If this is what a ‘rhythm violence’ game looks like, I’m all about them

Nominated for Excellence in Audio at the Independent Games Festival

While watching this trailer for THUMPER, a self-described rhythm violence game from current Harmonix artist Brian Gibson and former lead programmer Marc Flury, I didn’t want to blink. I also let out a confused “what?” followed by an even more puzzled “what the fuck?!” during the clip.

The protagonist is a space beetle barreling down hallucinatory tracks, and I get that scraping against walls is a bad idea — but otherwise I’m not comprehending what we’re looking at here.

, that devilish beast shown toward the end is described as “an insane giant head from the future.” The game is headed to “whatever platforms make sense,” so, probably PC.