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Keep the beat alive

By dukes

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall823.9725
Fun154.2325
Innovation3383.5225
Theme5023.6925
Graphics4223.5825
Audio54.4325
Mood1463.7224

Comments

stefanie-leitch 2020-04-20 16:00

This game was really fun! Interesting twist on the rhythm game genre. When the beat switched the first time it felt super satisfying to make it to each circle in time.

Good job!

benbonk 2020-04-20 16:00

Very cool game! I really liked the mechanic and I thought it was overall very original. Nice graphics and audio too.

robinerd 2020-04-20 16:01

I think this is the first time ever I give an all 5* in my maybe 10 ludum dares or so! I am a true sucker for rythm games and I have never seen this kind of mechanic (the position-based charge thing). Extremely clever way of enforcing the timing with the music! Also great execution with the little time window where it goes green that makes it less punishing, and rewarding feeling that you managed to save it.

The music is super catchy! As a fellow maker of chiptunes I really appreciate the vibes and sounds you got into this!

Art style is minimalistic but still looks great, very consistent!

I need to play more :notes: :musical_note:

pincushion 2020-04-20 16:06

I've never played osu!, but I definitely liked this. It was a good challenge for me, but it started in a way that I could get familiar with the controls.

doodlebrisk 2020-04-20 16:07

Wow! really cool, simple idea, but fun and challenging.

loig 2020-04-20 16:11

Indeed, very fun to play!

jpv 2020-04-20 16:23

That's fun. I love the music. I should look more into Pico.

megaqueijo 2020-04-20 18:14

Fun game. Cool beat.

holysparks 2020-04-20 18:55

Fun and simple! I'm even going to share with a couple of friends.

malai 2020-04-20 20:48

Had a blast! The "osu" part of the game alone would have been a great game alone, but combining it with "bullet hell" is hella fun.

thedashdude 2020-04-20 23:27

Lots of fun. I've never seen mouse on a Pico-8 game before. The idea of the rhythm game/bullet hell cross is pretty neat. I'd love to see it make its way to a full game.

willops 2020-04-21 00:19

Awesome entry! I had a lot of fun! Getting to the notes and dodging the bullets was both satisfying and challenging. I interpreted the theme in the exact same way, you should check my game out!

hulien22 2020-04-21 01:18

Really fun and creative game! I thoroughly enjoyed playing it!

saruto 2020-04-21 02:49

Oh wow, this is great! Rhythm games are a pain to make, so to see one done so well for a jam is awesome! For feedback, I'll say that it's pretty awkward to play an Osu-like game with a mouse only and the game's pretty hard with that in mind (or maybe I'm just bad :P), but it's still super enjoyable. Great job!

uberpupy 2020-04-22 07:04

This game feels so good. It's a kind of minimalist Osu! with obstacles you must avoid. I think the enemies make the game pretty difficult. It's easy to play but very difficult to master.

I love how the difficult curve was balanced. At the beginning there's no enemies so the player can learn the rhythmic mechanic. After a short, enemies start appearing and the amount in difficult goes up slowly but faster enough. Congratulations for such a compo entry. It's really cool.