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Musical indie Cipher Prime has returned to its roots with a sequel to the firm’s mesmerizing debut, Auditorium. I adored – and still adore – that brilliant, beautiful puzzler. Fractal, Cipher Prime’s sophomore achievement, I could have done without. Still, they’ve made a name (and a living) for themselves in a hard, harsh world… and now they’re Schaferizing, using Kickstarter to help fund Auditorium Duet, a multiplayer sequel to the original.

Do I want it to be multiplayer? No, I hate other people. And Auditorium’s beauty has always been a very single-person thing to me. But still, I wish the best for Cipher Prime, and if you have some change in your couch cushions, you should do the same.

Cipher Prime, the musically-inclined two-man indie studio that last producted the gloriously elegant and lovely Auditorium, is back today with Fractal, another ethereal puzzler with roots of Tetris, Bejeweled, Peggle, beepy music, clean art direction, and a steadily ramping difficulty curve that quickly turns ferocious. Check out the demo here.

Cipher Prime, the two-person indie responsible for the hypnotically beautiful Auditorium, have announced their newest musical puzzler creation, Fractal. They haven’t revealed much yet, but Auditorium was so elegant, so special, that I can only hope/assume the best for the company’s ongoing work. If you haven’t yet played it, check it out – more to come on Fractal as it’s revealed.

For those trapped at office jobs with unfettered internet access and a good set of headphones, you can stop your work now and trundle on over to this site, where you’ll find one of the more fascinating and beautiful rhythm games I’ve seen in a long time… like Rez, but dreamier. Seriously. Auditorium will entrance even the curmudgeonliest among us, and promises hours of unproductive leisure. It’s also a pretty amazing example of what a …