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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Artistic Style | #105 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Theme | #414 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Cleverness | #419 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Playability | #942 | 2.333 | 2.333 |
Ranked from 3 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Judge feedback
Judge feedback is anonymous and shown in a random order.
- I think the concept was quite unique and really liked the overall idea. Would have liked to see the notes change in some way because it got a bit repetitive. Had to read comments to see the combo was on the "down beat", that was not intuitive, and I felt like it didn't let me spread my music well :( That said, overall I was quite impressed.
- Loved the style of this one! The controls were a but tough to get used to. Would love some kind of visual aide to understand when to hit a note or which note. Really think you should keep developing this, it's pretty rad!
- Made by sadists for masochists, this cute and visually appealing attempt at a game maddeningly requires that you play to the off-beat in order to produce the combos needed to proceed, making for ear-bleedingly bad noise throughout entirely of its short, creatively vapid lifespan. The concept of spreading music through the town is wonderful, but the execution is woeful and I can't imagine how this came to be.
Did you include your Game Design Document in your downloadable files?
Yes!
Tell us about your game!
Controls & Mechanics: The game is made with controller in mind.
Use the Analog stick to walk around. Use the Face buttons to produce saxophone noises. Doing this on the beat nets you a combo. Getting a high enough combo near an npc turns them into a Fan! Get enough fans to impress the Judge at the end of the level.
Keyboard controls are WASD to walk around IJKL to use your saxophone.
Story:
It has been decided that a Universe-wide song contest will be held. Every planet shall be represented by a single musician and battle in the Universal Song Contest to find the best musician in the universe.
You play as Sax rat. A yet unknown musician who aims to charm everyone with their saxophone playing and climb the charts. Gather fans and convince the judges until you are able to conquer the town, the world, and even the universe!
Did you remember to include your Game Design Document?
Yes :)
Is your game set to Public so we can see it?
Yep!
Extra Notes
For judging, please play the downloadable build as it's more stable. Thank you and enjoy! :)
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Comments
Amazing art! This is a cool concept with quality polish. I would need some guidance on the combo mechanics.
I loved the art style, but I didn't quite get the combo mechanics. So, I ended up just pressing random keys. It was a bit confusing
LOVE THE CONCEPT, perhaps some more tweaks with the notes?
game feels good just need to differentiate the notes because i found more often than not that pressing the same key over and over was better than playing different keys to build combo meter