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Gamer’s Rhapsody Year 1

Download 2014 Program Gamer’s Rhapsody 2014 happened at the DoubleTree in Downtown St. Paul. Over 100 attendees celebrated across two days with performances and appearances by Dale North, Rich Vreeland, Jake Kaufman, Emily Reese, Tim Turi, OC REMIX, and more.

Midwest Gamejam 

Appearance: GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 Midwest Gamejam will be coming to Gamer’s Rhapsody. Developers, composers, and Artists will have 24 hours to create a game. The game jam will take place inside Gamer’s Rhapsody and will require admission to the event. Jammers will have access to the 24 hour Jam Café serving light […]

Do A Barrel Roll

Appearance: GR CON 1, GR CON 2, The Bit Run 1, GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 Do a Barrel Roll! solely performs music from videogames, but not any and all videogames. DABR chooses music that THEY truly love, and though they take requests from fans and friends, the Barrel Rollers choose music that they […]

GRID: Unmatch

Unmatch – Andrew Adams Appearance: GR CON 2 Status: Released on Google Play and iOS App Store Unmatch is a puzzle game about not matching. Separate similarly colored hexagons to complete puzzles, and reveal the potential patterns that chaos can provide. Open your mind to the power of diversity and a new understanding that similarity […]

GRID: Umbrella Mondays

Umbrella Mondays – Turnip Town Umbrella Mondays is a 3D game about a little girl named Fella who finds an umbrella and solves puzzles with it. Throughout the game, you meet other mystical things like fire spirits that follow Fella and launch rings that shoot her into the air and let her float around the […]

Small Hours

Small Hours – Behind You Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In Development A little girl searches for her cat in an otherworldly town inhabited by a strange monster. Sneak your way through dark alleyways in this stealth horror game from Behind You. Facebook Twitter Website

GRID: Tactics V

Tactics V – From Nothing Game Studios Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In Development Tactics V is a retro-style tactical turn-based video game in homage to games like 1997’s Final Fantasy Tactics from Square-Enix. Its set in an in-house fantasy setting with lore and magic, etc. It also uses techniques to convert to a 2D […]

GRID: Automaza

Automaza – Nimble Gorilla Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In Development Direct Automaza through a series of mazes in VR. Youtube Twitter Website

GRID: Treasure Stack

Treasure Stack – Pixelakes Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In Development Treasure Stack is a fast paced falling block puzzle game where organization and lightning reflexes combine to create intense 2-4 local-multiplayer versus matches. The core mechanics are simple to learn, but hard to master allowing accessibility to new players while rewarding those who play […]

GRID: Astral Gunners

Astral Gunners – Sati Bros. Appearance: GR CON 2, VGM CON 4 Status: In Development Astral Gunners is a fast paced Shoot-em-up that sends you to the far reaches of the galaxy to fight evil. Facebook Twitter WordPress

GRID: AVARIAvs

AVARIAvs – Juncture Media Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In Development -Ultrafast Competitive Turn-Based Battles- In AVARIAvs, players choose a party of 3 heroes to battle against an opponent’s party. During battle, opposing players choose their actions simultaneously and then witness the mayhem of their decisions. Combat rages on until one winner reigns victorious by […]

GRID: Color Jumper

Color Jumper – Tallbeard Studios Appearance: VGM CON 4 Status: In development Color Jumper is a fast-paced precision platformer with a focus on color-matching puzzle elements. Levels are short, challenging, and satisfying to overcome. Quick thinking and fast reflexes are required to navigate each level in a parkour-like race to the exit. Facebook Twitter Website

GRID: The Moon Fields

The Moon Fields – LUNARSIGNALS Appearance: VGM CON 4 The Moon Fields is an upcoming high speed sword & sorcery brawler for two to eight players. Customize your unique character with dozens of melee weapons, magic spells, weird gadgets, and more to compete in fast paced matches where you smash or get smashed. Facebook Twitter Website

Tim Turi

Appearance: GR CON 1, GR CON 2 Bio Coming Soon

Jake Kaufman

Appearance: GR CON 1 Jake Kaufman is a composer and sound designer in Los Angeles with a truly heartfelt connection to game music. His versatility, charismatic style, and devoted following makes him an essential part of any development team – large or small, epic or fluffy – who want to stand out from the crowd. […]

