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Fact Sheet

Released Date
May 31th 2018
Production Time Before Release
4 years
Platforms
Steam, Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, Xbox One and S/XS, Stadia (RIP)
Retail Price
$19.99 USD
Rating
E10+
Players
Single, Couch & Online CO-OP

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Description

“Just Shapes & Beats” is a chaotic co-op musical bullet-hell based on three simple things: avoid Shapes, move to the kick-ass Beats, and die, repeatedly. 

It’s a new spin on the SHMUP genre, adding a layer of cooperation that’s at the core of the game: because everything is better with friends. Play alone or with up to four players, local or online, through the game’s Story Mode or Challenge Runs.

Do you like music? SO. DO. WE. That’s why we have 55 hand crafted stages with licensed tracks from over 20 chiptune and EDM artists. Hits like a ton of brick straight into your eardrums and your eyeballs; BAM.

Featuring

  • Up to 4 player co-op, drop-in drop-out, either all on your couch for a house party, or an online party!
  • Different game experiences: Story Mode, Challenges, Casual Mode, Playlist and Party Mode
  • Over 55 hand crafted stages (included many boss fights)
  • A lot of cuteness

History

It all began when Lachhh saw Danimal Cannon in concert. He said to himself: one day, I’m going to make a game with his songs… and he did! Not long after that, at the occasion of a game jam, Lachhh made a bullet hell prototype that uses one of his songs: a Lachhh’s version of a traditional bullet hell but the player only avoids the enemies, no shooting. He did what he can do as an artist: drawing simple shapes.

After showing it to the rest of the team, Lachhh was convinced that this simple prototype had the potential to become something unique and that he could use this game to put a spotlight on some EDM and electronic indie musicians. So he gathered Em and Mike and started working on what would become Berzerk’s first console game: Just Shapes & Beats.

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Awards & Recognitions

BEST GAME OF PAX EAST 2018

Marooner’s Rock & Nintendo Duel Shock, USA, 2018

FAMITSU’S BITSUMMIT MEDIA HIGHLIGHT AWARD

Famitsu, Japan, 2016

BEST MUSIC GAME OF E3

Gaming Trend, USA, 2016

BEST GAME OF PAX EAST

Destructoid & Sidequesting, USA, 2015

RUNNER UP

Programme Catapulte – Quebec City, 2014

Selected Articles

"This is easily the most rewardingly stressful game I’ve ever played."

- Destructoid

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"[...]a celebratory explosion of the audio-visual in video games[...]"

- Nintendo Life

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"Berzerk Studio deserves high praise for this great achievement in music and shoot-em-up gaming."

- Shack News

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"[...]it’s nice to be reminded that, sometimes, Just Shapes & Beats is all you need."

- Destructoid

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"[...]that doesn’t begin to cover how much fun one of the best multiplayer games on the PAX East show floor turned out to be."

- Hard Core Gamer

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Credits

Simon AKA Lachhh

Co-founder / Programmer / Game director

Em

Artist / UI & Graphic designer

Mike

Mike

Oli

Programmer

Aleck

QA / Level Designer

Jack

Lead QA

ADDITIONNAL LEVEL DESIGNER

GildeGuy
Marc-Antoine Jean
Gavin Jones
Clément Lachance
Hélène Lachance
Vincent Longpré
Micheal Molinari

AMBIANCE MUSIC & SOUND FX

Jason Létourneau (Tryptique Audio)
Jason Walsh (Hexany Audio)
Big Giant Circles
DAnimal Cannon
Kubbi
Lets Be Friend
Nanobii
Omnitica
PIXL
Shirobon
Tristam

PR

Hunter Bond
Popaganda
Evolve PR

LOCALIZATION

Tomoko Kono (Kakehashi Games)
Pascal Polesh
Bada Im (Kakehashi Games)
Island Nation
Larena Ray

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