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Metal Muscle Mage

By almax, Ginxel and Aora

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall764.1138
Fun944.0538
Innovation444.1638
Theme2294.0438
Graphics994.3738
Audio34.6338
Humor564.1437
Mood784.1636

Comments

2022-10-04 00:33

Cool concept! I like the idea of a music battle RPG. Really loving the art, especially the colored highlights of each of the instruments against the stark silhouettes of the characters.

The gameplay itself unfortunately leaves quite a bit to be desired. Seems like there's not a lot of strategy or depth, and it boils down to just 1. Make a shield of the right color 2. Spam the attack sequences as fast as possible in order

There also seems to be only 1 enemy, which was very easy to beat once I got the basic understanding of matching attack color to shield color.

All in all, seems like a great concept and foundation for a much deeper game, but lacking quite a lot of content!

save-sloth-studios 2022-10-04 00:36

took me a bit to figure out what to do but i liked the music a lot after i got it!

khadia 2022-10-04 00:50

Amazing. Love the vibe (art and music), and such an elegant concept. Light on content, but that is very understandable for a 72 hour jam ... the important thing is that the core elements are there to build on (and incredibly polished). So impressed! Well done!

2022-10-04 09:26

im very good at this game! current speedrun record: 30.68secs!

lex 2022-10-04 14:56

I got hyped while playing this, a good music is always great for the mood! Congrats!

puyo 2022-10-06 03:11

Fantastic game. Consistent graphics overall between UI/menus/characters/effects. Enjoyed the gameplay loop of scanning for the correct defense, and attacking otherwise. Fingers can really get confused! Good use of the LD51 theme. Well done

anne-nichols 2022-10-06 03:12

Absolutely fantastic little game! The music design was fantastic, and I was sucked into it the second I saw that glorious splash screen. Love this concept and would like to see more levels!

jag 2022-10-06 03:12

Absolutely fantastic!! Short but oh so sweet! I loved everything about this, I have no complaints or criticism whatsoever. Its 5 stars across the board from me. I only wish there was more!

goody 2022-10-06 03:16

the visuals and art are so good, great job. I couldn't tell when the enemy was going to attack or not, maybe some sort of initiative/turn-based system would work.

feels very polished

ryusui 2022-10-06 03:16

Short but ABSOLUTELY GLORIOUS. I love the entire concept of the game, from the gameplay to its aesthetic. I would love to see this expanded into a full experience!

gerd 2022-10-06 03:16

Such a cool concept and world! Its also nice seeing another game jam game with a cinematic intro like mine!

suicidalmango 2022-10-06 03:17

Short, sweet, and super intuitive! I think one thing I would have liked would have been to press maybe random keys per cycles, or maybe from a small list. Almost as if you were playing different chords. Very cool theme all together. Loved it!

izhvaryag 2022-10-06 03:19

I liked it! I listen metal too and this game for me

faust-mi 2022-10-06 05:31

Beautiful, dynamic and challenging! good job!

demigiant 2022-10-06 14:46

A fun and interesting concept. Absolutely great for a jam game, but I think it might also deserve an after-jam life, with more polish and all the blahblah. With a stronger feedback and some more rhythm-based mechanics it could be a fantastic full game, especially if you keep working with such great music.

matt-ravenhall 2022-10-06 19:32

Solid game and a really neat idea, more please!

juanrod707 2022-10-06 20:41

This is fantastic! all of it, great job!

euler-moises 2022-10-07 00:54

WOW!!!

This could be making something really big!

I imagine various enemies, lands and stories.

Think about it! It will be worth a lot!

Congratulations on the idea!

const-arch 2022-10-07 01:28

This has such a great vibe to it, well done! The mechanic works well for a jam game. It was pretty short, but enjoyable while it lasted.

adriangray 2022-10-07 01:47

Really great music and graphics. The gameplay looks good! I like the rock keyboard hero battle idea! Keep it going!

wildmusketeer 2022-10-07 01:49

I would be lying if I said I didn't smile the entire time I was playing this! Reminds me of Sonic Undergrounds :metal: Love the unique twist to the theme, music, and art! One feedback is the element type UI confused me a bit, but when I understood there were elements to the wizards attack, it all made sense :smile: A really great entry!

paulsams 2022-10-07 13:36

Cool little game. There is some initial idea in your game and it's cool. Especially the UI is well thought out, although it was possible to come up with an a little better, but this is already a quibble. It was fun to try your game).

nardandas 2022-10-07 17:20

I really like the idea! The amount of actions felt a bit low for the length of the battle, but it was certainly frantic enough with just those. I sometimes found myself accidentally skipping the right element and having to mash out some face-melting solos to get up the right shield. I really liked the revive button combo, I think more combos of that length would've been nice. Maybe as like, super attacks.

gonzalol 2022-10-08 21:45

Very funny little game. I had a great time playing and it got me smiling all the time. Some thoughts: - The art is amazing, congrats for the awesome introduction - It's hard to understand how the shields work

mrbamboo 2022-10-09 16:00

Great music and style. The gameplay is simple but everything is in the art. Bravo !

daryaardo 2022-10-09 16:56

Wow! I really enjoy the atmosphere: art, music, epic introduction. At first I a little bit confused trying understand the game mechanics but than I joined the rhythm) Good job!

hexela 2022-10-09 21:25

This is so epic, the art is stylish as hell, and the music is awesome. I really like how the soundeffects of attacks match the rythm, super cool. Great job.

backwardscap 2022-10-14 12:42

This was super cool. I loved the art and theme of the game. Great job!!

codey 2022-10-16 12:01

I Like it! great atmosphere/mood, nice art, nice music! One of my favourites!

drunkardwolf 2022-10-18 22:11

Love this one, idea is really good and the artwork is great, good job :)

maximeg 2022-10-21 18:34

Wow, this is the best game I tested for this jam at this point, the introduction cinematic make a lot, and the gameplay is so satifying to learn and master!