osu! - rhythm is just a click away
Do you like rhythm games? Does clicking your mouse appeal to you? Does picking your own music and creating your own maps for others to play make you happy?
osu! is an Ouendan (DS) type game where you click on colored circles to the beat/rhythm of the music. You download the base osu! software, and download beatmaps which are songs and ... beat mappings... that go along with the song. The choices are centered around pop, dance and asian songs, but there are also a number of english songs as well.
A built in editor lets you choose any song you have laying around (mp3/ogg), determine its BPM, and create your own mappings.
Most mappings have at least a Normal difficulty level, including an Easy, Hard or Impossible difficulty if the person behind it decided to make one for it. I've been having enough fun with the Easy and Normal levels for now.
Right now, I think 'Leah - Calling' is one of the better programmed beatmaps available.
Signups are free and required to download beatmaps. Use a fake email if you want. I haven't received any emails in the past two weeks.
If you decide to create a beatmap, you might want to post it so we can pump up your map ratings >
osu! - rhythm is just a click away