FoonLudum Dare ExplorerLD47 → VINYLED

VINYLED

By kamuniaft, Heretic and aquata

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall5443.6731
Fun3103.7630
Innovation6543.4630
Theme4153.9431
Graphics8813.4631
Audio2743.8131
Humor7362.7924
Mood7483.4429

Comments

unhandyred 2020-10-08 04:57

Holy cow! did you really make all that music in three days?! The game was great and the amount of work you guys obviously put into it was crazy! great job! (p.s. rating and commenting on other people's games can really boost your exposure. I think you deserve more ratings than you've gotten so far)

anant-ahuja 2020-10-08 05:00

I'm assuming you have to collect the green things and not the red things. It was very unclear. Also how am I supposed to collect multiple things on the same position but in different tracks?

instrex 2020-10-08 05:11

Nice game, I liked the mix of 3D and 2D art you put there. Gameplay is fine but gets repetitive real fast, I wish the music loop was a bit longer. Overall, it fits the theme nicely, great work!

firetwoonenine 2020-10-08 05:11

A nice spin (pun intended) on the classic rhythm game style. The curving tracks make it a lot more difficult to judge which one you need to be in to avoid or collect. The music is a little repetitive, but not really noticeable when focusing on playing.

kamuniaft 2020-10-08 05:20

@instrex @firetwoonenine thank you for your feedback! Well, there is a controversial gameplay decision with vinyl switch here (you can move from one music loop fragment to another, when additional vinyl track appears at the top of the screen). This transition period is quite hard to notice( I believe you missed it. Sorry for this interface mistake.

piscythe 2020-10-08 05:21

That hint about switching tracks was very necessary. I would never have figured it out otherwise, and would therefore have missed what is otherwise an absolute gem of a game.

kamuniaft 2020-10-08 05:23

@anant-ahuja thank you! You have 3 lives, red things hurts you and green things heals you :) You don't need to collect all the things, you just need to stay alive. You can also switch from one vinyl to another to progress (another vinyl appears at the top of the screen at the end of music loop cycle)

kamuniaft 2020-10-08 05:32

@piscythe thank you for your feedback! Yeah, turns out this part is really failed ;( We thought "maybe it would work and players will just notice the additional track", and then it didn't )) We are going to fix this as soon as we have some free time.

krg 2020-10-08 15:26

Epic game here

bitdecay 2020-10-09 00:12

Nice game! It's got a lot of similarities to the game we submitted -- but with one major difference: You got your spawns to work nicely.

Nice soundtrack! The curved track made it much more difficult than it seems at first. The hitboxes seemed overly forgiving at times (I definitely drove right over some of those and didn't take damage), but the game was fun to play and to get to each new song. Solid entry!

finalforeach 2020-10-09 09:36

Very cool. At first I didn't realize there was more than one vinyl, and was disappointed with the single short loop, but I ignored it since it was a ludum dare game after all... But then I figured it out, and was impressed by the multiple tracks you made! I only suggest you add an in game indicator that the player should switch tracks (at least the first time).

vivien-fargette 2020-10-09 09:41

That was really fun to play. As said above, the "switch vinyl" is quite hard to spot but, once you get it, add a nice variation to the theme. The curving line make it harder to spot what is coming to your line but it adds a bit of challenge so I liked it. Adding something saying how long you have to survive until the end of the level would be a nice addition in my opinion: dying without knowing if I was close from the end of the track or not was quite frustrating.Really nice graphics and cool music, it's a pretty nice entry overall

kaafirookie 2020-10-09 10:16

I'm sucker for rhythm based games and nostalgia, Love the game, A well balanced game with a lot of smart design choices. I did have a bit of problem with depth perception, but with the rhythm it gets way easier. One of the few games that made me left wanting for more, A selection menu would have been nice, maybe like a jukebox? Congratulations on making such a wonderful game! I wish best of luck to the entire team for upcoming projects!

tygrak 2020-10-10 16:55

That was really really good! The music was great, the dodging was fun. Everything worked really well - I think with some more polish and stuff you guys could release this :).

nicksmaddog 2020-10-10 16:57

This was a lot of fun. The music was amazing. Well done!

spawncampgames 2020-10-10 16:59

I loved this game.. Great art style.. Nice and simple controls.. This would make a great port to mobile if you plan on expanding.. Good Luck on the jam!

humnyn 2020-10-10 17:14

This is a really nice jam game! Only thing I missed was really some sort of tutorial page or indication of what to do, but despite that it's still fairly easy to get into. The difficulty-level was very comfortable, challenging but not too hard to finish. Creative style and graphics, even the itch page was pretty! Good job to the team :)

marrs 2020-10-11 08:24

A lot has been said in the comments already, so let me just add that I think you did a great job getting all of this done and polished within the timeframe. I enjoyed playing the game a lot.

cargamoni 2020-10-12 07:22

Nice tought but music is quite loud. And its bit noisy ^^ Dont forget our game too ^^

krysh 2020-10-14 14:07

This was really cool! I like how the music when you're switching vinyl is just a variation of the same tune, it makes it really smooth and works for a small game like this. But really well done and polished, nice work!

bot12313 2020-10-15 14:34

Nice and simple. I was missing something like "score". Good job!

tauheed-game-dev 2020-10-16 14:08

Difficulty really ramps up at vinyl 3 but is very fun to play also great use of the theme.

nicolasjl9 2020-10-16 18:00

Really nice game! It becomes a little bit difficult at later levels and that's a really good thing because it makes you wanna be better and better, I've played it like 10 times already

egan-henderson 2020-10-18 04:06

I really love this game! The music was killer so whoever did that, kudos to you! I do agree there should have been more of an indication about switching to another track, but I feel I probably would've gotten it after a little while anyways. There was once where when I moved to a new track I immediately got hit and couldn't avoid it. That's really the only complaint as I loved everything else about this game. It was a really nice little experience, good job!