Observed arrival · 2026-09-18
Zip Zop, the Rhythm Game That Uses Your Own Music
A one-person indie studio is building an Android rhythm game that turns the audio files on your phone into playable tracks.
- For
- Android players with personal music files
- Worth noticing
- The game is written in Kotlin without a game engine, and its code is publicly available on GitHub.
Field notes
Zip Zop maps falling note markers to the timing of a locally selected audio file, allowing players to use music already stored on an Android device. Its track format keeps audio separate from note data, so shared tracks do not redistribute songs. The page documents a Kotlin implementation without a game engine, a built-in editor, and a public code repository. Community features and multiplayer modes are described, while the listed build remains version 0.5.0 and outside the Play Store.
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