Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD47 → Stuck in a Round
By seurimas
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 453 | 3.15 | 21 | |
| Fun | 428 | 3.02 | 21 | |
| Innovation | 244 | 3.44 | 20 | |
| Theme | 466 | 3.19 | 20 | |
| Graphics | 415 | 3.15 | 22 | |
| Audio | 187 | 3.39 | 21 | |
| Humor | 250 | 2.73 | 17 | |
| Mood | 426 | 2.92 | 21 |
Very original. It seems a lot of work to mix coding and music this way. The gameplay is nice but could be smoother(like the player insta changing cell on click) and it could be more clear when exactly a ball is about to hit.
It took me a little while to figure out what to press and what I was expecting to happen. But pretty intuitive once the player's out there! I really like games that mix-in interaction with the music!
looks very cute but I can't run it on my PC. I get a gfx_backend_vulkan "could not enumerate physical devices" error, which I struggled to screenshot but kinda managed to here https://i.imgur.com/OMVcnWi.png
This might happen because of outdated drivers. I couldn't make a DirectX build, and Vulkan has only been around for 4 years. So, if your drivers are a few years old, that might be the cause.
i didn't get that lol
Fun with a music oriented game. Well done!
Good little game. Balance is not polished though - the game became really easy after a minute of training.
LoL.. pretty fun little minigame.. Enjoy the choice of music.. 8bit works great for this style game. Good Job
What an experience. Game is weird and has that carnival game feel. Not sure if there's an end-game as collecting enough notes to fill the gauge resets it. Music/Sfx was a bit too loud. Good work! (Also, this game can be compiled and run on Linux.)
What a nice kind-of-rhytm game! Like it! And visual is strong reference to NES games =) Cool entry!
Nice game!
I love how you used music in this game !
It was somewhat difficult to figure out what to do. At first it seemed like I got marked down for collecting notes in the wrong order, but eventually I figured it out. However, it took me until late in the game to really connect the dots that "completing the song's scale" also implies that the obstacles will only fall on the spaces where notes will spawn.
I thought it was unnecessarily mean to send the player back to the beginning upon losing. It ended up not being a huge problem because the game isn't too hard--but when I first encountered that after dying on the second level I felt like "ugh, I don't want to have to do this again, if I get to level 3 or whatever."
When multiple obstacles fall in one column, it becomes difficult to tell where the shadows are sometimes--perhaps a color differentiation would help. However, I suppose part of the strategy might be to learn the patterns, either by watching the top of the screen or by ear. Really, I guess this just depends what you want there.
Sometimes the gap between the obstacles was exceptionally short, to the point where it didn't seem like I would be able to walk on the square safely--but then once the gap between obstacles became longer, the note objects that I needed to collect would usually have despawned. I don't know if I just got unfortunate RNG or if this is an intended effect--so I guess just making the intention here clearer would be good.
I really like the graphics on the platforms wiggling around. And I like the sound effects of the platforms and the jumping around. And the game is surprisingly fun once you actually figure it out. Trying to decide whether to rush in for a risky grab, and running in fear from a bunch of obstacles right over your head--it has a nice pace and energy.
So yeah. Hard to learn, but nice once you do. I hope some of my specific feedback with respect to gameplay was helpful. :smile:
This was a lot of fun. What an innovative idea and take on the theme as well. It was fun to kind of just listen to the music. Good job on this one!