Dale North

Appearance: GR CON 1 Singer, songwriter, composer, and video game blogger Dale North views himself as a musician first and foremost. After establishing himself in the game music remixing scene, he went on to become the Editor-in-Chief at DESTRUCTOID where he shared his love for corgis with millions of readers around the world. While continuing […]

Rich Vreeland (Disasterpeace)

Appearance: GR CON 1, VGM CON 4 Rich Vreeland ties the name Disasterpeace to the things he releases into the sonic ether. Disasterpeace has 50 albums to its credit, in addition to having designed, scored and programmed sound and music related things in a number of mediums including games, film, television and theatre. Rich lives […]

Arc Impulse

Arc Impulse Appearance: VGM CON 4 Hailing from Chicago, Arc Impulse brings video game music to life by infusing it with their special dose of energetic synth-rock. Equipped with a keytar, violin, keyboard, electric guitar, bass, and drums, they inject raw energy into music from games such as Goldeneye 007, Chrono Trigger, and The Legend […]

Jason Graves

Appearance: VGM CON 4 Jason Graves is an Academy Award-winning (BAFTA) composer who has brought his passion for music to projects such as FAR CRY PRIMAL (UBISOFT), UNTIL DAWN (SONY), TOMB RAIDER (SQUARE ENIX) and DEAD SPACE (EA). He is particularly enthusiastic about illustrating a project’s story and character arcs through the power of music. His sophisticated composition […]

Super Guitar Bros

Super Guitar Bros. Appearance: VGM CON 4 The Super Guitar Bros are not actually brothers – they’re bros! Steve and Sam met back in 2007 at a local coffee shop where Sam was performing with a mutual friend of theirs. After seeing Sam’s classical skills, Steve knew they had to start making music together. During their […]

Parachute Pandas

Parachute Pandas Appearance: VGM CON 4 Parachute Pandas is a local group from Minneapolis, MN. They perform a vast repertoire of music including Disney songs, TV show theme songs, video game songs, and wacky interpretations of Top 40 and pop tunes. Parachute Pandas always encourages audience participation with coloring books, cookie decoration, and live Christmas […]

Nostalgia

Nostalgia (Gamification Set) Time: Friday @ 10:30pm Video games, music, DJing: repeat. Inspired by the music he heard on the Super Nintendo as a child, Nostalgia writes modern bass music that makes you long for consoles past. He’s written many classic video game anthem remixes but even in his originals you can hear the retro […]

GRID: Metro Nexus

Appearances: GR CON 3 Status: In Development “Metro Nexus” is the transit-themed, can’t-stop-your-car arcade platformer where each level has been designed and animated in a completely different art style by multiple artists! In the game’s multiplayer mode, up to 4 players compete (or team up!) to claim the most territory. Of course, you *could* work […]

GRID: To the Pit With You

Appearance: GR CON 3 “What would you do to become immortal? Sacrifice someone’s pet, your neighbor, your lover…? Appease the gods and you shall have your reward in this narrative-driven text-based game.”  

GRID: Claim

Appearance: GR CON 3 Claim is an online multiplayer action game that is both simple and chaotic. Fight against or with your friends and other adversaries in order to lay claim to new lands in the name of your country.  Wield your country’s flag into battle as you jab and push away your enemies, then […]

GRID: Chimera Genesis

Appearance: GR CON 1, GR CON 2, GR CON 3 Status: In development “Reuniting the family, one limb at a time.” Chimera Genesis is a local multiplayer, cooperative 2D adventure game where you play as animals who can learn to change their limbs to gain different powers.  The players confront other chimera from their lives […]

GRID: Fingeance

Appearance: GR CON 2, GR CON 3, The Bit Run 1, VGM CON 4 Status: In development FINGEANCE takes the best parts of dungeon raiding – teamwork, loot, and gigantic bosses – and brings them to the shoot-em-up genre. It expands on traditional co-op shooters by allowing players to take on distinct strategic roles. One […]

