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Brackeys Game Jam 2021.1

Hosted by Yilian, hucota7, AquaXV, Duxez, TheDutchMagikarp, CodeMyst, Brackeys · #BrackeysGameJam
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A jam submission

The BandView game page

Use your mouse and find the band.
Submitted by ricardobadan — 1 day, 13 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#663.8183.818
Innovation#963.8183.818
Graphics#2963.7273.727
Overall#3663.4243.424
Theme#5263.4553.455
Fun#7353.0003.000
Game Design#10002.7272.727

Ranked from 11 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?
Band members have a special bond. A great band is more than just some people working together. It's like a highly specialized army unit, or a winning sports team. A unique combination of elements that becomes stronger together than apart.

Did you write all the code yourself and made all the assets from scratch?
I wrote all the code and made the art. I did not record the soundtrack, which is a very famous Brazilian song.

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ElectricSubmitted3 years ago

Very neat audio experience. It was nice to relax though I wasn't fully sure when it was over. 

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Bicognent
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JK5000Submitted3 years ago

I like the idea and the music. The visuals is also pretty good. I found a bit difficult to play the game without I more or less guessing where the instruments was. But overall is this a good and interesting jam game. Well done. 

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Alien Army
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HugisonSubmitted3 years ago

Really interesting and unique concept. I like it a lot. 

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Robot Robot (Jam Version)
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bulbokaSubmitted3 years ago

I like how the game conveys the idea of each musician finding his right spot in the flow of composition.

Great minimalistic approach — it's harder to do than it may seem.

Not sure if it needs more gameplay elements or not. On the one hand it's freedom from all the usual gamy elements like goal and challenge and that's fresh. On the other hand the process of creating actual gameplay meaningfully attached to music may bring you to absolutely unexpected discoveries.

Correlates with me so much — my current long term project is heavily influenced by free jazz.

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I'm safe!
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foopis23Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Very nice and enjoyable. After a week of trying to game jam while keeping up with homework and work, this was just unbelievably relaxing. Good job.

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Combine and Slime
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ricardobadanDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thanks Eric! I'm glad to see that I made you chill for some minutes. This is a very famous song in Brazil and it represents one of our local genres: bossa nova. It is very relaxing and enjoyable, similar to jazz :)

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towergameSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really cool and simple concept done in a very visually pleasing manner. The core mechanic of looking for instruments by their sound was very nice and it was very satisfying to hear the song slowly come together.

My one issue is that there was no exact indicator what to do nor whether I am done, but other than that, a really good game, beautiful.

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Going North
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ricardobadanDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Thank you, Towergame! I've received some comments about adding a tutorial and, as a dev, I think that feedbacks like this are really important to the overall experience. So I guess I have no other choice :P 

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JamacSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This was very cool! It's super simple, but in the best way.

It took me a second to figure out what I was supposed to do at first, and I wasn't quite sure if I had gotten all the instruments at the end. But I assumed the background going rainbow meant I was done, which was a nice touch by the way.

Good job!

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Combine and Slime
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ricardobadanDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks Jamac! My first thought was to make the instrument points float around when you completed the music, but I ran out of time and just used the background as the indicator. The point was to give the idea that music and color mix together and when you find the music, you also find the colors.

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MiklowSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Enjoyed this one a lot! Be great if there were other songs with more elements but overall this is a great concept. 

I only wish there were in game instructions as (stupidly, admittedly) I didn't think to click when the sound was at its loudest. 

It could even have been nice to be have the ability to click when the instrument was at my preferred mixing taste (bit muso). I also got stuck after discovering the keyboard, frantically searching for a guitar that I was uncertain as to whether it existed.

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Attract:Repel
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ricardobadanDeveloper3 years ago

Thank you, Miklow! For this Jam, I tried to use things like tutorials and texts as minimum as possible , because when I saw people trying my game, they seemed to enjoy the experience of figuring out what to do. Also, I agree that the mixing option can be a nice improvement on the game.

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