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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #1 | 4.139 | 4.139 |
| Audio | #1 | 4.583 | 4.583 |
| Creativity | #3 | 4.361 | 4.361 |
| Gameplay | #9 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Technical | #17 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Visuals | #18 | 4.278 | 4.278 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Thanks for playing :)
Rule
Rule A
Only used the colors black (#000000) and white (#FFFFFF)
Theme
Yes
This game follows the theme "You only realize the value of something when it's gone."
Original Art
Yes
Created own art
Original Audio
No
Didn't create own audio
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It is marvellous! It is glorious! The engine puzzle could be more jazz, urban, industrial, with dithering, more dense, more confused. The clean visual does not matches with the music and the jazz spirit. But one of the gems of the BWJam.
Thank you kindly! I think you're right, I could have used dithering and made the design grittier.
Very creative and unique concept, had a similar problem to to others where I didn't know you could move the licks. Other than that, really great execution, thoughtful level design, and the UI and visuals fits the aesthetic of the game really well too! You also tackled the theme quite nicely there as well, I'm impressed!
Overall a nice, chill puzzle game, and a tribute to the all-time classics as well. Well done!
Thank you for the kind and thoughtful feedback! Based on everyone's experience, I'll be sure to include a short tutorial in stage 2 to highlight the movement :)
And thank you for hosting this Jam! This one has stood out as a one of my favorites thus far. Plenty of clarity around a fun and unique constraint. The theme you chose fits the B&W constraint perfectly and allows for a lot of creative freedom to us developers. Great execution as the host!
A real nice concept about placing the correct rhythms in order.
Only thing I wish was if the tutorial was a bit more clearer or at least noted that I can move certain keys around the field.
Great job!
Really interesting concept, excellent implementation. It's really polished, it's ready to become a full game! Good job!
Hi folks! Really great job on this one! The concept is 10/10, the puzzles are really nice too - I mean how could it not be pleasing to play with master works? The aesthetics are just marvellous - although I think the little "play" icon could use some jazzin' up for the sake of consistency. Do you guys have an account on Instagram? We would love to follow you and mention you in our "end-of-the-jam" post!
Thank you for the kind words and thoughtful feedback! I unfortunately don't have an instagram :\ But you can follow me here on itch.io!
I had a great time wth these music puzzles! I also like how the white and black theme fits nice.
good job!
This game was simply astonishing. You took a rhythm-like game and turned it into a fun puzzle game while at the same time showing the importance of the generation and creation of jazz music. I loved this game! I'm really glad you sent a GIF because it would of took me quite a while to realize you can move the notes. I just had to beat all the levels too because it was such a joy to play. I thank you for this game as it provided a nice use of jazz music and it just really stood out to me, creatively and audio wise.
Amazing job on this game!
Thank you so much for the high praise and sincerity! It's really encouraging to me to get feedback from fellow developers that align with my design intentions :) I'm stoked to check out your game as well!
No problem! This was really a delight as it just reminded me of the good times back then and how lots of games I played included jazz music like this.