josriley 2013-04-29 04:05
Cool idea, about as minimal as a life sim can get, good work!
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD26 → Life!
By cwilloughby
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 2 | 92 | ||
| Innovation | 148 | 3.70 | ||
| Humor | 160 | 3.06 | ||
| Overall | 251 | 3.49 | ||
| Mood | 274 | 3.23 | ||
| Audio | 340 | 3.06 | ||
| Theme | 371 | 3.73 | ||
| Fun | 395 | 3.16 | ||
| Graphics | 758 | 2.76 |
Cool idea, about as minimal as a life sim can get, good work!
nice game. very polished imo
I like how it went with the theme for the idea. And I like the bio's at the end of each level. Do the note things on there go with the music as a rule?
Combine life sim and rhythm game? The critics said it couldn't be done, but then cwilloughby got a perfect rhythm combo and blew all of their minds
Woo! This was really fun. I like the performance-meets-narrative aspect, and the ability to 'bank up' points in one column to let me ignore it as things get hectic. Nice gameplay, simple, and fun. Great job.
I really wanted to love this, but a rhythm game lives and dies by the music and unfortunately the music here was only okay. On the plus side, if you take this after LD and give it some really good music, it'd be awesome!
Only other complaint I have is that it took me a while to realize that it wasn't possible to hit two at the same time. Somehow I didn't understand that as a "decision point". No idea how to go about improving that, but there ya go.
Otherwise, a really innovative concept that I'd love to see you expand upon!
Nice work! Cool concept and good implementation of the theme.
Love it, very interesting concept. First time I've ever seen a rythm game mixed with a life sim. Nice simple tunes too :)
Thanks for the awesome comments everyone!
@thristhart - yeah. The music is definitely a sore spot for me. I used iNudge and did my best to pull it together, I would have loved to integrate it better with the mechanic and have better tunes, but I'm happy with where I landed given my skill and the time.
Nice blend of 2 very different genres. The movement wasn't smooth (possibly because I'm playing on a macbook air), so it was difficult to time everything. I'm going to have that little song stuck in my head for the next hour.
I enjoyed the concept and the narrative was good.
Nice work, the concept is very original.
Neat idea, I like it. I liked the audio and the little bios at the end of each level. I found it really difficult to read any of the event text since I was focusing on the thing falling on the left. The tutorial texts also went by a little fast. It took me a couple of plays through to understand what they were trying to tell me.
Nice work on this!
Nice! This is the only rhythm game I've seen. Really curious how you were syncing game stuff to the audio track, did you just use a song of known BPM and timers?
@gilmore606 - you nailed it. I made the audio, so I knew the timing. Just played with timing until it 'lined' up.
struggled with hitting two keys at the same time, but otherwise it was pretty well done and a clever theme
Great great great ! I didn't even think about such a mix ! Absolutely fantastic !
Love the concept and a fun gameplay!
Oh man, o love the audio and the text. Amazing. Thank you to play and rate my game. o/
Hey, you did a really nice job with this. Still minimalist, but also pretty fully featured. And nice use of the gameplay as a metaphor for life.
I loved how you lost the ability to keep your health up over time. A very original little game. :)
I like it very much, it fits the theme perfectly. Only two little things could be improved I think:
I had no time to read the events on the right, maybe display them after each level, so the player has time to read them
I am not quite sure if the music and the opportunities were in sync, sometimes they seemed a little off, but as I said, I am not sure about that
Great mashup here, excellent work for 48 hours.
interesting take on a rhythm game; I really like the status messages after each level
I really like the graphics and mechanics. Love the whole "banality" as gameplay thing.
Nice work. I like this concept and realisation!
Ah, took me a while to figure out the keys have to be pressed as the dot hits the line.
Maybe having the line pulsate to the beat would grab the attention more?
Thanks for the feedback guys!
@r3d5 - totally agree, that just fell off the list :(
I enjoyed it. Unique. It was a nice break from all the platformers :)
I did have problems anytime there were two items occurring simultaneously. Maybe it was my fat fingers, but I swear I hit them both at the same time yet it never registered.
I died at 53 :(
Hey tankete - that's intended but not messaged well. When there are two options, you have to choose one. I need to work on my message delivery. :)
Can you hit two keys at the same time ? It seems I can't. Some problems about feedbacks (brightness, when to hit the keys), but the idea is great and the experience is overall enjoyable. :)
brilliant concept - reminded me of 'alter ego'
I loved your game, made me think about my life decisions in a different kind of way
well done
I liked the narration. The idea seems like a good add-on to rhythm games. However you should tell what does color of notes mean. Also, the timing wasn't perfect.
Very cool, although I found it difficult to read the text on the right while dealing with the falling objects on the left. I didn't really get when I was supposed to hit them and when I was supposed to skip them. It was fun though, great job!
I like this. A lot.
Interesting simulation. Simple graphics and game mechanics. But I can only concentrate on the buttons or on the text.
Nice, interesting concept.
Wow, neat idea for a rhythm game. Had fun playing it.
Super simple. Quite addicting, too. I played four or five games. Good game
This is great. It's like a mix between Guitar Hero and Alter Ego. It's a bit unclear what you're meant to do at first but I like the idea of choice and juggling life's problems.
This game is awesome, I just love that "asdf"/gutiar hero mechanic. I wanted to his the two whites when they crossed at the same time. Am i only allowed to hit one at a time when it crosses the line. Great Job!
Neat life simulator. Now if real life was as simple as pressing the correct home row key. I really liked the music as well.
Strange concept, cans you make an easytype version? :-)
Really interesting cross between a rhythm game and a life sim. Took a while to realise that I couldn't hit more than 1 note at the same time and the narrative on the right was excellent.
I loved it, very artistic :)
Nice concept, I liked being forced to sacrifice one over an another. I seemed to keep getting similar choices though (ie: mostly hearts). Some two frame animations illustrating actions while you play might be really nice. Little bios were neat.
A good balanced game with a nice take on the theme. Simple and fun!
Nice game, loved it :)