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Drums of the Dead

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness296
Audio383.96
Humor1813.49
Overall1823.63
Fun2303.49
Mood2343.35
Theme2493.72
Graphics3843.33
Innovation5463.12

Comments

zeriver 2015-04-20 10:38

Hah, it's definitely not too easy, although i suck at rythm games :P
I like how you can lose one or two musicians but still fight off zombies.

hyoga-3d 2015-04-20 16:26

Rock + Zombies, I cannot ask more \o/
Good entry.

benmcnelly 2015-04-20 16:50

Why am I so bad at these... Good work though, rock on!

bthedestroyermc 2015-04-20 16:54

Awesome I love rythm games!

seankimdesign 2015-04-20 17:09

Ha, that was really fun. Hearing the instruments die down as the band members get devoured is a nice touch. I wish the rhythm bars are a little more generous with timing, but only because I suck at these. Fun stuff!

ilseroth 2015-04-20 17:27

I think the ryhtm bars being as tight as they are is actually a bit of a flaw, but otherwise a solid concept and it is well executed.

dkoding 2015-04-20 17:28

Lovely concept but graphics were a little glitchy when lots of zombies on screen. Waaaaay to hard for me at least. Maybe some more instructions for the 'key' config? Graphics reminds me of C64 :-)

kyyrma 2015-04-20 17:52

My favorite game of the jam so far. Really impressive pulling off a rhythm game in just 48 hours, even if there is just one song. I take it you made the music as well? Catchy!

ithildin 2015-04-20 19:24

It is a bit hard, but once you start hitting some beats it feels very rewarding . Nice job!

peerplay 2015-04-20 20:02

Awesome Rythm game! It's only superhard!!!

stephan_h 2015-04-20 20:02

Lol. I am so bad at the drums. I would probably do much better with the vocals. :)
Hilarious game. Well done.

dungeonation 2015-04-20 20:08

Really good game. Fits with the theme well, and had great music. I stunk at it though, it's a rhythm game. Good job!

kaiseangames 2015-04-20 20:21

I so much watched the notes I didn't realize there's noone to play them.

liniix 2015-04-20 21:01

Loved the game, took me a while to realize the awesome art going on in the bottom because I was so focused on the top part. I was terrible at it, but had fun playing it. good game.

ruthiepee 2015-04-21 13:29

Wow, this is a COMPO game?! Works great on OSX, by the way. Love the cheeky "Exit to DOS" giving it that extra retro oomph. Anyway, the graphics are really splendid and the gameplay/controls are clear to me right away. The notes are pretty unforgiving though! One day, I'll get the hang of this... If I could offer one suggestion, it's to give a little bit of time before the song starts to lead the player into the beat. Great game!

rogberth 2015-04-21 13:56

I suck at your game, and all the music games also haha. But you did a really good job there :D

joe 2015-04-21 14:25

Really looks, sounds and feels great, but I'm too bad at it :)

drauthius 2015-04-21 18:50

Awesome job! Just need to get the tune out of my head now... Works great on Linux.

red_fan-games 2015-04-21 22:46

I usually hate rhythm games but this game is extremely fun!

arhpositive 2015-04-21 22:54

Music is amazing. Overall, the game is a bit too hard, maybe a simpler song would've been better. Other than that, the graphics are also solid and I've no complaints about the attachment to the theme either. :)

dos 2015-04-21 22:58

Awesome and fun! Seems we got some of our ideas pretty similar :)

bishkip 2015-04-22 06:54

Oh man, I thought elite beat agents got hard. Pretty fun to try though.

techblogogy 2015-04-22 12:19

We build this city on Rock'n'Roll. Great game, but controls were a bit complicated. Good job, none the less

pixzleone 2015-04-22 17:12

Nice game, but as someone who plays drums, i feel like it would be nice to have a bit more "structure" to the notes if you know what i mean. Great effort!

team-ex-sword-stential 2015-04-22 23:08

Nice Entry!

dvdfu 2015-04-23 00:16

One of my favourites (I'm a sucker for rhythm games). The timing can be a bit punishing but it's a very cool game overall. I love the detail where the main guitar stops after the main guitar player dies.

robotic-brain 2015-04-23 08:21

Wow..
Kudos for pulling of a rhythm game in 48 hours!
An easier song would be nice though... I had no idea how it should sound and screwed totally up :(

Also you seem to be missing a clear screen somewhere, since i got jumbled buffer contents on screen.

druid 2015-04-25 11:01

Interesting entry! But i suck in rhytm games :D

nutcrack 2015-04-25 13:21

Impressive entry!

lamogui 2015-04-25 13:24

Sweet another music game !

gelisam 2015-04-25 19:13

So hard! I love it!

zayron 2015-04-27 13:31

Nice job! I like this concept a lot. I just wish it had an easy mode haha. :)

themeorch 2015-04-27 18:39

"Your last gig sucked so much that you raised the dead." Absolutely hilarious! Awesome job in such a short timeframe. If you keep working on it, I would consider ways to make the game easier for the many players who are terrible at it, like myself and many commenters here apparently. Beyond making the hit threshold larger, it might help to have the notes come at the player vertically instead of horizontally, so the horizontal keyboard layout maps directly to the notes (currently I have to sort of flip the controls 90 degrees in my head, which makes the game that much harder). Nice work, I really enjoyed this!