Cool game! Always great to see a fellow MIDI enjoyer. The way the music plays only when you activate a note is a really satisfying touch. Nice use of the theme and the artwork is very clean. I’d love to see more levels and mechanics. Great job overall!
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Midi Madness's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #174 | 4.386 | 4.386 |
| Audio | #261 | 3.945 | 3.945 |
| Enjoyment | #1913 | 3.414 | 3.414 |
| Artwork | #1996 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Narrative | #2483 | 2.676 | 2.676 |
Ranked from 145 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 is centered around making a musical loop track. The player also will loop back to the beginning when they go off screen. The number of loops played is also used as a score (the lower the better).
Comments
I love this interpretation! I had considered doing something with musical loops as well, but considered four days too short to try. Making each note tied to the platform is wonderfully clever. Your character feels good to play, you've got good jump buffering and coyote time.
Only note is I want more. Awesome job!
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PyrodromeAmazing twist on a musical loop interpretation of the theme, very clever. Hope this one ranks high!
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Out Of HereGame's a banger, track's a banger.
Super simple mechanic and pleasing reward. Best music game I've seen so far.
Well done.
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The AftereffectGame's a banger, track's a banger.
Super simple mechanic and pleasing reward. Best music game I've seen so far.
Well done.
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The AftereffectBeat was nice and I really like the idea. But the platforming felt a bit clunky imo
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ChronodriftWoah! This idea is so great, I bow before this stroke of genius! And it's so well executed as well. I'd love to see more content on this concept and have even more instuments to build a more complex track as well as have more levels! I was quite sad that the experience was over so fast but its enough as a prototype to showcase the genius idea! Also I am quite interested how you implemented the audio! Did you build your own system with short audio files that are placed in the engine? Because you couldnt just enter all varieties of possible loops, couldn't you? Or did you actually utilize MIDI?
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Cosmoroboros (Jam version)Haha thanks! I’m glad you like it!
The audio is a pretty simple implementation, but I’m very proud of it as the programmer lol. Idk if you know Godot, but basically each platform has a child AudioStreamPlayer node with a sample of a single note. Then when the platforms are spawned in at the beginning of the game, if it’s not a drum sample the platform script automatically pitch shifts the AudioStreamPlayer based on the y coordinate of the note within the stage, effectively letting me build the level just like how I would build a MIDI track in Garageband. TLDR it’s not actually reading the MIDI file, but it is set up so that I could copy the original MIDI file into the level with minimal effort!
After judging is done we’re definitely planning to add Level 2 and fix some bugs at the least, but we may even end up doing more levels with new mechanics and stuff, so if you want to see more keep an eye on the game!
Great! Yeah I know Godot! Love it! Thats a lot of samples and a lot of AudioSources haha! One could say you just built your own little MiDi-DAW that's awesome! There are so many possibilities in terms of optimization and how far to go with this :D hit me up if you need help or inspiration, I write my master thesis about adaptive music in video games and this just opened a whole new branch for me xD
The idea is so creative and I appreciate the music getting more complex as you climb up. I do wish there was more but what you have is awesome. Good job!
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Mobia's TripI had the same idea, but eventually settled with a different concept (bad idea for a gamejam :D)
Awesome execution. Good job :) Honestly, I was expecting more music games in the 'LOOP' jam, this one is first one that I've encountered.
Check mine, if you are interested in my take, but unfortunately I was able to finish only one loop :D
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LOOPCool idea for the concept ! Well executed ! Although I'm not sure if a midi file does a good platform game X)
Maybe I would have chose other instruments.
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Looping StarWe also had the idea of doing a game about a music loop but we didn't really figured how to make it. I think you've found a really good way to make a game about it. Great job ! I enjoyed it a lot !
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Looping StarIt really captures the feeling of making music as you activate certain platform first. I love the concept, good job !
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Enlighten mei wish there were more music based games in this jam this is amazing
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