SUNCORE SLAM: BATTLE YOUR AVATARS IN SPATIAL AUDIO

The SAN Arcade: Free to play audio experiences

Loyal SAN followers may have noticed that we've slowly but surely been building out a pretty unusual part of our site: the Arcade. The first thing that went up there was an unassuming little audio-based game called 'Echo Locate ', where players had to use spatial audio cues to locate enemies on a small 2D plane. We built this initially as a one-off proof of concept, a way to demonstrate what spatial audio could do and to let people test the spatial audio capabilities of their audio devices. But once we had this up, we kept coming back to it. It reminded us of opening the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon websites 20 years ago and playing the little tie-in Flash games there for hours and hours. It reminded us that, at SAN, we're building technology in service of feelings and experiences. So, we published a couple more small games tied to audio and our goals as a collective.

But in the background, we were building something more ambitious: SUNCORE SLAM.

How to play

SUNCORE SLAM is a rhythm-based duel game set in the world of SAN. The core gameplay loop is incredibly simple: think of it as tennis meets Tap Tap Revenge. Serve and return beats while trying to trip your opponent up with tricky moves.

You choose an Avatar (all lovingly drawn by our incredible artists), equip it with gear (also drawn by our artists), and set off to battle. Just head over to the Arcade and start playing! You don't need an account unless you want to save your progress and contribute to your SAN STATUS progress, but more on that later.

Journey to the Source in our single-player campaign, where you'll learn the ropes as you make your way across each faction's territory and encounter original characters in the SANiverse. Each faction's territory is guarded by a Warden, a powerful, intelligent being who learns your patterns and adjusts their strategy to keep you from moving on. Defeat the Warden of each faction to progress and unlock powerful new moves. But fair warning: the Wardens are not easy to beat.

Once you feel ready, you can move on to the real challenge: other players. Deck your Avatar out in your best gear and join matchmaking. Casual for training and fun, and Ranked to climb the leaderboard.

Status, Loadouts, and Keys, oh my!

We don't want SUNCORE SLAM to live in isolation. The first thing we did was bring in all our existing Avatar assets so all of you who have spent a lot of time customizing your Avatars and building out their loadout lockers have a place to show them off. Crush the competition and look good while doing it. And while there are currently no plans to have SUNCORE SLAM progress translate to a wallet-owned Avatar, there are many other rewards we'll be giving to those who work to master the game.

The bigger picture is connecting everything to your SAN STATUS. We've built SAN STATUS as our hub for all things community-related. Playing SUNCORE SLAM right now progresses your SAN STATUS, improving the perks that you get when you share SAN with your friends and family through your keys.

Play more and unlock benefits like discounts, free products, prototypes, and behind-the-scenes updates from our founders. SAN STATUS gives us an easy way to reward you for being a member of our community.

Go Play

SUNCORE SLAM is our most ambitious experience yet, but it won't be our last. We have a vision for a whole host of games that explore different audio experiences, all with interconnected progression, united through SAN STATUS.