December 3, 2009
OneBigGame
Confirms Full Artist Line-up in Not-for-Profit Music Puzzle Game Chime
OneBigGame’s First Title
Available this Winter on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360
OneBigGame has confirmed the final
music artist line-up for its recently announced puzzle music game Chime on Xbox
LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360.
Tracks from Moby, Paul Hartnoll of
Orbital, Fred Deakin of Lemon Jelly, Philip Glass and Markus Schulz are
confirmed for the unique block puzzle game that sees players re-construct
existing songs from these famous artists by placing irregular shaped blocks on a
sequencer-style playing field.
A creative twist on both music and
block puzzle games, Chime tasks players with covering the playing field with
irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the background music
track, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. Chime’s innovative game
mechanics enables players to create a unique remix of each song every time they
play a level as the building of larger quads unlock more elements of the
underlying song. Working their way to 100 percent coverage of the grid, players
will unlock the song in full.
All artists have donated their
tracks pro bono to the game, which sees all net proceeds go to charity.
“We are very excited to work with
such a diverse line-up of musicians and tracks and are extremely grateful to
these artists for their pro bono contributions,” said Martin de Ronde, director,
OneBigGame. “Having world-class acts linked to Chime raises its profile even
further, and is a great example of the collaborative nature of the entire
OneBigGame charity initiative.”
Contributions from the artists were
also largely made possible thanks to the effort of Nimrod Productions’ music
supervisor and composer Marc Canham and his associate Artie Fufkin, who reached
out in their network of music labels, publishers and artists to sign up artists
for the game.
OneBigGame has more than 15 games
currently in development from various established developers to raise funds for
its children’s charities. Zo Mode is the first in a series of developers and
designers who have been working on games for the charity publisher.
“We’re thrilled that these great
artists have donated their music to Chime and shown such enthusiasm for the game
and the OneBigGame project” said Ciaran Walsh, Audio Director at Zo Mode.
“We’ve worked hard to do justice to their music, turning each track into a
unique level with musical depth and great gameplay.”
Chime will be available this winter
on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360.
Chime’s full artist line-up and
track list:
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Philip Glass – Brazil
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Markus Schulz – Spilled
Cranberries -
Moby – Ooh Yeah
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Paul Hartnoll (Orbital) – For
Silence -
Fred Deakin (Lemon Jelly) – Disco
Ghosts
For more information about the
game, the artists and to find out how Zoe Mode approached the development of
this unique project visit
www.chimegame.com