Thank you! I agree that the music and puzzle could be combined a little more. But I wanted to keep the experimental feel of just getting music by doing anything but music.
Really great experience! I made it to level 3 but the all room is dark, I'm not sure if thats supposed to happen. But it's fine, I love the art and models, well done!
Thank you very much! I appreciate the feedback a lot.
I am thinking about a little plus for the mobile port that would allow you yo remove any row if you watch an ad. I'm really not a fan of ads so I'll work on it a bit more to see what can be done.
Speeding up the spawn when nothing is on screen was a suggestion I already got and I'm pretty sure it will make it into the game!
Well it's the main issue. The idea of an abstract answer to the theme was fun but the result can be unclear at first.
And the other point about the gameplay is linked to it. As it is, I really like the main gameplay loop, it's fun to mess with, not too hard, and is not too bad to understand. Making it different to try to fit the theme more in an other way than the initial idea doesn't felt right to me. So I choose to keep this idea of a musical link between physical objects and I'll hope for the best.
(Also if you look at the rules the interpretation of the theme is pretty free and doesn't really affect the rating or anything)
Exactly yes, I want something consistant for each balls. It's also why bamboos are killing the ball when they are in movement. I don't want the player to recieve mixed signals that don't match the gameplay. Like if a lucky ball goes through the hoop it gives a rainbow effect that could confuse the player if he doesn't get the next two in because of randomness.
Thank you very much! Yes it is tricky to get for sure.
I'm looking at different systems to make it more musical already. I feel like it's not gonna be easy to fit stuff in between the random tempo that the notes always have. But I'll try.
In any case I'm adding generated musical collectibles that are optional but may keep the player engaged when he wants a change of pace instead of leaving. It will also train me for music that plays on beat
It is hard to not have any way to regenerate any momentum but I get why it's not possible. I feel like it's just a really nice concept, the art is very cool and the controls feels good. Well done!
It is actually a design choice. A bit like tetris where doing a move even if it gives points might screw you later, this does the same. But I made it really forgiving and random so it might not work very well in the long run. Usually you want to get rid of both bamboos on a row at the same time to leave as little solo bamboos as possible because it's what can end a game. But since it's very random you can have done all the worst choices and still get a good move. But it's also a risk and reward system where leaving more lines with only one bamboo will make a full screen clear easier (When you get rid of all the lines at once).
Also, moving the cells up and down means that anything is possible. You pretty much cannot loose and only the time spent give you more score. At the moment with 5 rows and 5 possible position for each, the player has 3125 possible configurations. Making it possible to try each one of them for the player. Allowing vertical movement would drasticly multiplicate this number to something that the brain will not internalize and the player would only try to mess with whatever comes to him, making thing easier as a result but harder for the player to visualize.
One way that could work would be the possibility to cycle through the lines. Like all the lines goes down by one and the last one goes on top. But you would pretty much never loose then, or only with extremely bad luck and it wouldn't feel very fair too.
I may be wrong but thoses design choices are kind of deep already for such a little game. But yes the important part might be that what you felt as a softlock was for me the loose conditions, and it does bring the fact that it is not clear enough and might not be the best as it is left to the player to restart when he doesn't find any combination that works.
I'll continue to work on it after the jam so thank you for your feedback it helps a lot to see what people do and understand about the game!
Alright this is a gigantic team but its still feels so much even with a big team. The level design is super clean, the art looks fantastic and you have so much cool stuff, even logic box , timers, physic... It's crazy, enjoy your top 10
Reached round 13 it started to get very hard to do any action since you die a lot from the lasers. Other than that very good game and nice art. I love this kind of frog alien!
Maybe I grabbed the land from far away without moving and the trigger might only be if you are moving yourself and not just the ice? That's the only thing I can think of, it was very classic other than that. Like no weird strat to go fast
Really good game, I love it! Is there something special to do to reach the end? I was stuck with like an invisible wall in front of the end tent. But it's not a problem, I get the idea and it's well done!
Thank you! Yes this is way more abstract and using music as a link isn't easy for people to get it at first. But it's different from everything else at least
A very fun an original game! Well yes level 2 is way too hard to be this low but I really love the dynamic between the duo. The puzzles are great, it's not a pain to figure them out and it is rewarding to do. Very good job!
Thank you very much! I may have ways to make the notes works better with each other with a chromatic, let's hope it helps! Other than that I will add other instruments
