Many moons ago, or more specifically eight years ago in February of 2012, indie developer Cold Beam Games released a mobile port of their popular console and desktop shooter Beat Hazard. The idea behind Beat Hazard is that it’s a frantic top-down space shooter that utilizes the tracks in your music library to create unique levels and pulse to the beat of each song you play. Unlike nearly all the other mobile games that claim to use your music library to create custom tailored gameplay experiences, Beat Hazard actually pulls it off perfectly, and we loved the game in our original review from back in 2012. I was borderline obsessed with the game myself, and playing Beat Hazard on my iOS device became my preferred way to listen to music in general. This past fall, Cold Beam released the sequel Beat Hazard 2 on Steam which came equipped with additional features and an even more seizure-inducing visual spectacle, and now that game is making its way to mobile.
Some of the new features in Beat Hazard 2 compared to the original are the ability to generate a custom player ship from different music tracks. These ships can range from tiny “Mosquito" ships to gigantic “Brute" battle ships, and the results are consistent so that if you find a particular track that makes an especially cool ship you can let other players know about it so they can try out that same ship too. Track data is also used to create procedurally generated boss ships, and the mobi...