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I love the sound in that short video of the game. I want to buy it, but I can't find it. I tried doing a Google search for "Sphere Spectacle video game 2019", but nothing. Is the game released? Is Google just completely failing here (quite remarkable if so)?

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Youtube comments refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble_Madness , but whatever is used in the demo is clearly a much newer version of the game.

As noted be another commenter; the game is eerily similar to Marble Madness, a game I have on the old Amiga somewhere in the shed. The similarity is uncanny, especially part of the demo video here.

It has a pretty awesome soundtrack, imho..

I cannot find anything re this Sphere Spectacle, however.

We never got to finishing and releasing Sphere Spectacle; however, we released the engine code some time ago.

GitHub: https://github.com/W4RH4WK/Raygun

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZSoVidqV2Q

Edit: the sound effects are from an actual glass sphere rolling on and bumping against a metal surface, recorded by a coworker and myself :)

Right there with you, very satisfying to listen to - and looked very nice and clean - so I was immediately ready to buy it or at least sign up for notifications so that I'd get reminded when it comes out (if that was to be the case).

Was a big fan of the original back in the C64/Amiga days.

As per the linked content, the game is not released. It is in fact the first released footage of it:

"In case you’re wondering about the game: what you’re seeing (for the first time) is Sphere Spectacle."

In the video comments, he mentions it is a tech demo.

Did Youtube just remove the music? I only hear the sound of marbles rolling, without any music.

It was a tech demo not built for public release, there probably was never any music.

Ok I think I just misunderstood the comment I replied too. I assumed it was about some music in the video, probably because someone else made a comment about a soundtrack of another game. Also I really can't stand hearing those sound effects, even though they are well made.

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