GRID: Anti-Piracy

Appearance: GR CON 2, GR CON 3, The Bit Run 1, VGM CON 4 Status: In Development anti|piracy is an intense action dodge ‘em up with a minimalist design. Evade countless amounts of enemies as you try and outlast your friends for the highscore. Change up the how the game plays with various modifiers ranging […]

GRID: Atmocopter

Appearances: GR CON 1, GR CON 2, GR CON 3, VGM CON, 4 Status: Releasing in 2018 Atmocopter is a retro sidescroller featuring a little helicopter robot who, upon waking up in a less-than-friendly factory, just wants to make it out alive! Navigate Atmocopter through hazardous electraps, bumpers, spider-bots, and more as you press switches […]

2016 Schedule

Announcing our 2016 schedule. Here’s our final program and schedule: gamers-rhapsody-2016-program

Official Event: String Clinic

SUNDAY 11/20 12-2PM Park 1 Many of the people involved in organizing and running Gamers Rhapsody are teachers in either private or public settings. We all realized that our students get really excited when they get their hands on music from video games they love to play. With this philosophy in mind, we’re excited to […]

Jeron Moore

Appearance: GR CON 3 Jeron Moore is an American producer currently based in Portland, Oregon, and splits his time between both the video game, film, and concert touring industries. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Jeron spent his college years in Los Angeles during film school studying at both the University of Southern California and California State […]

What is Gamer’s Rhapsody?

Gamer’s Rhapsody is a video game convention celebrating video game music, art, and development. You can come to #GRCON3 to play games made by indie developers and major publishers, listen to 7 performances of video game music, create a game in our game jam, watch a speed running marathon supporting Carbonfund.org, draw or play music […]

Jam Cafe

The Gamer’s Rhapsody Jam Cafe is returning! Bring your instrument to jam with other musicians at the event. Relax with a can of Red Bull or play rhythm games like Guitar Hero, Rhythm Heaven, Just Dance, and more. A piano and guitar will be provided in the Jam Cafe. If you play a different instrument, […]

Video Game Talent Show

Do you have a video game related talent you want to share at Gamer’s Rhapsody? Do you want to win $75 and a lifetime ticket to Gamer’s Rhapsody? Then this is the event for you! Join us on Saturday for the annual talent show. Last year, our winner performed the ocarina in a Ninja suit […]

Ravepulse

Appearance: GR CON 2, GR CON 3 Ravepulse is a 25-year-old Pusheen obsessed, Progressive & Electro House DJ and Producer from Minneapolis, MN. He is a music business major at the University of St. Thomas. Driven by an addictive passion for music, Ravepulse brings melodic, hard hitting vibes to the crowd. His many stops include […]

Twin Cities Trio

Appearance: GR CON 2, GR CON 3 United by a passion for chamber music, the Twin Cities Trio has performed recitals and provided music for special events throughout Minnesota for eight years. Oboist Carolyn Haupert completed her oboe studies at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. After studying at Michigan State University, clarinetist Mary Beth Huttlin […]

Special Guest: Eric Buchholz

Appearance: GR CON 3 Eric Buchholz is a video game music arranger/orchestrator born and raised in northern Minnesota. He currently resides in Seattle where he composes and arranges music and serves as assistant to composer Chad Seiter and orchestrator Susie Benchasil Seiter. Eric splits his time between recording music for films and music for games, […]

GRID: Reviva

Appearance: GR CON 3 Status: In Development Reviva is a narrative-based interactive adventure. The player takes flight as Bailey, a spunky older sister who prides herself in looking after her mischievous younger brother, Chase. One day, Chase accidentally causes the end of the world as we know it, and then disappears – leaving Bailey left […]

GRID: Zenza

Appearance: GR CON 3 Status: Released on STEAM Zenza is a calming puzzle game on a journey through the seasons. Put colors or shapes together to achieve balance. Progress through 80 increasingly challenging levels to perfect your zen. Leaves, blossoms or snow may fall. There’s always a chance to start anew. Featuring a dynamic 2D […]

GRID: Verdant Skies

Appearances: GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 Status: Released on STEAM Verdant Skies is a life simulation game born from a love for games like Harvest Moon and a desire create something unique with modern gameplay and deep storytelling. Lose yourself in the lovingly hand-painted alien world of Viridis Primus. Ensure the success of the […]

