Here's my notes:
- why does the tutorial only show every 3 times I open the level selector? Putting it on the side of the first level would have worked a lot better, because I ended up missing it and it took me forever to find it.
- I would add LMB as another way to hit the notes, it just makes more sense than moving the mouse and pressing a key on the keyboard.
- I love the different death songs, that's a nice touch
- You can pause and unpause to continue after the game over screen comes up, and can even go into negative lives which is funny. The music disappears tho which is unfortunate.
- The pixelated font doesn't fit in with the paintery style
Here's a list of effects to add to achieve juice supremacy:
- Some sort of trail effect for the notes and the lockpick
- A stronger effect for hitting the notes (not just some sparkles, some sort of explosion-ish effect would work better)
- A flash on the lockpick every time you hit [space]
- SFX for moving the lockpick fast
- SFX for hitting the note correctly and incorrectly
- When hitting a note correctly, it's corresponding circle should flash with the color of the note (I'm bad at explaining)
- When getting hit, add a mild screenshake (but not too much, as that would throw the player off), maybe some vignette and chromatic abberation
- Add some 2D lighting, so make the scene darker, and add a point light in the middle to make the game feel more dynamic and less flat, this could especially help for the 2nd and 4th level, which has painted lights in the background, instead of having engine lights that would affect the game more.
- Add another explosion for spawning in the notes
- Add some pulsing effect for the notes to make them less flat (with some shaders and a sine wave)
Overall, I absolutely love the game concept and it's a nice prototype, but for a full release it needs a lot more work, especially in the juice department.
Oh also, I'm very close to hitting 20 rates on my game, so if you have some time, I'd appreciate if you would rate my entry as well! ❤️