scorched 2015-04-21 17:55
Should have keys written on the capsules, it's too hard for me to remember
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD32 → Beat
By rishal
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coolness | 3 | 50 | ||
| Audio | 190 | 3.38 | ||
| Innovation | 271 | 3.52 | ||
| Mood | 295 | 3.25 | ||
| Theme | 400 | 3.52 | ||
| Overall | 536 | 3.19 | ||
| Graphics | 558 | 3.04 | ||
| Fun | 560 | 3.04 |
Should have keys written on the capsules, it's too hard for me to remember
this was a pretty good twist on the theme, although it needs a bit more challenge to it. I managed to not not die by spamming the keys :)
@BroCade, thanks, I tried to eliminate spamming with charging 1 point for a key press. I guess this isn't enough punishment to prevent it :) I plan to "mutate" the monsters into ones that require more than one chord to be played when the incorrect wave touches them, this should also motivate the player not to spam.
@scorched I wanted to keep it a bit challenging rather than just a button bashing typing game. I know remembering the combinations can be tricky. Hopefully, future mechanics will address it.
You got a great engine and start for a wonderful game here.
For first improvements, i suggest adding an help windows to know what's the letter associated with colors, and to stay in the game when you lost :-)
could not hold the grip of matching the keys with the notes, other than that it's a good game
it was hard to remember colors and keys, but overall good idea
Cool idea! As the guys are saying, you need to have some kind of reminder for the keys! 5 color mappings to asdfg are hard to remember.
A very interesting little visualisation! As a toy for messing with and creating music it was great, and there was some merit to it as a game too.
One change I'd suggest, though, would be changing the hit sound to an echo of the tone that cleared the note. The constant tone of hitting the incoming notes sometimes drowned out the music I was making.
there should be a legend on the hud stating which key is bind to which color. I cannot remember the combination at all, so I end up spamming keys :(
To answer the comments around a legend. I intentionally left this out as my original idea was to teach the player real notes and chords of a keyboard (The music kind). The player would need to listen to the different sounds and memorise them to beat the game and thus learn some music at the same time. With this said, I can sympathize with the need for it as the game stands - it's pretty difficult, but don't back down from a challenge :)
The game quitting when you lose is very annoying, a restart would have been a much better solution.