This was epic. So well done! I loved how you worked in the theme in a way that just totally makes sense for a rhythm game! Layering tracks on top of eachother, brilliant. 10/10 from me :)
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Rhythm Rewind (jam version)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #1 | 4.558 | 4.558 |
| Fun | #14 | 4.174 | 4.174 |
| Graphics | #24 | 4.442 | 4.442 |
| Overall | #36 | 4.004 | 4.004 |
| Game Design | #69 | 3.977 | 3.977 |
| Theme | #381 | 3.616 | 3.616 |
| Innovation | #484 | 3.256 | 3.256 |
Ranked from 86 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
In what way does your game fit the theme?
Our game fits the theme in two ways: 1. We went with a retro GameBoy aesthetic to "rewind time." 2. Being a rhythm game, our core gameplay mechanic is to rewind through a track multiple times, allowing the player to try different instruments as the difficulty increases.
Did you write most of the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
Yes 99% of the code was written by us during this jam. All art, music, and most sfx were also created by us during the jam from scratch.
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This game is insane! The music is awesome, it looks great and it's really fun. Honestly the only thing I can think of that I dislike about this game except the the low number of reviews it has is the difficulty, it does seem a bit hard but idk I might just be terrible. Honestly, it's the best game I've seen so far and I doubt I'll see better! Huge props to everyone in your team especially the music guy for including the lick at the end!
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Go Back!At the begging the mechanics are a bit complicated, but once you get used you to it is great. The music is great also, I had a amazing experience with this game.
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Bodyguard: Rewinder 800xas 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!
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TimekeepWow! thanks so much for the thoughtful response! I agree with all of your criticisms, most of which I'll just blame on it being a jam haha. I've worked with my group of friends on multiple games, but this one we scoped just right to make something were super proud of. Glad you enjoyed it! (as for user generated tracks, its possible because all of our tracks are just read in csv's that we can write in google sheets, however you would need a song that is separated into the different layers you want. worth looking into if we work on this game post jam)
Super fun and polished game! I love how you get to slowly build up the music by playing each instrument, and at the end you've created a masterpiece.
Only feedback I can think of is adding hit sounds when you hit/miss a note. Other than that, I had a blast playing it, and I hope more songs are added in the future!
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The Hungry Fox Senko-sanThat first sound of the title gave me a straight up nostalgia pang, really well done! I wish this was on a controller though!
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Midnight SpecialLove the art style and music. Just addictive but really hard right off the bat.
Also DEFGECD...
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Mixtape LicscapeI love the audio and graphics. It feels like a really funky game boy color game. I had to crank the funky setting to 11.
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Just in time SecurityLove this game so much! The idea of rewinding music and playing different instrument is awesome! Love the graphic and the music!
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SUSHI unROLLReally great graphics and fantastic mellow music. I had a great time playing this, if I had any suggestions it would be to use keyboard keys that are further apart. I found following the melody relatively easy, but when it came to the double notes, I kept instinctively pressing keys that were further apart like on the game.
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Foxy RewindThanks! I agree with some of the notes being confusing. After a bit(just playing the game 100s of times to make sure it all works) of practice I was able to do it almost perfectly, however I constantly found it hard to press with index finger on one hand and middle finger on the other. Not sure why lol.
Man, this game gives me such a good vibe, especially the "You ROCK!" at the end in compressed format. Looks like a really good concept for a full release with different chiptunes.
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Catatonic HeroWhat can I say, it's a fun game even thought I'm terrible at it I couldn't stop playing.
And it goes without saying, amazing soundtrack and also presentation.
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