[6] Sound Shapes was shown at industry conference E3 in 2011 and picked up nominations for best of show award from media sites including IGN, 1UP, and Electric Playground.

At the Spike Video Game Awards 2011, it was announced that Deadmau5 would be contributing songs and sound material to the project.

[8] Mak and Liem wanted to develop a game that could give beginners a sense of joyful creation, without the need for harmonic training or complicated music theory.

It was important to marry the sound with the style, so each album was a close collaboration between a musician and a visual artist.

[10] The second round of DLC was released on 12 March 2013, having more milkcrate free updates and a Car Mini-Album Creator pack.

[13] On 15 October 2018, the server for Sound Shapes was shut down, meaning that players were no longer able to access any online-related information.