertically is obvious but are the turns random?


Whoops questions that isn't actually important for playing.

[mysteriousOutsider]

The tracks are the same every time you play them, so I'm pretty sure they are generated from the song deterministically. I don't actually know though, there could be some weirdness.

[MythicalWashrag]

Okay, at Didero's request I won't add the posted scores.

How do I MOVE in this thing?

The mouse?

So is there anything that decides where the coloured or gray blocks go on Mono mode? Like, melody-wise or is it just random?

Pretty sure mO is right; it's determined when the song is created and doesn't change. I don't know if the melody has anything to do with colors or greys though. It could just be random.

If the song seems slightly laggy is that because my computer is slow or could it be because the song not suited for the game?

If it overall seems laggy, it's likely a compuner issue. I think you can lower the graphics settings? If the track itself seems "bouncy" it could be part of the song, like the drumline, that makes that happen. I know it does it with a few HS songs that I can't name off the top of my head.

Does the song influence if the track turns side-ways? Vertically is obvious but are the turns random?

Yeah, I think at more intense moments the track tends to turn. If you play Showtime (Imp Strife Mix), it's like entirely downhill AND it tends to curve a LOT.

[vlad3163]

That is quite the extensive list, Vlad. Nice job!

Eventually everyone's score will be in the OP for every album, but only as we do the "album-of-the-week" thing because updating that huge mass is all at once is not something I want to do.

@Holly: Yay~

Before I went to sleep last night I started in on Vol. 1-4, so if I keep updating that list it's going to get way too big. I think from now on I'll just post the current album challenge scores. I'll get to work on the rest of Vol. 8 tonight when I get home.

Yeah, I think at more intense moments the track tends to turn. If you play Showtime (Imp Strife Mix), it's like entirely downhill AND it tends to curve a LOT.

Also, that damn Imp. That track certainly came out of left field as far as difficulty goes.

[Holly]

EDIT: HAHA OOPS WRONG THREAD

Okay let's say something else.
Thank you mO and MW.
This was a fun game, but as soon as I try anything else than Mono I fail at everything.

[XP105]

You know all those casual champs you got dethroned in?
HEY LOOK AT ME!

[aggrievesTemulence]

That would require you to know the track pretty well, and/or be able to think and react very quickly.
I'll stick to my current tactic then

Haha yeah it is definitely a strategy that rewards multiple playthroughs. One general tactic I can suggest is keeping two colored square in each of your right and left lanes. This adds a total of 4 to the next big group you run into, and is usually more profitable than blowing the whole thing on a 5x combo and a couple of 3x's.

So I finally caved and bought Album 8 and decided to do a blind run of Cascade on Ninja Pro. It went... poorly. It was incredibly laggy, I think I must have managed to hit all of the grey squares. All of them! And then I finished the song and realized I'd actually had two Audiosurf processes running at the same time

Still, managed a respectable 95,690 for a first run. Now to go do songs that are significantly shorter...

[hrusha]

Whoa, a reason to actually post! I'll probably sort through my scores a bit later when I'm not feeling as lazy... But, can anyone say what version of Scourge Sisters they're using? Most people are getting a different track than I am, and I'm just using the FLAC version from bandcamp.