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Rhythm Loops

By nataku92

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall2273.8628
Fun1513.9428
Innovation324.2328
Theme1384.1728
Graphics5953.6128
Audio544.1728
Humor1613.7325
Mood4743.5626

Comments

stalemeat 2022-10-04 00:56

Great rhythm game! Sadly I stink at making music but playing back the notes you put down was a really nice concept. Fits the theme and reminds me of great rhythm games like DJmax and Pop'n music. It controlled well too!

radetech 2022-10-04 02:04

I'm terrible at recording anything good in real time, but it was really funny when I got through all the instruments and got this horrible cacophony of sound through my headphones. Not to mention the literally impossible playback that I had coming at me. Fantastic job, really.

protowlf 2022-10-04 07:03

This was hilarious and fun.

I'm ashamed to say that I am actually a musician in real life HERE YOU GO:

{"notes":[[[3,0],[11,0],[18,0],[29,4],[38,0],[48,0],[53,0],[66,1],[74,4],[84,4],[93,4],[102,4],[111,3],[121,3],[126,3]],[[1,4],[24,1],[41,1],[57,1],[58,4],[92,1],[101,4],[111,5],[117,4],[121,3]],[[11,2],[21,1],[25,0],[98,0],[101,1],[105,2],[112,2],[121,2]],[[2,5],[12,5],[31,0],[38,1],[46,2],[50,5],[51,4],[52,3],[66,5],[68,4],[69,3],[85,5],[86,4],[88,3],[96,4],[101,1],[121,5]],[[50,4],[59,4],[69,4],[85,1],[103,0],[105,1],[108,2],[115,2],[123,2]]],"scale":0}

astrydax 2022-10-04 07:10

Wow extremely original. I went in blind and at first I thought it was just going to be a cute song creation tool. Then the music notes came falling back down toward me and it turned into a rhythm game. I did have a bit of a hard time realizing when the measure would start loop for each recording... I probably need to work on my rhythm.

pete-thorne 2022-10-04 07:25

I wish I'd payed more attention when recording as I made my rhythm too hard to play back! Great concept., Well executed. As bonus my 4yo son loved it too! Pretty nicely polish for a 3 day jam too :)

gorr 2022-10-04 08:41

That's great and original idea. On the third try I made something listenable :D {"notes":[[[2,3],[18,1],[33,3],[50,1],[64,2],[66,3],[80,1],[82,2],[97,2],[99,1],[113,1],[114,2]],[[20,3],[49,3],[81,3],[113,1]],[[18,1],[48,1],[81,1],[95,3],[96,2],[110,1],[111,2]],[[80,3],[83,3],[95,1],[96,2],[112,0]],[[17,3],[32,1],[80,3],[84,2],[92,1],[108,2]]],"scale":0}

chase-of-bass 2022-10-04 09:06

Had so much fun with this!! Really nice work!! :D {"notes":[[[1,5],[8,4],[10,3],[16,5],[17,0],[24,3],[32,4],[33,1],[40,3],[47,4],[49,0],[56,0],[64,5],[65,1],[72,3],[81,0],[87,3],[95,5],[97,1],[103,3],[111,0],[112,4],[120,0],[121,3]],[[0,3],[16,0],[24,0],[48,0],[55,1],[56,1],[64,3],[80,0],[81,0],[111,0],[112,0],[118,1],[120,1],[126,3]],[[7,3],[19,0],[33,3],[43,3],[50,0],[72,3],[81,0],[97,0],[106,1],[113,0]],[[18,4],[33,5],[51,3],[80,5],[88,5],[97,3],[114,4]],[[16,5],[58,4],[66,3],[80,2],[96,1],[112,0]]],"scale":0}

yoko-san 2022-10-04 18:15

nice concept :D but ended in pure chaos! :D i think there is a major problem: the two keys right from [L] do not work on a non US(?) keyboard layout.

on a german keyboard layout, its the following:

[;] = [Shift] + [,]

['] = [Shift] + [#]

chocolat-endive 2022-10-04 19:09

I have'nt be able to record anything nice, it seems that there is some slight lag input here. The game is fun with the chaos, but i feel that it could be a real little rythm game. The only things it would need would be to have some kind of pre-set chords, so the notes would have some kind of variation, and a little quantization for the rythm in the "first part". And then we could play a rythm game on a "listenable tune". But as I said, it is fun as it is!

