Cool concept. It's obviously a very niche game, but it's challenging for those of us who have rusty music theory knowledge. I wanted to play it but my brain was not okay with that :P  maybe a way to trick the brain into liking this would be to add a timer of sorts? (The score thing didn't really work for me)

Visually, while the dark green background instantly reminds me of solitaire, it wasn't obvious the cards were stacked sideways in the center area. Maybe giving them a border and making them actually stack? Oh and I will not forgive you for the use of comic sans :(

The game also needed a "reset" button always within reach. How did you test your game without one anyway? :o Did you assign it to a keybind?

Overall an interesting concept! And thanks for providing us an exe (I know it's a bit harder with pygame)

I hope you enjoyed the jam, and I'll see you in the next one!

I'm not good at Solitaire, and, well, I can say I'm terrible at this game! x)

The concept is interesting though. It has great educative potential. However, despite understanding the music theory concepts used in this game, I've been unable to find the right strategy (as I said, not good at Solitaire :p). Most of the time I see two cards that could potentially do a triad, but then I don't find a third one, so I pick one more or less randomly hoping to find an opportunity next time, then repeat... I'm sure there's a more "clever" way to play, but I couldn't find the way of solving the puzzles the game offers. x) Maybe some kind of tutorial could hint on the methodology the player should learn? It could also make the game more accessible for players who don't know what a triad is.

Alternatively, I could also spend more time on it. Because I still feel that the use of chords here is a clever mechanic, and I want to get better at it. The game is all about finding patterns, maybe time would allow me to see them more easily as I practice it? Anyway, great idea here!

Very interesting idea! I included it in my Music Game Jam compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look :)

It seems like it is a great game. However, no idea how to do triads. xP Wish there was a cheat sheet or a table to check which triads there are.

Fun and interesting way to kinda teach chords and yet it feels like solitaire -clever! -I like it! :D  Nice job!

Definitely dig the concept, constructing chords from a solitaire-like spread of cards is an awesome idea! Something I would really appreciate would be the ability to click a card to hear the note without actually playing it, just a way to have my ears help pick out viable combinations as I have a tough time interpreting piano keys. I second another commenter who pointed out the educational potential, this could be a great learning tool. The no-frills presentation is perfectly understandable given the deliberate constraints you were working within, but it would be awesome to see this idea dressed up with all sorts of polish :)

Love the idea. No real musical background though, so actually making scoring combos is really hard lol

This is a really cool concept to me. It makes me think differently about music because I'm planning my next inputs based on maximum score and chord combinations, rather than tonality. ^_^ Very unique. It's great you used such simple tools to make it, but resetting screen resolution at program start is a little harsh.

Conceptually, this is a really smart twist on solitaire! It has tremendous education potential. However, I'm musically inept so I wish the game either had a starting sheet that showed players viable combinations or was more aggressive about helping beginners form working matches.