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hayesmaker642 days ago (1 edit)

Grats on the game Roman - It's quite fun, though I'd like to suggest a couple of improvements. 

I think there should be an option to play through the whole song without getting knocked out.. It would make 2 player battles more fun.  

Also, there shouldn't be any energy drain when no notes are arriving - too often we were knocked out for no fault of our own.    I've been playing this online multiplayer on C64cade - the lag doesn't help for this type of game, but it lets you play online 2 player. 

One bug I found is P1 and P2 labels above the scores are the wrong way around. Player 2 wins at the end is correct, but their score was labelled P1 in game. 

Overall it's really good, and great to finally have a good rhythm game.

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Roman Werner2 days ago

Hi Hayes. Nice to read from you. Thanks for your comment - and great feedback. Please note that you have a little bit of time after the note hits the center of the arrow until you missed the beat. So better be a bit too late than too early. It might make a difference. The songs were intensely tested by the team and it is normal to fail the first 10-20 attempts to play through a song completely - it's part of the challenge to train the memory muscles a wee bit. It's really easy for me to play through all the songs now.

I understand that the steady energy drain can be mean if there are no notes coming in. But every song can be done with enough practise and concentration. Regarding the lag - depending on the environment or number of beers - would suggest an option to adjust the precision. I'll think about that.

Bummer about the bug. But thanks for letting me know.

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hayesmaker642 days ago

Cheers, the P2, P1 label things seems to be correct sometimes and not others, but better that port 2 is always P1 and port 1 is always P2.  Regarding the lag, it's not the fault of the game, it's the input latency from host to server on C64cade - which I made to allow 2 players to play online, so no need to change things for that.   I like the knockout feature, and understand practice makes perfect.. but for 2 player especially It'd be really nice to have a mode to allow to play for score without getting knocked out.  As one player gets knocked out and is waiting around for ages. 

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