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The Marshaller

By boroboro and

View on ldjam.com

CategoryRankScoreCount
Overall7812.8635
Fun7162.8335
Innovation7272.7835
Theme6593.1936
Graphics7392.7135
Humor3393.0034
Mood7912.7135

Comments

fassenberg 2026-04-21 00:50

Wow, that’s an interesting description. I also made a rhythm game, but I never thought about analyzing melodies — I generate them in real time instead.

I really like your approach! Thanks!

kenoshka 2026-04-21 01:29

i kinda suck at osu so i was bad first two levels but almost completed the third level editor is cool, though it has problems with calculating beats correctly

jo-bettaque 2026-04-21 18:00

Cool idea with the level editor. I liked the difficulty of the levels but i think a clearer indicator that tells me i hit a key would have been great to understand quickly.

ranarh 2026-04-22 02:32

I wish I was better ar rhythm games, this was impossible :laughing: Cool idea though, this is like those memes where the one employee goes all out in morning company exercises.

telkan 2026-04-22 09:27

Made a level with the spiderman genesis circus music, I regret it immensely. Great submission!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjP2hLxUaKs

oddballdave 2026-04-22 10:28

I crashed so many planes. It's an interesting twist on the rhythm game. Lots of fun, if a little intense at times. Adding a custom level editor was a cool addition so bonus points for that. Good stuff :8ball:

itero-proto 2026-04-22 16:59

There aren't even screenshots or videos. Sorry.

greedy-merchant 2026-04-22 17:04

Fun and light, I wish there was sound volume setting :)

oradimi 2026-04-22 17:07

I feel like the game is stricter than 66% for a pass, on the first level, I missed one note and it got me a fail. Getting an indication of how many notes you hit at the end and a rank would be more helpful than an obtuse score rating. And the second level really dragged on for too long. Otherwise solid entry! And a nice idea to use a marshaller for the theme! Not even mentionning the level editor, that's very cool

aruseus 2026-04-22 17:43

Nice idea to make a rhythm game given the theme.

I'd have liked some indicator to tell me how well I'm doing throughout the song. It'd also be nice to have more variations when the buttons appear, but I can see that being difficult to do in a jam.

Being able to import your own songs is pretty cool!

justinmullin 2026-04-24 21:47

Oh man, I love rhythm games, and I really like how this pairs mouse input with rhythm. I'm a big fan of the general flow of these levels, and there's some nice design for the built-in songs too. I enjoyed this quite a bit, once I figured out how to actually play. I didn't realize there were instructions on the page here, so going in blind, I failed once trying to use the arrow keys in time with the cues, then failed twice trying to use WASD, before realizing I needed to hover the mouse too.

My one complaint is the timing is thrown off quite a bit by the feedback clicking sound being out of sync significantly from the music. Pressing a key in time with the beat meant the click was off, and I was never quite sure if I should be timing things so the click was on beat, or so my tap was on beat. I just tried my best to ignore the click and tap in time with the beat most of the time as that felt a lot better, but it was quite distracting.

The ability to load in custom music is very cool too! I haven't played with the ability to create levels, but it's neat that you have both of those options available.

gkthegkpchannel 2026-04-25 23:31

fun game, i thought i did pretty decent until i saw the end screen :(

transkuja 2026-04-26 16:36

Interesting way of playing a rhythm game, even if it's a bit hard to focus on note while moving the mouse on them and pressing the right input. I found it complicated to know when to pressed the input (maybe changing the color when the timing is right could have helped :thinking:). Cool work!

alex-o 2026-05-07 20:00

a really unique game

loki-drams 2026-05-07 20:05

Good game !

I’m really bad at this type of game, and it seems even more difficult! I think we’re a bit off the track with the beats, and i'm lost in between without indication. A setting menu should be added, the music is to loud for me !

But that a good game, and with a level editor !