I just wanted to put this out there for everyone who played the game -- thank you so much. Your feedback has been incredible. This was the third jam I participated in, but the first one I really went all out on. Seeing that work pay off in the form of you all enjoying the game has been an amazing reward and I got emotional reading some of your comments haha. Thanks so much, congratulations to those that submitted this year, and stay tuned for post-jam versions of this game :)
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #98 | 4.217 | 4.217 |
| Overall | #632 | 3.622 | 3.622 |
| Enjoyment | #807 | 3.398 | 3.398 |
| Presentation | #1760 | 3.253 | 3.253 |
Ranked from 83 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?
Dice are used to program drum tracks in this puzzle game. Each face and pip represent the number of notes played every beat.
Did your team create the vast majority of the art during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the art during the game jam
Did your team create the vast majority of the music during the 48 hours?
Yes
We created the vast majority of the music during the game jam
Comments
Woah, This game’s art is super cool, great work on the gameplay too. Awesome entry! :D
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A Liar's Dicethe concept is so creative and I enjoy playing this.
great job.
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Doki-Doki Delivery!Really interesting take on the theme. Was fun to try to match the pattern and can definitely be used as some starting practice for making drum beats in music in general.
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Spellbound RollersExcellent idea! I played just a little bit (I'm at work right now and I just had some minutes free) but I'll try to finish all the levels after. But I enjoyed it a lot!
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WITHDRAWALThis is such a creative way of displaying dice, and the musical gameplay is accomplished so effectively! You could totally jam out and make your own tunes in here and I love that. I haven't played a lot of games that focus specifically on hearing ability to this extent so this was a fun change of pace that absorbed my attention! Well done!
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Rig Rat RushThanks for the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed it :)
Your last comment is something I certainly feel complicated about. I love music and I really enjoy the idea that this game could bring music production to a wider audience, but I also realize that it's not accessible to people with significant hearing loss and that's a bit of a bummer. Increasing the accessibility overall is something I'll certainly be focusing on in post-jam versions, but I'm worried that at the end of the day it might not be possible to make the game accessible for all players.
This game is really cool! I'm not a music person (at all) but was still able to solve all but the final level. I encountered a bug where the game crashed while I was solving level 5, and then when I went back with the level selector to finish level 5, it didn't unlock level 6, which was a bit disappointing but I still had a lot of fun playing. Unexpectedly my favorite out of all of the games I've played so far.
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Dice of LifeOof I'm so sorry about that bug! I did quite a lot of stress testing and never ran into any crashes, but I'm not suuuuuper surprised since the tracks you program are on their own thread and I probably wasn't as careful as I could have been to make sure it was thread safe :X
Glad you enjoyed the game, thank you for the feedback (it really does mean a lot) and sorry again for the crash
Really cool idea. I wish I was better at it but my brain isn't good counting the beats when it gets faster.
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Bar Brawlers: Parkinlot CombatIt's unique and educational. Great work. it's pity that I'm not a music person.
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Rogue-diceThis concept is really cool ! It's the kind of game that could be used to teach rhythm and basics of DAWs to people ! It's also pretty well made, even though the sound of some instruments are a bit too aggressive to my taste, which makes long playthrough a bit tiring. I think it could be expanded with more instruments, or multiple choice of sounds for each instrument to allow the player to customize his tune. Well done !
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How to Dice MushroomsThanks a lot! I hard agree with the sounds, I find them to be too aggressive as well, especially on unbalanced headphones/speakers. Sadly (and stupidly) I only checked how things sounded on standard hardware after it was released. Future versions will certainly have better sounds and different rhythms will likely incorporate different unique sounds!
Neat game. Nearly got all the way through it, The final one was very hard. Cool game
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Guardian of PebbletonVery cool entry! Original and fun to play, and really a breath of fresh air. Well done!
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No Clothing for Old MenI'm so glad I stuck at playing this game and I would recommend everyone to do so! At first, I thought it was impossible. But then... do you know what? I think this game gave me a new skill! It genuinely taught me something and was fun! Such a great achievement for a Jam! Thank you!
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Dicing with LifeI absolutely love reading comments like this! Part of my hope is that something like this might be a more intuitive way to teach people with no prior musical training a way of thinking about rhythm and time. Obviously it needs work, but I'm glad part of that is coming through. Happy to read you enjoyed yourself, and thank you for your time and feedback :)
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