Metagroove

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Metagroove is a single player action game. It was developed by Crescent Moon Games and was released on November 20, 2020. It received positive reviews from players.

Metagroove is a very unique 3d visualization tool for music. This first version is Alpha and it's a work in progress. Load your own music, add some parameters. Import your own custom 3d models or free models you find on the internet. Add background images, type your own text and watch what happens! Apply different animation and spawning parameters to see things move around. Useful for…

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Audience ScoreBased on 28 reviews

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Metagroove offers a unique and engaging rhythm game experience with a psychedelic visual style that enhances the atmosphere.
The event editor and randomizer features allow for creative experimentation, enabling users to create memorable musical phrases and visuals.
As a free tool still in development, it shows great potential and has a user-friendly interface that makes it easy to customize and import objects.

The software is currently incomplete, with many features still in development, leading to issues such as broken presets and unintuitive controls.
Users have reported frustrating UI elements, including a clunky file browser and difficulty in adjusting settings without reverting to defaults.
There is a lack of variety in visual effects and some users find the overall experience to be janky and not fully functional.

music
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The music aspect of the program has received mixed reviews, with users praising its potential for creating custom music visualizers but criticizing its unintuitive file browsing and persistent menu music that cannot be muted. Many have reported technical issues, such as difficulty loading music files, crashes, and a lack of synchronization between visuals and audio. Overall, while the concept is exciting, the execution appears to be in an early and unrefined state, leading to frustration among users.
- “This is an incredible tool for putting visuals to music, an ambitious idea executed with clear craft and love of what makes music visuals enjoyable.”
- “For any musician that wants to take the ability to pair your music to visuals into your own hands with as low a learning curve as possible, this is essential.”
- “Brings a whole new element when listening to your favorite songs :)”
- “Constant blaring menu music that cannot be toggled off, the tools for browsing music aren't intuitive (you can't select a default path or add shortcuts, the window looks like something pre-XP and cannot be scaled or customized in any way) and the game didn't seem to recognize anything in my music folder.”
- “I've created my custom setting and I try to add my music - but I just get white noise and it crashes.”
- “It seems like a fun concept, though it's clearly in a very early state - I haven't been able to get any of the presets to run, and any custom setting I make seems to not load after I 'load music' (also the file browser it uses is quite slow, and won't let me open folders so I need to manually type the file directory in).”
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The graphics in this tool are praised for their creativity and the ability to effectively pair visuals with music, showcasing a clear passion for enhancing the musical experience. Users appreciate the variety of visuals that can be created, although some rate the overall graphics quality as average, indicating room for improvement.
- “This is an incredible tool for putting visuals to music, an ambitious idea executed with clear craft and love of what makes music visuals enjoyable.”
- “For any musician that wants to take the ability to pair your music to visuals into your own hands with as low a learning curve as possible, this is essential.”
- “Love the variety of visuals one can create.”
- “Graphics: 5 (out of 10)”