Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD51 → Hey Can You Play...?
| Category | Rank | Score | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overall | 881 | 3.21 | 28 | |
| Fun | 1022 | 2.84 | 28 | |
| Innovation | 282 | 3.67 | 28 | |
| Theme | 526 | 3.71 | 28 | |
| Graphics | 326 | 3.98 | 28 | |
| Humor | 697 | 2.62 | 27 | |
| Mood | 395 | 3.64 | 27 |
I liked the concept of this game. I just thought it was hard to get everything done within the 10 seconds. Wish it started off easier to please the crowd with less knobs and as it went on you could have made it hard. I just felt like I was constantly going as fast as I could which took some fun out of it.
But overall, I thought it was pretty good.
I couldn't really get the hang of it, I love the art style and album covers / track names though!
art is cool, but on my screen i had some trouble seeing some of the text boxes, it looks like they were getting cut off from the window. I did manage to find the a full screen button but i had to scroll in the game screen to get there. I found it difficult to twist the nobs, but i think swapping the records is fun.
Is Angela single?
It lacks music, but the fast paced gameplay is really fun! art looks great, but It was pretty hard figuring out the controls (the tutorial font is hard to read).
Those turnwheels are so hard. When thats fixed and with corresponding music the game would be really good. Well done!
The instruction menu was a little confusing and the game is also quite difficult but once I got the hang of it it was fun! The graphics were great, and I initially thought there was no music but once I managed to play the songs it was quite good! I think there were too many knobs and the arrows overlapping was sometimes confusing. Overall good job! Definitely nailed the mood.
I do agree with CrimOudin about scaling the difficulty a bit; starting a little easier or maybe giving a few tutorial runs with no timer on and then making it progressively more difficult or just activating the timer after a couple rounds. The rotation of the dials felt inconsistent and was the most challenging part of the experience in my opinion. It was satisfying when I succeeded and got to hear the music play, but it only happened a few times due to my struggles with the controls. Aside from that it has a lot of promise. The visual style is appealing (though I would mind that some of the text in the tutorial screen is difficult to read) and the mood for the in-game setting is there; it has charm, and can be greatly improved with just a few small tweaks.
There's a DJ in the house! I really like idea of DJing and playing music that people request. I love it! It's difficult to perform in 10 seconds. I did, however, find a method to accomplish that, but you miss the musical experience (I'm not sure if the ability to halt midway was intentional).
You pause by pressing ESC, then experiment with the knobs, then unpause, and bang!
But, altogether, I really enjoyed it!
The knobs are too fiddly! I like the concept but the lack of actual music is disappointing, and adjusting the knobs fast enough to satisfy the clubbers is painful. The game needs fewer knobs, or easier-to-adjust knobs, either, both, or even something completely different - it's simply not fun having to wrestle with them, especially since it's not clear how precise you have to be. Do you have to be right on the dot with each one, or is it sufficient to fudge it? My instinct is to panic at the sight of those arrows!
Very hard! But good fun, a great concept and the scene is really well put together!
This was a really great concept! With a little bit more tuning (haha, pun?) I think it could be really well implemented. When I was able to get all the knobs and slides set right within 10 seconds, it was a really good feeling. But like others have said, the difficulty wasn't well balanced in the beginning. My suggestion would be to start slower, incorporate the tutorial into the game (maybe Angela could walk you through one setup), and then play a night with fewer knobs and sliders.
(I'm not sure why others have commented there was no music ... there was, if you got the knobs set! Maybe they didn't realize they were failing, even though there was a record scratch. I dunno what to tell you @ryusui @phoenixofforce @raphaeltan)
I'm so impressed by all the artwork, though! And the UI was pretty slick, sliding between the table and the record box. I will say, the pixelated font was hard to read. Were you adding a Pixel Perfect camera component? Or maybe some other piece was off.
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I think it's the first time I saw a similar style. Very unique !