Emily Reese

Appearance: GR CON 1, GR CON 2, GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 Emily Reese is a video game music specialist/expert/extraordinaire and Cat Enthusiast. As former host of Top Score™ for MPR, she interviewed dozens of video game music composers and groups to help expose video game music to the classical and greater world. Currently, she is busy […]

John Byram

Appearance: GR CON 3 John is one of the best mediocre Tetris players in the world.  A devotee of the “not trying too hard” approach, he has a penchant for getting moderately good scores, and then forgetting them.  He did once get a 852,000 starting on level 19.  He only remembers that because Ben Mullen […]

Ben Mullen

Appearance: GR CON 3 Ben Mullen is a master Tetris player who was the 7th person confirmed to have maxed out the score in NES Tetris (999,999).  He also holds The SNES Tetris score record with a score of 732,465 as well as several other notable tetris feats. He is one on the Principle stars […]

GRID: Henshin Engine

Appearance: GR CON 3 Status: In Development Henshin Engine:The GAME is part of a mixed-media project based on the web comic by Sarumaru. Henshin Engine for the PC-Engine/TurboGrafx-16 and PC CD-Rom/Steam has a set release date of March 2017. Henshin Engine is a 2D action platformer running on REAL classic gaming hardware for a true Retro-Experience! Since […]

GR 3 Tournaments

Super Smash Bros for Wii U Payout Percentages: # < 16 1st: 65% 2nd: 35% 17 < # < 32 1st: 60% 2nd: 30% 3rd: 10% 33 < # < 48 (and higher) 1st: 55% 2nd: 27% 3rd: 13% 4th: 5% RULES 2 stocks No items 6 minute time limit Double elimination bracket, each match […]

Remix Contest

Gamer’s Rhapsody and OverClocked ReMix present the “Super Rhapsody Bros 3” ReMix contest! To celebrate Gamer’s Rhapsody’s third year of bringing fans and professionals of gaming together, we are hosting a game music ReMix contest featuring another famous “3”, Super Mario Bros. 3! Chose from one of these 3 themes, and put your own spin […]

GRID: Pinbrawl

Appearance: GR CON 3 Status: Early Access Pinbrawl is a head-to-head, couch multiplayer pinball death match, in which players control wacky physics-based creatures and tilt the table to manipulate the playing field and eliminate their opponents. At this point, I am not totally sure what the game’s journey through development is going to look like, but […]

Super Marcato Bros

Appearance: GR CON 1 (panel), GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 The Super Marcato Bros. are made up of Karl, Will & Marty Brueggemann. They are a video game music trio from the twin cities. They will be joined by special guests to flesh out a full live band, which will bring to life a […]

Bards of the Goddesses

Appearance: GR CON 2, GR CON 3 Catch a live performance of music from games such as The Legend of Zelda, Halo, Professor Layton, and more by trio Bards of the Goddesses. The performance will feature Gamer’s Rhapsody video music convention planning members Thomas Spargo, Kenny Schuster, and Vaughn Rowles on guitar, piano, violin, accordion, […]

OverClocked Remix

Appearance: GR CON 1 (panel/table), GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 It may be the beginning of winter, but for Overclocked University, it is still spring break! Come prepared to dance for Gamer’s Rhapsody’s beach party to end all beach parties (at least in November)! Featuring sunny and synthy dance music mixed with a rocking […]

Sunshapes

Appearance: GR CON 2 A St Paul based group that blends new and vintage pop sounds with classically influenced instrumental interludes. A St Paul based indie music quartet, The Sunshapes blend pop and folk with classically influenced instrumental interludes. Led by singer/songwriter Bryan Schumann, the sunshapes blur the lines between band and chamber ensemble. The Sunshapes […]

Nerd Enhanced Sound

Appearance: GR CON 1, GR CON 3, VGM CON 4 As wee lads, Mike Vasich and Nick Gaudette spent many hours studying the every move of digital 8-bit figurines that would jump, slide, run, and knock out bricks across the screen. The intriguing world of 8-bit music is recreated in this fantastic reincarnation of the […]