is it intuitive to learn how to play
- Did not look at anything and stared the game. Wasn’t sure what I was looking at. Tried to click the orb in the centre in time for it to reach the edge. A box flashed in the middle. I held the button down and then realised microphone. INTRIGUED.
- Played a small recording, watched the orb appear. Heard my recording. I get it now: I’m making loops.
Does anything make sense immediately?
All made sense! See my previous answer.
does anything not make sense immediately?
… But the one thing I cannot work out is how to choose where the orbs appear? Do I do it? Does the tool do it? I wasn’t aware.
Is the UI overwhelming or easy to navigate?
Not overwhelming. Very easy to navigate. When I wanted to export the file though I pressed the Import button naturally. It might be me making a dumb-dumb, but that’s what happened.
I clicked around to figure out what things did. I was not expecting the undo button to ONLY be for deleted objects. I thought I would press it and undo my newly made audio, too.
It would also be nice to Right Click to select the orb I want to choose rather than using the arrows on the right.
Does the manual in the description clearly communicate how to play? or is it confusing?
Now I made sure to go back to the page and read. “The mechanic is also sensitive to rhythm so your timing in recording the audio will also be captured within the context of the Bpm and indicated by the ball’s or loop’s location in the circle.” When I held the mouse down sometimes the loop recording would just end and discard my entry, and I tried to experiment with speaking immediately and speaking after a half second delay - it didn’t seem to affect the placement of the orbs. It seemed random. It would be nice if I could manually alter the positions.
I am not sure if I was supposed to hear the loop playing back while recording so I could use my timing in this way, to place the orb, but for me the audio would silence as I held the record button making this impossible.
Does the demo/videos in the description help explain the functions?
I would revisit the video - it’s blurry and only shows how to export and clear.
Extra Note
Found a bug and submitted it using your bug feedback form :)
Great work! Such a cool tool! Good luck with it! I will send it to my brother (a musician) and see what he thinks of it, too, along with my chaotic-yet-rhythmic ensemble of me saying numbers. Twelve numbers. Infinite times.