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Rhythm Jumper

By willops

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2553.5220
Fun2813.3820
Innovation3513.3620
Theme3773.5220
Graphics3663.1920
Audio124.1521

Comments

serious07 2018-04-23 00:55

Hey cool game!

But as osu! player for me was really hard to understand bpm for this song, may be some more nicer looking visual indicator of bit?

Music is cool :D Graphics to! Thanks for game!

indielucky 2018-04-23 06:16

Awesome Job, I think theres quite a great game concept here! The rhythm added a refreshing take on the infinite jumper gameplay.

Having multiple music tracks is impressive considering the time limit, graphics while not matching the EDM styles of songs were quite charming in their own regard.

I did find it a little difficult to understand the beat timings maybe some slower easier song to begin with so I had time to learn the mechanics would have been helpful!

wildcard 2018-04-23 10:00

Awesome game! I found myself nodding with the beat while avoiding the flames, this is an amazing concept. Certain songs however were a bit hard to follow as melody and beat kinda got mixed together IMO. Despite that I kept playing it for longer than I expected. I would suggest adding multiple jump buttons, I would've preferred to use the left mouse button to jump for example. Again, well done!

willops 2018-04-23 15:10

@wildcard Thanks for the tip, but you CAN use left mouse to jump! it's in the instructions.

leonard 2018-04-23 15:50

Simple, fun ! Gameplay is really simple but it works. Music is really good

nash 2018-04-23 17:18

Pretty neat and the rhythm detection worked well enough for a marathon game. Sometimes it felt that it missed some of the beats but that might have been just me.

I personally found the graphics charming but the music did not really fit the aesthetic. Nevertheless, the music was still ok for this kind of game.

sg-alin 2018-04-23 18:56

A nice game, maybe a little hard, but funy

ithildin 2018-04-23 22:15

Nice idea, with great music!

It could use some clearer way communicate the proper timings, though. I wasn't sure if I was failing because I was out of tune (which I probably was in some cases, but in others I couldn't hear the pattern), and trying to use the platform animations seemed to have contradictory effects.

If you improve these things you have quite a promising entry here. Good job!!

kippllo 2018-04-24 21:35

Nice game!!! I do agree that an UI indicating the beat would be nice. But over all it seems like a solid LD game! Keep up the good work!

nick-rafalski 2018-04-25 03:32

This was awesome! I've played 3 or 4 rhythm games for this LD, and this one hit's the sweet-spot as far as actually 'feeling' the rhythm. Better yet, it makes perfect sense with the infinite jump component. Oh, and multiple original tracks in 1 compo game? amazing!

My only criticism is that one of the tracks had a pretty loud and prominent off-beat rhythm, which I actually latched onto it more than the main beat, which was obviously problematic.

Overall, amazing!

folex70 2018-04-25 21:49

good game! congrats. The firs jump aways does not count, jumping nothing, view if is a bug or not. Overall i liked congrats for the worK!

steve 2018-04-25 22:37

This was really good, music was great, and having to jump to the beat really added something to the game. I did find myself waiting on the platforms during the calmer parts of the music, which probably wasn't the right way to play! ;)

Having some FX when you nail the beat perfectly would have been nice (although maybe there was and I was just too bad to see it!), and I thought the music cut out a little abruptly when you died.

mahalis 2018-04-28 04:19

This is superb! Feels incredibly well-polished; there's nothing more or less in it than there needs to be. Catchy music, approachable but challenging gameplay, charming art style... great work.

pietro-ferrantelli 2018-04-28 11:49

I really enjoyed it. The audio was just perfect, I liked the minimalist artstyle and i found it super fun to play, the mechanics are simple and easy to learn but works well, good job !

erkberg 2018-04-29 20:07

Really nice game with well working mechanics. It was just fun to jump to the beat and chain those jumps together. The artstyle is quite nice and the music is great. Not much to complain about, good job overall!