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A jam submission

The Looping KeyView game page

Platform across the pins of a music box
Submitted by lodetrick — 22 hours, 13 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#11813.9513.951
Audio#24443.1223.122
Narrative#32202.4882.488
Enjoyment#39272.9022.902
Artwork#43912.9022.902

Ranked from 41 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 Music Box is characterized by its looping melody, and this game taps into that by having the player play infinite loops of this melody as the difficulty ramps up

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Sounds from:
Wind Up Music Box [E6 Note]: https://freesound.org/people/moodyfingers/sounds/732946/
Hand Crank Music Box [B6 Note]: https://freesound.org/people/moodyfingers/sounds/732941/
Wind Up Music Box: https://freesound.org/people/freesound21/sounds/149992/

Effects:
Flame Effects: https://craftpix.net/freebies/free-animated-explosion-sprite-pack/

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Submitted

Cool concept! And the presentation is really well done!

The gameplay is pretty enjoyable, but it was a bit frustrating at times, especially the white hazards that show up near notes. Overall really nice job!

Submitted

Loved it! The notes don’t sound quite right (especially for mountain king) but the gameplay is pretty solid imo! The breakable notes and such are a very neat addition as well

Submitted

A very good entry for the loop theme.
I usually prefer games with a win condition to those with high scoring systems; but with this year's theme it makes sense to have plenty of infinite high scoring games.

Submitted

Very creative! I found it tricky to predict where the hazards would be, but otherwise I quite enjoyed the experience.

Submitted

This is a neat idea. I’d love something that makes the player work with the music more - given how music typically goes, it’s pretty easy to jump mostly straight up.

Submitted (1 edit)

Simple and interesting
There is not enough indication for the white projectiles that appear, you don't have time to react.

And did you add the detune on purpose to make it sound more like devil music or is it a pitch issue?

Submitted

Hey, that's a creative idea, I liked it. For feedback I would reduce the hitbox of the "spike" note, a maybe lower the gravity a bit but I had fun while playing, good job.

Submitted

Great game, tried all of the tracks, wouldn't be able to get past loop 2, but still had fun. I feel like the kill note is unfair, since you can jump in that direction without knowing it will spawn there.

Submitted

This is perfectly on theme! I love this concept! The gameplay is a bit stiff and unforgiving and a bit tooooo quiet, but overall super cool!

Submitted

This is perfectly on theme! I love this concept! The gameplay is a bit stiff and unforgiving and a bit tooooo quiet, but overall super cool!

Submitted

Full points for creativity on the loop theme!

Submitted

Cool music. Very creative use of "loop" theme as spinning the music box.

Submitted

This was a lot of fun!  Great work!  I burned up a lot.  But had a good time on the way down.

Submitted

Hahaha, I am so very horrible at this but it's such a blast.

Submitted

This was a really creative take on the theme! I am so bad at it but I had a lot of fun

Submitted

Fun twist ;) 

Submitted

Nice! A good take on the theme. I enjoyed playing it :D

Submitted

This was really creative and cool! I agree with the others that with a bit more polish and the ability to upload custom files this could have some real legs.

Submitted

That's a really creative and unique spin on the theme! I imagine you could have any midi file be turned into an endless platformer! Great job!

Submitted

Really creative approach with the theme! A pleasant surprise!

I do wish the colliders were a bit more forgiving so I could see more of what you had in store!

Nice aesthetic!

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