I’m wondering if processing and supercollider, communicating via OSC, would be a good pairing for the creation of games where audio takes a more central role. But perhaps that kind of game would be prohibitively difficult to publish/share/distribute (?).

I was hoping this would be using the new audio-generation features of Flash Player 10 to do something interesting with the sound, but as you say, nope, everything is static.

Great concept and execution though.

Thanks Peter.

I agree with how you find Auditorium, was hoping the music that followed the flow was less static.

Other interactive music games that come to mind besides Audiosurf, would include Synaesthete. I would call it a mix between a dungeon romp like Diablo and a music rhythm game like Tap Tap Revenge for the iPhone.

Basically you control a sprite that runs around a virtual sci-fi landscape. When you get attacked, you have to follow the on screen drop downs to time key presses with musical elements that are part of the soundtrack currently playing. Do it right and you will fight off the attackers. Of course the whole time this is going on, you have to dodge & avoid attacks. There are even boss battles at the end of each level.

The key part for me, is that as you move from scene to scene, the music builds up. Giving you more “notes” to keep track of during combat, when can help or hinder you depending on how well you keep up. And the music is very good, ranging from Trance to house to Darkcore. The game’s sound designer even released the full soundtrack on the website.

Would love to see them continue on to a full gaming project.