2025/03/01 Dev Log

Playtesting

• Controls confusing
• Not obvious you have to move on beat/not sure where beat is
• Multitasking aspect is hard
• Projectiles not menacing and look like collectibles
• Movement not intuitive/limiting only moving left and right
• Scoring system not super rewarding
• Rhythm sequence is not clear and confusing being able to hit multiple enemies at once
• Player is hard to see along background
• Tunnel moving in one direction can get boring

New Decisions

• Limit movement to only bottom half of pipe so controls are limited to left and right (easy to understand, but easy to get to all lanes)
• Will test changing gameplay to have two phases: dodging and attacking
  • Enemies will telegraph projectiles to dodge in sequence
  • Enemies will telegraph arrows to hit in a specific sequence
  • Hopefully addresses confusing multitasking and gives a clear direction on what rhythms and order to hit in
• Update art
  • Make player contrast more
  • Make projectiles more dangerous looking
  • Add cutscenes to help create sense of progression
• Update tutorial
  • slow things down, introduce concepts one at a time with chances to practice each concept
  • Show clear mapping between arrows and what buttons to hit on the controller
• Update HUD arrangement to make it make sense