Good job! It is simple, easy to understand, and fun!

min4uk 2022-10-05 04:19

wow, fantastic and new to me at JAMs. great visual, sound;) and idea :clap: :clap: :clap:

nataku92 2022-10-05 06:52

Thanks for all the kind comments and feedback everyone! Definitely hear the feedback about it being hard to make nice music - there were a lot of details related to rhythm / audio timing that I wasn't able to dig into during the jam. Glad people still had fun though - hopefully there's some charm even to particularly horrible tunes :)

@protowlf @gorr @chase-of-bass - Thanks for sharing! I'm happy I added that song data feature - it's fun seeing songs other people come up with! (note for others: if you're copying the json from a comment, you'll need to replace the double quote characters with standard ascii double quotes for it to work in game)

@yoko-san - Ah, thanks for pointing that out, will keep that in mind for the future!

makiyoshi 2022-10-05 14:12

I like your band, the characters look all very cute. ^^ That was a very fun idea and it's very rewarding to hear the full ensemble when playing your recorded track. Great job!

galaxybat 2022-10-05 15:02

Great idea for the theme, I enjoy little toys like this. I can only make horrible music though :joy:

jacobrutter 2022-10-05 22:50

Played this a handful of times with my four year old, we both had a blast! Great jam submission.

josephldooley 2022-10-05 22:57

LOL I thought this was just a loop music creation game so I spammed the notes, then got absolutely destroyed when they came back the other way.

jabsatz 2022-10-05 23:18

Great idea! unfortunately it seems very hard to make something that sounds good, the notes get overlayed way too much for it to sound coherent, but I enjoyed the playing back part nonetheless

pureimprov 2022-10-06 01:20

JAMS! Only thing i'd like is a way to reset quickly if I mess up, but love it (: Love it

{"notes":[[[0,0],[2,0],[17,1],[32,0],[40,0],[48,1],[64,0],[80,1],[96,0],[103,0],[111,1],[118,3]],[[0,0],[12,1],[25,2],[49,3],[57,4],[65,0],[78,1],[90,2],[112,3],[120,4]],[[0,4],[12,4],[25,3],[50,1],[58,2],[66,4],[78,4],[89,3],[113,1],[121,2]],[[9,4],[19,4],[33,4],[41,3],[48,0],[75,4],[83,4],[98,4],[106,3],[113,0]],[[1,1],[25,1],[34,2],[49,3],[90,1],[99,2],[115,3]]],"scale":1}

borabee 2022-10-06 04:37

Very neat idea for a game! The art and sounds are super cute, and suddenly it turns into a rhythm game!! As a non-musician, I had a lot of fun struggling make something half-decent haha The only thing I disliked was your choice of controls cause I think it's a bit hard to press L, ; and ' in rhythm. But maybe it's a problem with different keyboard layouts around the world? Also in the web version in my PC I felt like there was bit of lag in the inputs. But overwall really nice work!

dawnreaver 2022-10-06 12:53

This is such a cool idea! Didn't see the twist coming that you had to play the piece at the end :D Well done! Love the choice of instruments and how everything just came together once you were playing the song <3

And being able to share your music with others is just the next level! <3 As a cellist, I commend you very much ^_^

niklas-zhaga 2022-10-06 17:26

Haha reminds me of the times when I wrote guitar parts that I couldn't play myself :laughing: Anyway, game is AWESOME! :heartbeat: :musical_score:

rosypenguin 2022-10-06 23:54

So clever to make a music creation tool where you can play back the song you recorded! Unfortunately I have no musical bones in my body so my music sounded awful haha! The character art is wonderful and all the feedback is nice and juicy. Well done!

bqq 2022-10-14 19:39

Hah great concept! Like some others said maybe using ASD JKL would be a bit safer (still breaking on French keyboards though :D), fortunately I have both Finnish and US keyboard layouts so I could play this properly. It took a couple of tries to understand the system recording two loops and my first couple of songs were a total mess (well my later ones were too, but a bit less :D). The rhythm game section worked well and the hit detection was pretty well adjusted and felt good to play. The sounds are great by themselves but I think baking some reverb into them (or using some at runtime) would make especially the drums sound a bit less harsh. Ah and the art is cute as well!

Final masterpiece: ``` {"notes":[[[2,3],[15,0],[16,3],[32,3],[47,0],[48,3],[64,3],[79,3],[80,0],[95,3],[110,3],[111,0],[126,3]],[[14,0],[49,1],[80,2],[96,1],[105,0],[125,1],[126,3],[127,4]],[[0,5],[34,4],[64,5],[72,2],[81,0],[95,1],[103,2]],[[13,5],[47,0],[62,1],[94,2],[109,3],[123,4]],[[3,2],[13,0],[39,0],[46,0],[62,1],[70,2],[86,4],[95,5],[107,4],[121,3]]],"scale":0} ```

postfrog 2022-10-15 22:42

The art is really cute (do post your art somewhere? I would like to take a look if so) and I had good laugh when I realized I have to try to play in the end the mess I recorded before. My big problem is that there's a bit of a delay when playing a note in the recording the part, which make it hard for things to come out the way you want them to. Other than that its a nice entry!