Cute looking game but I couldn't play it past the first few messages. Is it supposed to hit the bottom line or the "button" for it register? It seems inconsistent and all over the place. I would have liked to see a much clearer UI to indicate when the notes are hit, the little emoji icons are too small when you need to be looking at other parts of the screen and the "wrong" emojis look very similar to the "correct" ones (they are all yellow), so it's very hard to discern in one quick glance.
I also thought even in the first level it was too hard, the notes were coming in very fast and in a lot of different combinations, it was not a good introductory level.
I would also have like to see a key rebinding menu. I'm not a rhythm game enthusiast, but I think I could manage a bit better playing on one hand than having to coordinate both hands like in the default settings.
The idea of texting is cute, but after playing I find that it's basically impossible to read the background text and play the game at the same time, so most players will be missing most of the story of the game. It could have been like a cutscene reward after finishing a level for example.
Would love to see you guys fix the game up after the jam and I'll be happy to give it another try.