as a huge rhythm game buff, i’m completely biased, but it’s really difficult for me to find a single category i would give lower than five stars. i think this game fits really well into the theme while having a twist to the familiar rhythm game formula that i haven’t seen before. the concept of playing and getting to hear each layer of a song get built onto itself is really appealing to me and you guys executed it perfectly. especially since i’ve spent a lot of time putting together stepmania charts that have tried to balance between instruments, i was immediately hit with a “why didn’t i think of this before” playing this game.
i ran about a dozen times until i finally managed to get a bad and miss-less run (got a perfect + 5 goods). the song is really nice, introducing drums and then bass works super well. the visuals are very consistent and other ambient audio like bitcrushed voice clips and sound effects pulls everything together. i love the record scratch-like reverse noise, it’s exactly what i was hoping to hear. for what can be accomplished in a week, i’m super impressed! also, nice itch page design.
all of my criticisms are minor. i didn’t find a way to leave a run and exit to the main menu, so when aiming for perfects i had to close the entire game to start over. i also didn’t see any visual for when i got a good or a bad, so it was tough for me to tell where i was off in a song. a few sections of notes definitely felt placed off time with the tune, but only ever by a fraction of a second. also, maybe i’ve just gotten used to a certain visual format, but the distance between the F and J tracks actually took some adjusting to, i might suggest keeping the distances between each vertical line the same if possible? personally, i thought the difficulty scaled really well, but i can definitely see this particular song being difficult for a new player.
okay i’ve definitely spent too much time crafting this review but i thoroughly enjoyed rhythm rewind so i had to write more than usual. you guys definitely deserve to place well in this jam, but i sincerely hope you see good reason to pursue a fully-fledged game following the results!
and… maybe even make user-created tracks possible? haha, just an idea!