Hey, thanks for playing :)

Yes, i agree. The dice roll actually does pretty distinct changes and we wanted to really display that ingame with a cool dice roll sequence which would show what effects you're getting, but we just ended up not having time for it. 

Maybe we'll add that in post jam :)

With how annoyingly difficult it was to code a rhythm game system in such a short time, let alone the part where it has to be able to switch songs and stuff without stopping and while keeping things in sync, I'm just glad there were a handful of people who really appreciated it 😂
The randomness is fairly arbitrary, it's partly that it sounded a lot less arbitrary before we did it, and you can blame me slightly because I was pretty adamant on not bothering to make the dice rolls apparent because I felt like it'd just take dev time and it wouldnt really change the outcome of anything anyway.
But yeah, if it hadn't been such a pain in the ass to make and work with, doing more interesting things with the dice wouldve been nice. Towards the end I quickly attempted changing the tempo and seeing how the system would handle it, I thought it might be fine since I force the notes to the right position on every beat, but something was terribly wrong and I noped away from that so fast. I was so beat (pun intended) by the end that I couldn't bring myself to add anything cool anymore 😅I was desperately just trying to make sure it was decently playable.

Also yall guyses game was very impressive as well, good polish and vibes. And I can't imagine it was easy to coordinate such a team for a small project like this...

Hey, thanks for playing :)

I appreciate the feedback. I do agree that the dice mechanic is a bit lacking. Of course a lot of it is due to the time constraints.
Our idea was that different sides of the dice affect the song in different ways, so different song styles and tempos would also involve different difficulty and different playstyles.  This is kinda in the game and happening behind the scenes whenever you pick up a dice roll, i did my best to map different beats, song parts and layers have varying difficulty and playstyle, but that was like a whole day of hammering out beatmaps, so nothing got tested or tweaked beyond a basic "is it playable".

 of course the classic pickle is if it's a diceroll you don't have much say in it, so we had the idea of different dice pickups so you know what you're affecting but not what the exact effect was going to be. 

Thanks for the indepth feedback, i really appreciate it :)

I believe in you. Anyone is skilled enough, the issue is it just takes too much time 😅
Next jam game we do I swear will be so easy to pick up and play.
But thanks for giving it a shot and I'm glad you still found something to appreciate about it.

Really happy to hear you got into it :) 

we've been really kicking ourselves for not making it easy enough to get into, so i'm really glad to see that someone appreciated the difficulty!

yeah rhythm game difficulty is something that is exceptionally difficult as the range is so wide. Something I didnt consider at all when selecting this idea. And being kind of  a rhythm game expert it just felt natural through the jam. It's sort of a lesson in humility for us to consider accessibility  in our games going forward. But I'm glad some people appreciated that we didnt dumb the game down. I think it was inherently flawed since there was never going to be enough time to balance this idea for all audiences.
Still, I know what it feels like to play a rhythm map where its just too easy even if the music is good, its really frustrating, and disappointing. So I'm mostly glad it ended the way it did. Still, I wish I couldve fit the final update in to randomize the starting song 😔

Your appreciation makes the existential dread of this jam all worth it, no kap 🙏

Based Agezma 🙏

Thanks for playing! 

Yes, i really wanted to demonstrate the dice mechanic visually but we ended up not having time for that. 

Thanks for playing! 
yeah, the difficulty curve is the biggest misstep with this project. we'll hopefully make a small update after the jam to make it more friendly.
Really happy you noticed the switching tracks, it was @Bolt 's idea :) 
the feedback with the jumping is very apt, i also felt like the forward bounces kinda mess with feel of the timing, you've given some good insight there.

Thanks a lot for playing our game :) 
I definitely hope we can get in a small post-jam update to make the game easier to get into! Will need to convince the coder to live through some more rhythm game coding trauma though.

Everyone always loves the art and music, but never any love for the guy who had to figure out how to keep notes in sync while the rhythm and bpm constantly changes randomly...
Lmao, but in all seriousness, I'm glad you enjoyed it. It's been slightly sad seeing most people bounce off due to how initially difficult it is. Basically it's rhythm game with only expert difficulty 😅

The nature of the jam meant we unfortunately couldn't ease players into it. Which is why like I was saying, going forward I'd wanna make something more approachable for the next jam, something with a lower skill floor than a rhythm game lmao. Something you can have fun with without needing to practice for a while.
But thanks for taking the time to play and share thoughts, your stream has been enjoyable to watch on the side and experience more the jam has to offer. ありがとうございましたね

lol u mad lad :D

Yeaaaah, I really would have wanted to have tutorial but we just ended up not having enough time. We also accidentally had a fixed first song and it's not a particularly easy one. Might make one later though :)