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A jam submission

👨‍🎤Stage Fright (Duo-Oke🎤)View game page

An exploration in the anxiety inducing experience of performance art.
Submitted by Ed_Sforzati — 17 seconds before the deadline
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👨‍🎤Stage Fright (Duo-Oke🎤)'s itch.io page

Names and Email Addresses of ALL Team Members
Ed Slabbert (Dev & Game Design): EdSlabbert@gmail.com
Sasha Righini (Music & SFX): SashaRighini@gmail.com
Tapiwa Sikote (Art): Sikota.Tapiwa@gmail.com
Tannatswa Taruvinga (Writing): Tanatswa.Work@gmail.com

Categories Your Team is Eligible For
Hobbyist, Art, Audio, Diversity, Overall, Technical Excellence, Writing (Narrative, Humour)

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Very unique interpretation of the theme, super creative! Also, tough as nails, but I appreciate that as I love a challenge. Awesome work! 

Developer

Thank you for giving it a play!😁

It definitely ended up being way harder than I meant for it to be, but glad to hear you enjoyed the bit that made it past the cutting floor!🙏

Submitted(+1)

The art style is really nice and the game idea is really cool! I can see this growing into a game where there are different ways to mimic the music or lyrics. Really nicely done :)

Developer

Thanks for playing!🙏

Yes! The initial idea definitely leaned more into the rhythm aspect, so I am keen to explore a bit further in that direction, possibly also exploring the performance of musical instruments and such!😁

In an ideal world, I could’ve recorded every word and ousted it when “singing”, but besides being unrealistic, I think it would end up being something very odd!🤣

Submitted(+1)

Fun game love it pretty cool

Developer

Thanks for the play! It was harder than intended, for sure! 😅

Submitted(+1)

This was too much mad fun!

Developer

Thanks for giving it a spin!💿

It can be a bit brutal, but there’s hopefully (wishful thinking on my own behalf) an update coming soon!😅

Submitted(+1)

Loved been able to play a guitar hero esque game! Loved the excitement and uniqueness. I cant believe there were so many songs!

Developer

Thank you for the play!😁

The writer definitely had a great time coming up with some fun, wacky and unpredictable lyrics, so I’m glad someone appreciates the effort!😅

I unfortunately had to remove the rhythm part due to a bug, but I hope to put it back in sometime in the near future!🎶

Submitted(+1)

The art style was great and I felt it really suited the theme.. well done!

Developer

Thanks a lot for the play and kind feedback!🙏

I’m glad you could see the theme shine through, even though I managed to break my “staircase” a little during the last day!🙃

Submitted(+1)

I think this take is really unique, it's quite hard though and there are a few little bugs here and there. Well done!

Developer

Hey, thanks for giving it a play!🙏

It’s definitely harder than I intended and expected, and I did manage to break my “staircase” loop during the last day. Despite that, I’m glad you found something to enjoy!😁

I’ll be fixing up the loop in future, and maybe easing players in with shorter/easier songs. Hopefully it turns into something a bit easier and more enjoyable!🎤

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)
  • Interesting concept!
  • Great aesthetic overall :)
  • I didn't realise I needed to memorise the lyrics, so I did really badly my first show. 3/27 I think
  • I think it was a bit harsh in judging and it was maybe case sensitive?
  • Maybe if you indicated the difficulty of each song, like the number of words?
  • I had some sort of bug after the first show. I clicked the little fix button on the side, but it didn't seem to fix everything: the old lyrics stays while picking a new song, and the new song lyrics didn't show up
  • I tried to restart, but it seems to have persisted my broken state :'(
Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Thank you so much for the play and insights!🙏

I intended for it to be difficult, but I agree it was much harder than I expected! I did want to ease the player into it, showing only shorter or easier tracks at first…🙈

There is an unfortunate issue that I seem to have caused whilst fixing another one.🫠 If you’re playing the Web version, playing in an incognito tab will allow you to play it again, but if not, there is a (slightly long-winded) way to get around the problem. It definitely broke my “staircase” design though!😓

I hope to fix it in the future and would love to see how it plays when the loop isn’t broken!😅

Submitted(+1)

This is a really interesting concept! I really liked the art and the music. And the lyrics, I was quite impressed by the amount of songs available!

Unfortunately it’s a little hard to see where the midnight staircase comes into play, but I assume it would have something to do with an increasing difficulty with performing more songs or something like that? Would be interested to see how longer game plays though!

I really like the idea, it was quite challenging, but fun! Great work!

Developer

Thanks for playing the game!😁

Yeah, I managed to accidentally break the actual “staircase” part of the game on the last day (whilst squashing another annoying bug)…😓

You’re supposed to be able to Practice as many times as you want (within a certain timeframe leading up to shows), which allows you to get better at memorising, and then when you lock in for showtime, your familiarity with the song comes into play.🤔

I’m hoping to spend some more time getting that part back in. Thanks for the feedback!🙏

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Damn good looking game, and nice music! Also, great lyric writing. Like the idea. Was quite difficult, though! But, love these types of memory games, and this one was presented through an interesting lens! Great name :)

Had some trouble getting it to work. The .exe didn't launch for me. With web version, I couldn't move past the first song, then I got the black-and-white page.  And when I restarted, was met with same page from the start. Launching in incognito mode got it working again.

Rad entry, can see a lot of effort and passion went into making this. Awesome work!

Developer(+1)

Thanks for giving it a spin!💿

I intended for it to be difficult, in order to “simulate the anxiety of performing” where you might get nervous and forget lyrics, even if you wrote them yourself, but I agree, this gets seriously hard sometimes!

You’re supposed to be able to Practice as many times as you want (within a certain timeframe leading up to shows) but I accidentally broke that part on the last day trying to fix another issue…😓

Good catch with the incognito mode fix!🧠

Thanks again for the play and helpful feedback!🙏