# Wave Raid powered by Timed Comments

DevFeed: [Wave Raid powered by Timed Comments](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/wave-raid-powered-by-timed-comments-2176.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//wave-raid>)

Published: 2012-04-05T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [HTML5 and CSS3 tricks](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html5-and-css3-tricks.md>)

Tags: [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [app](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/app.md>), [event](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/event.md>), [gaming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gaming.md>), [html5](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html5.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>)

## AI overview

The article shows how SoundCloud timed-comment events in its JavaScript SDK can drive an HTML5 game, using comments as collectible coins. It also suggests synchronized visualizations, transcripts, and real-time rich-media applications.

## Source excerpt

One of the SoundCloud API's most powerful features is the timed comment. At its core it seems simple enough: a piece of text associated with a point in time for a particular track. But where you see timed opinions, I see a light-weight game scripting engine. So when Johannes Wagener told me he was adding an event to our JS SDK, I immediately began work on Wave Raid: Quest for the Timed Comment.