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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Audio | #1627 | 3.318 | 3.318 |
| Enjoyment | #2784 | 3.182 | 3.182 |
| Creativity | #3887 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Narrative | #6182 | 1.909 | 1.909 |
| Artwork | #6561 | 2.341 | 2.341 |
Ranked from 44 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
The game revolves around collecting and switching between different musical loops. The game focuses on shooting in a radial loop around the player.
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Good execution of the mechanic. Could benefit from having a countdown at the start and a visual indicator of the beat timing for those who aren't able to follow the audio.
A countdown would've been perfect! I even thought about it, definitely adding that to a post jam version.
There is a visual cue! The enemies bob on the beat.
Thank you for your feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the game.
This is really fun i enjoyed this a lot :D
Thank you so much... it warms my heart to hear people enjoyed it 🥹
Really quite addictive when you get into the rythm! Love see the audio loop based games coming out of the theme
I'm really glad you felt that way! Honestly when making the game I kept just playing it over and over haha.
Thank you for the kind words, it means a whole lot to me 🥹
I dont know if It was just me but the shooty person kept getting stuck I guess and I kept trying to shoot in one direction and it would shoot in a diffrent direction almos like the aiming had decinked from the mouse. I dont know if that was just me but it was still a fun consept
What? That's so weird! I've never seen that bug before. Sometimes weird things can happen if you tab out for long enough.
If that's not it and it's happening consistently, please describe how you got that to happen. that's really problematic.
(If you were shooting off-beat, the gray shots swerve around randomly. that's not a bug, it's a feature!)
I was clicking sort of fast, and my computer is fairly laggy so I dont know if either of those things contributed? but it was still fun so :)
OH! I'm sorry! You're meant to click to the tempo of the song. If you spam it'll not work.
Oh I see thanks!
Very cute game! I feel like its a bit too difficult for me with the shooting and I don't know maybe its me but some shots just don't register properly, still amazing game!
the shots definitely register properly on my end - is the game lagging? if so, you might need to try the windows build. The game works with lag but if there's too much it might make it impossible to land your shots on beat... :(
if that's not it its possible that you're not in sync with the rhythm. try tapping your foot to the beat of the song, and shooting when you tap. (not gonna insult your rhythm skills, just, it can be tricky sometimes.)
if that's not it, then im sorry if the game didn't work for you. hopefully you still had some fun with it when it did work. thank you for your feedback!
I really like the music in this game (although I only got to hear the first track since I didn’t have a mouse to switch songs lol ). I reached the 1k point mark and was glad to see the visual change!
My only concern is that the early runs felt somewhat repetitive, and since I died frequently as a beginner, I didn’t enjoy them as much as I did the later ones.
Great work!
Thank you! Sorry I made you use a scroll wheel :(
Scrolling on a trackpad might work? If you don't have even that then im sorry...
Great idea. It was fun to play.
Thank you!
Hey, really lovely idea and great way to fit into the theme in a unique way! I'd have loved to see a gameplay progression, either mechanically with different beats, or with new enemies that also react to the music in different ways (similar to necrodancer). I also really like how you added feedback to indicate the tempo into the enemy animations, it gives it a very cool touch.
Would've loved an audio slider to control the volume too!
Um, there are different beats. There's 4 of them! You have to unlock them by playing well, they randomly drop from enemies.
I would love to add more variety into the enemies! It was on the original plan but it ended up not fitting the style the game was going for.
Thank you for your feedback!
It is very similar to what I have done in another side project (https://rechie.itch.io/delivery-massacre), but with a more polished mechanics and sound ofc. It is a decent game!
Thank you! I don't really see the similarities beyond... like... shooting? But I'm glad you liked it.
Yea, it just shooting with enemy spawning around it :P
Kind of reminds me of Crypt of the Necrodancer! Feels real good when you hit the beats
Thank you! The first thing I did when I made the game was sit down and just slam away at my spacebar hitting those big orange notes. I asked a friend: hey, is this fun to play? And they were like. YES. And I knew I had a good idea from there.
Cool! What game engine did you use?
Curious as well
It's GameMaker!
It's Gamemaker!
the ghosts ate my gun tower :-( great job!
thank you! sorry it was so hard haha
very fun!!! im surprised at how lenient and accurate the beat mechanic feels, or maybe i just have incredible rhythm. not the most polished entry but this has a really strong core and i could see it being expanded easily, really great stuff! high score: 753
Thank you! This is my first time trying a more hi-res artstyle (normally I just do Pixel Art) so I definitely could have polished the art a little better if I had more experience.
753 is good! You would need a little more to unlock the last few loops haha
the art really wasn't bad! the enemy designs are very cute
Creative way to represent the theme. The game is quite addicting because of it's rhythmic nature, and the art style has a lot of charm.
I believe the main difficulty comes from the music. The melody overpowers the beat which means I often found myself relying on the enemies animation.
Thank you! Keeping the beat when it's not super obvious is definitely a skill you have to pick up over time. I got this feedback from my family as well.
I'm glad you found it charming!
Fun concept, would be great to see more enemy patterns tied to the music.
Thank you! I originally wanted a mechanic where the enemies shoot at you and you have to right click to dodge on the beat, but it ended up not really matching the direction for the game. I would want to expand on this though!
Very creative and quite a challenge to play (in a good way). I would love to see this expanded after the jam.
Thank you! It definitely is challenging, I've been doing music all my life so it's definitely tuned towards those of the rhythmic understanding haha.
Thank you!
The soundtrack is incredibly catchy!
Thank you! I made it myself :3
Getting perfect shots is super satisfying! Great job!
Thank you! I'll make sure to check out and rate your game as well.
Super creative!
Thank you!