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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Presentation | #565 | 4.070 | 4.070 |
| Overall | #677 | 3.775 | 3.775 |
| Enjoyment | #706 | 3.605 | 3.605 |
| Creativity | #1268 | 3.651 | 3.651 |
Ranked from 43 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
This game is in the style of a resource gathering survival game, but instead of playing as the main character, you play as the sound. This is a role that you normally wouldn't play in a survival rpg.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
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Might be a bit too generous as I'm terrible at rhythm games and I was able to go on forever but pretty cool game I'd say!
Good to know and thanks for the feedback. I wasn't able to playtest the game with others before submitting so I tried to balanced it on the easier side. But I still really had no idea how easy/hard it would be, so thanks for sharing your experience :)
the game was fun to play and once you learn the rhythm it becomes quite meditative :D
would be great to have new rhythms, challenges of some additional connection to what the hero is doing: maybe buying some stuff for the collected resources, like new beats or instruments :)
very cool experience nevertheless!
Great ideas. Thank you!
Pretty neat! ^^
Don't have a lot to say cuz of how simple the game is, but I had fun with it!
That's really cool! Great sfx and music. Neat idea. Great work!
Looking at this game in respect to the theme, it's a really interesting idea to play as the sound system for a game. Looking at the game itself, it's a really interesting take on a rhythm game. The sort of procedural generation of beats is very interesting. It was fun on its own when there were just trees and coins, but the dj booth with its consistent beat really pulled the whole game together and I think was very important for the overall feel of the game. I'd love to see some sort of system to interact with outside of the rhythm inputs as well as some distinction between DJ booth hits and resource gather hits. Maybe every 10 DJ booth hits you earn some sort of mana? Not sure, but I very much enjoyed the game. I'd love to see it developed to a full release.
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Thanks a lot for taking the time to try the game write up detailed feedback. I really appreciate it.
Great idea on adding another system - I was thinking maybe you could use the resources to build different buildings that would change the types of objects that spawned in or change the background music. I also like your idea of differentiating the DJ booth more. It does already operate on its own health bar, but I didn't have time to develop it further.
Ah I see, I didn't notice that. Either way I love the game and the concept
Cool concept. Once I got the rhythm going it became much easier. Would love for the progression to be more fleshed out, with more punishing misses and faster score increase
Does this go on forever? Fun, but I don't see the theme of the jam in here tho.
Thanks a lot for the feedback. Yes once you pass the intro the game continues in 'endless' mode where the objects are randomly generated. I would've liked to add some kind of goal and more progression but didn't have time.
For the theme, I went with the interpretation of playing a role that you wouldn't normally play. My idea was to style the game as a resource gathering RPG, but the main character is controlled by AI, and the player takes the role of the sound effects and background music. It's different from a typical rhythm game because the events are tied to the actions of an AI character exploring the RPG world rather than directly based on the music . I think if I had more time to add additional mechanics it would've sold the idea a little better. The theme definitely pushed me to make a unique game I wouldn't normally make.
I liked the game a lot! It was very fun to press a difficult stage of buttons. Good job !
Quite liked the game, though didn't feel much of a connection to the theme of being role reversed as I just felt like playing a rythm game.
Overall, goodjob though, had quite some fun :D
Thanks a lot for the feedback and glad you liked it!
For the theme, I went with the interpretation of playing a role that you wouldn't normally play. In this case you take the role of the sound effects instead of the main character in the RPG. It's different from a typical rhythm game because the events are generated by the actions of an AI character exploring the RPG world rather than scripted directly based on the music . I think if I had more time to add additional mechanics it would've sold the idea a little better. Definitely something to improve for next time.
Ah, I get it now!! Thanks for the explanation!
Very nice game. Once you get the hang of it, its more a matter of how long you can play before you get bored. I would suggest you make it more punishing when you miss but also make the score increase faster. I feel that would make it more satisfying to master the rhythm.
YEAH, I totally agree with you. Great suggestions! I would also suggest to change the melody more often, it helps to keep the player interested in what's coming next.
Definitely great suggestions and things I would've liked to add if I had more time to work on it. I agree that the progression stalls pretty quickly once you get past the intro. Thanks a lot for the feedback!
So that's where the DJ from my game went... Really great art and music! Could see the mechanic pushing out a soundwave to defeat enemies etc, with strength dependent on how well-timed it was. Look forward to seeing more philosophical questions answered!
That made me laugh. Interesting connection between our games. Thanks for the feedback and suggestions! Really great idea on the soundwaves for fighting enemies.
Very addicting. Would love to see some sort of update where the beat moves faster as your progress!
Great idea. Thanks!
Played the game blindly (without reading the description) and was in for a surprise. Really creative idea and combination of genres. I'll certainly play again if you ever decide to add more musics and beats!
Thanks a lot for taking the time to play. Nice to know that the 'role reversal' came across to some extent. Thanks for the feedback :)
LOVED IT! Once I got the pattern it was a fun little beat to tap along to. I'd be awesome to see you keep working on this and adding new songs, levels, and complex patterns like the triple trees
Thanks a lot :)
I am incredibly bad at rhythm games so this was very hard lol, cool concept and presentation and the music was great
I personally love rhythm games, so this was an absolute delight. The connection to the theme felt like a little bit of a stretch, but I still had a blast playing!
Thanks a lot for the feedback. For the theme, I went with the interpretation of playing a role that you wouldn't normally play. I can see how it might not come across very well, and I should have developed the idea a little further to emphasize it. Something to improve for next time. So glad you liked the game.
Super nice, I'd love to see this get brain-hurtingly complicated. With multiple workers and more buildings, eventually turning into a rave once you craft everything and hire everyone
I love that idea. Thank you!!
Quite a unique concept! It didn't click for me as I'm bad with rythm buuut when I stopped trying to be on the beat I could start enjoying the old school aesthetics of the game, the attention to the little details and the amount of polish that went into it.
Great entry! :-D
Amazing!!! I really liked it! Can't wait to see the updates with no time limit ;)
Thanks a lot <3
Absolutely love this game. I know you only had 48 hours, but if you ever had the chance to add in more levels, more input options, more rhythm patterns, etc. I would totally buy that game at full indie price. One of the best rhythm games in progress that I've ever seen.
Wow thank you so much! It's always hard for me to tell if people will like a game while working on it, and to be honest I didn't have high hopes for this one. I really appreciate the feedback, it means a lot.