Rhythm games have always been in a league of their own. From the beginning, they were in the form of knocking squares and spinning discs, and have gradually evolved into many kinds of changes. Nowadays, there are almost all rhythm games from VR to handheld games. , and mobile phones are no exception. Rhythm games such as Deemo and Cytus developed by Raya Games in Taiwan appear on various platforms. Although the one I want to introduce today is not produced in Taiwan, it can be regarded as a wonder in the field of mobile games. It is called Beat Craft is a rhythm game with YouTube as its content. Therefore, the game itself only relies on external music and has no built-in music and composition lineup. As long as the video can be called by Youtube and is less than 10 minutes in length, it can be transformed into a rhythm game. Into the game track:
▲Beat Craft The game itself is a Youtube player, using Youtube music videos as game music content (picture source)
The soul behind rhythm games is usually music. No matter what the form, The quality and quantity of music are the guarantee of game playability. Some games will focus on certain genres, such as the Hatsune Miku Project DIVA series. Some games focus on musical instruments, such as the Taiko Master series and the Guitar Hero series. Some even There are unexpected designs in the gameplay. For example, the famous Beat Saber in VR games uses two lightsabers to hit virtual blocks to recreate the rhythm. No matter which game it is, there will be music behind it that belongs to the game. Usually the music is accompanied by Due to copyright negotiations, many games are quite troubled by the choice of copyrighted music, so they turn to using purely self-created music without copyright requirements. Or from the company's perspective, they hire composers to write music for the game.
But Beat Craft This mobile game has moved into a more bizarre area. It no longer requires music. It is similar to some rhythm mobile games that require you to import MP3s by yourself. However, Beat Craft is interested in YouTube videos where the content is readily available. Users can Use music videos on Youtube as game music to enter the game. It can be said that this is a method that is not easy to match the rhythm with the music. Because the reason why general rhythm games have to make their own music is to allow players to enjoy the music at the same time. The degree of compatibility with the game. Although Youtube content is huge and easy to access, it can even be said that copyright issues can be bypassed, but will the key gameplay be compromised as a result:
▲The game itself is in Korean interface, but it will automatically switch with the language of the mobile phone. However, the Chinese translation is not perfect in some places
▲ There will be a mode called Sync in the game to allow players to first understand how to play the game.
▲In addition to playing Youtube music, you can also pull out the MP3 in your mobile phone and play it as game music. However, the author has not put the MP3 in the mobile phone, so I will only see other files.
▲The Chinese translation is a bit weird. "Check" probably means Check or Confirm.
▲The language interface can be adjusted in the game settings interface to avoid strange translations that affect the use. , the author chose to switch to the English language to play.
The author tried to play it. First of all, the game itself will find the most popular music videos from the user's behavior. You don't have to look for them yourself, you can definitely see them. Popular songs are used in the game. Using the author's own interface, you can see that new songs by Jay Chou and Twice appear at the top of the list. When actually playing, you can find that Youtube videos are embedded into the game, and the videos are also playing while playing. It's playing. At least it plays like a normal rhythm game. Only the design of the rhythm blocks requires some getting used to:
▲Every time you play a song, you have to deduct a disc. After deducting the disc, you won't get it. To play, you can only recharge or wait for it to recover the amount in real time. This is similar to the general free and advertising game design.
▲When entering the game, in addition to the blocks falling from it, the same You can see the music MV screen running.
The game itself also supports users to search for video names. The author thinks that searching for general music videos should not be a problem, so let’s do a trick and enter "Computer King Ada" in the search box After pressing the search key after five words, the unboxing video shot by Computer King Ada will also appear in the search results. However, the game itself has restrictions. You must use a video within 10 minutes to enter the game, so the author removed it. The video is too long, so I chose an unboxing video of a Huawei mobile phone to experiment. Sure enough, you can enter the game and play it to the end. Here is the truth:
▲With the search function, you can naturally spoof it How about watching the unboxing video of Computer King Ada in the game?
▲But the game will not play the video that is too long, so I have to choose a shorter one.
▲Use Huawei P20 Pro to unbox it Let’s test the video! Game Start!
▲The soundtrack of the video still runs, the blocks still fall, and the phone is dangling in the background, so you can still play it.
For those who like rhythm games, the author I think Beat Craft is a bit of a sneaky game. It uses Youtube content as part of the App content. It can be said to combine the two major features of Youtube player and game. However, the result of using Youtube content is that this game has nothing original or original. It is the music content exclusive to this game. I think this is a bit excessive. It is said to be a music rhythm game, but there is no built-in music. Is this really good? But even if I have this question, I can't say why it is strange. Maybe You can still have fun playing it at this stage, but if Google or Youtube changes the usage regulations of copyrighted content, this type of App will definitely encounter a lot of trouble. This may be the reason why this game is only available on Android at this stage:
▲Friends who hate seeing advertisements and "disc" restrictions can spend money to recharge and become a master. This is a matter of personal preference or not
Download link: Beat Craft (Android)