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Beater

By velocity7

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall12642.4335
Fun11992.4332
Innovation11672.4332
Theme12821.6632
Graphics10592.6321
Audio6562.7220
Humor2.2917
Mood10142.5020

Comments

terrapass 2018-08-22 10:35

Hi. Looks like the link to your game is broken: itch.io gives error 404.

nam-nguyen 2018-08-22 11:26

Hey your link is invalid. I would love to try some rhythm game as I have been very hooked with these kind of games and wanted to make one for myself

rik-thunder 2018-08-22 12:53

I would have recorded me experiencing your game but..yeah it seems the link is broken x_x well, crap

velocity7 2018-08-22 15:06

Nooooo. Wait lemme check

velocity7 2018-08-22 15:08

Oops! I forgot to publish the link. It was saved in drafts

nam-nguyen 2018-08-22 16:01

Heyyy I just checked out the visualizer, its *very* flickery, to a point that it hurts visually. But thats only in the beginning when the song is warming up, in the middle the flickering goes away a little bit. I think adding a buffer would definitely help smooth out the changes in size of the boxes, lessening the flickering effect. I really like music visualizers and it's very nice to see one in this LD jam. Keep it up!

PS Idk if you have heard about the music game jam but I think you might be interested in. It's on itch.io and will start in 10 days. You have 2 weeks to work on your game too so you will have plenty of time to do whatever you want to do xD.

velocity7 2018-08-22 16:27

@nam-nguyen Thanks for your critical feedback. Actually, I figured out this beater after a long while. I wanted to make one in the previous jam but couldn't. Now I've accomplished it and will make adjustments to it with some fixes and make my future games in this

nam-nguyen 2018-08-22 16:59

@velocity7 Great to hear! See you in the next LD with your improved beater!!

adonisdevs 2018-08-22 17:10

Interesting. Very good choice of songs :)

velocity7 2018-08-22 17:15

@adonisdevs glad you liked it

cristihkj 2018-08-22 17:26

Great game! Very cool and interesting! :D

goffmog 2018-08-22 18:44

Hey! I was sad I didn't really have the opportunity in the rating scheme to vote for the animation, which I thought was awesome, I especially like what you did with how the background responds to the rhythm section. I had a lot of fun... Where did you get the music? Sounds like the kind of stuff I could find a use for in future projects.

erikiene 2018-08-23 01:02

Pretty cool submission! While I'm sure people would love to discuss whether this is a game or not, I am just pleasantly surprised and refreshed by something different. The visual stimulation feels very nice. Would I be correct in assuming you used Keijiro's "Reaktion" or maybe the Koreographer asset to achieve those animations or did you code the entire thing yourself?

danielpancake 2018-08-23 06:10

I didn't understand your theme presentation, but i love art style :3

velocity7 2018-08-23 07:53

@erikiene That's the real deal bro. I made it myself. And its generic. That's why I added pitch changer which u can do at your end by clicking the mouse buttons. Try it

velocity7 2018-08-23 07:53

@danielpancake no its not a game buddy

velocity7 2018-08-23 07:55

@goffmog SoundCloud Dj Stirden

erikiene 2018-08-23 08:01

@velocity7 - damn, sorry I missed that in the description. It's awesome! 4th track pitched down - muy bien. I have no idea how this would be coded in the first place, but I'm sure it's a big effort, so great work on doing it on such a short timespan.

danielpancake 2018-08-23 08:24

@velocity7 i understanf, but still cool

velocity7 2018-08-23 08:39

@erikiene believe me bro, I just added tweens on the basis of Loudness ;) and its super easy

kiirohanabi 2018-08-23 12:07

Fun to mess around with! From what I read you will use it later, I'd love too see this in a game!

velocity7 2018-08-23 18:11

@kiirohanabi I'll try my best LOL

velocity7 2018-08-23 18:11

@kiirohanabi I'll try my best LOL

velocity7 2018-08-23 18:11

@kiirohanabi I'll try my best LOL

velocity7 2018-08-23 18:11

@kiirohanabi I'll try my best LOL

velocity7 2018-08-23 18:11

@kiirohanabi I'll try my best LOL

azura 2018-08-23 21:13

Looks pretty cool and neat idea, but it's not a game...

velocity7 2018-08-23 22:50

@azura I mentioned that already in the description bro

folex70 2018-08-25 15:22

release a web version please if possible

velocity7 2018-08-25 15:32

@folex70 good idea

yetman 2018-08-25 16:30

I like it; it is simple but fun to tinker with. Although it is not a game, the little interaction you added made me engaged for a while longer than I initially expected. I was wondering what the clicks did till I realized the affect the speed but I think it is better to mention it in the game or on the LD page. I think more methods of interaction can make the users more engaged (may be give the user some drum and snares or some sound filters to control). However, If you plan to keep it as a visualizer only then it is good as it is.

