Sound Shapes

Not to be confused with Just Shapes & Beats.

Sound Shapes
Developer(s)Queasy Games[a]
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Designer(s)Jessica Mak[b]
Shaw-Han Liem
Composer(s)Shaw-Han Liem
Jessica Mak
Jim Guthrie
Deadmau5
Beck
Platform(s)PlayStation 3
PlayStation Vita
PlayStation 4
ReleasePS3, Vita
  • NA: 7 August 2012[2]
  • EU: 15 August 2012[1]
  • JP: 27 September 2012
PS4
  • NA: 15 November 2013
  • EU: 29 November 2013
Genre(s)Music, platform
Mode(s)Single-player

Sound Shapes is a 2012 music platform video game developed by Queasy Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was originally released in 2012 and a port for the PlayStation 4 was released in 2013. The game, designed by Jessica Mak and Shaw-Han Liem, is a side-scrolling platform game with a musical focus.[5] The game also features the ability to create levels and share levels with other users. The Vita version of the game features use of the touch screen and back touch pad to place sounds of different musical instruments during creation of levels.[6] Sound Shapes was shown at industry conference E3 in 2011 and picked up nominations for best of show award from media sites including IGN, 1UP, and Electric Playground.[7] It also received 2 Game Critics Awards (Best Mobile and Best Casual), and received three nominations at the 16th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards.

At the Spike Video Game Awards 2011, it was announced that Deadmau5 would be contributing songs and sound material to the project.

Beck has contributed 3 new songs to the game: "Cities", "Touch the People", and "Spiral Staircase". These are still exclusive to the game as of 2017, despite fan desire to see them released digitally.

It was included on the "Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1" compilation disc, released 18 June 2013.[8]

  1. ^ "Sound Shapes' Level Editor And Trophies Take Centre Stage". 1 August 2012. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Gaming articles on Engadget". Engadget. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Santa Monica Studios (SMS) - Sound Shapes Game | PS3, PS Vita, PS4 Game". Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Flower, flOw, Sound Shapes and Escape Plan PS4/PS Vita Developers Revealed". 17 October 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Jonathan Mak's Sound Shapes may be NGP's killer app". 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
  6. ^ "PlayStation.Blog". PlayStation.Blog. 2 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  7. ^ Torontoist (9 June 2011). "Sound Shapes Scores at E3". Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Best of PlayStation Vol. 1". 22 May 2013. Archived from the original on 26 February 2017. Retrieved 21 August 2013.


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