koala-squad 2018-08-25 17:20

Interesting idea! I would agree that more ways to interact would be good, such as different tracks that you can toggle on and off for drums, guitar, etc. Another thing that would be good is to import your own songs rather than just the songs that come with it. If you want inspiration, google did something very similar. Check it out here: https://experiments.withgoogle.com/webvr/inside-music/view/ They obviously have a bigger budget and different goals, so you have some room to make yours unique. Great job on the execution!

Cheers! - The Koala Squad

velocity7 2018-08-26 02:13

@koala-squad and @yetman thanks for your suggestions guys. I'll keep on working on this project HOPEFULLY! Maybe I'll make it a game someday

aayush 2018-08-26 13:06

Graphics, Audio and Mood were your strong suit. Unfortunate, you didn't include them in your ratings at first. Nevertheless, I re-rated it :)

velocity7 2018-08-26 15:26

I'm depressed

shakedimus 2018-08-26 18:39

"Nothing is available for download yet" I wanted to try but there's nothing to download at itch.io ?

velocity7 2018-08-26 20:21

@shakedimus u can download now

larryseinfeld 2018-08-27 19:08

Cool visualizer. Looks clean, works with the beat properly, nice music! Would be cool if you added more controls to manipulate the music, but still a cool visualizer! Btw what did you use to create the music? I'm always hungry for a good music program!

velocity7 2018-08-28 04:02

@larryseinfeld I didn't creat the music. I developed the visualizer that detects clip loudness of the audio source and gave that value to dotween in unity. You can get the git project from its video on youtube called "unity beat detector" by Bos Ceo

renier 2018-08-28 19:54

Was pretty nice also would have liked more controls with the sound but had some fun! :D well done

crafty-mine 2018-08-29 18:33

The visauls are pretty nice.the combination of rings colors is charming and the musics in it is really cool But if only i could open my own musics in it 🙄

atmospherium 2018-08-29 20:12

Hey man, nice work on getting audio working with the visuals. It's always cool to see people explore an area of programming that gets me excited. Keep experimenting and growing.

That being said, there's a couple things I think you need to know.

1) If you want people to rate your game, you need to rate OTHER people's games. Posting all over the front page will just get on people's nerves. You've received twice as many ratings as you've given, so you've got some work to do.

2) You need to attribute people when you use their music. The first 4 tracks are mine. I don't know who created the rest (you've only mentioned DJ Stirden, but there could be more). I appreciate that you enjoyed my tracks enough to want to include them, but if you wanted to use my tracks you could have asked and we could have had a conversation about it. Using them without asking and, furthermore, not crediting me is pretty rude.

3) I understand the difficulties in getting audio visualization working, and I know that it feels like your programming should count toward the audio rating since audio is such a critical part of your project. But without adequately disclaiming what YOUR effort was in the process, it feels dishonest to accept ratings for audio and, given that it hasn't been adequately disclaimed, you really need to opt out of the category.

I don't want to come across as being rude or aggressive, because I don't think you intended to be selfish or understood just how problematic it is to use other people's work like this. I get that you learned a lot of techniques during your LD process and feel like you want others to see the work you're proud of. I also know that you're still learning the ropes of development so I'm not angry with you, but I think these are very important lessons for you to learn.

velocity7 2018-08-29 21:16

@atmospherium sorry bro. I just added this to see what people say about my visualizer. I'll add that credit on my page. Scott ratings, I'm trying my best to do that with work.

wildcard 2018-09-02 14:14

Cool visualizer, it is a little unclear exactly how input manipulates the pitch, but it looks nice. The music is also great!

atmospherium 2018-09-02 15:50

Dude, come on, I've been nice about this whole thing. In the time it's taken you to write multiple "rate my game" posts over the last few days you could have rated multiple games, opted out of audio, or given credit to the people whose music you've stolen. It's clear you're not wanting to do any of that.

This is a community that's built on everyone helping each other out and it's clear that you want no part in that. You want everyone to check out YOUR visualizer, but you don't want to check out anyone else's projects. It's clear you want a high audio rating (your itch.io page claims it's YOUR music), but you don't care that none of it is yours. I've been giving you the benefit of the doubt so far, assuming you just didn't know any better, but it's clear you're being intentionally dishonest.

It's a shame when people like you try to game the system and ruin the experience for everyone else.