This is a clever game! Many levels felt like they were completely impossible the first time I tried them, but then I figured out the game wants me to go back and fourth between different levels to figure out the mechanics, until I've built up enough knowledge that I can use them to solve the puzzles.
It's definitely tricky game design, I could see some players might potentially have some trouble with not being told the mechanic but having to discover them by thinking outside the box and realizing the importance of trying stuff one haven't tried just to see what it does. But I really happen to like that sort of games!
Hey! I really want to give this one a go, it looks super interesting! Problem is, I'm one of those total weirdos who play with inverted Y axis. Any chance you'd be up for adding in such an option?
Thank you <3 I'm very happy you liked it! The D-pad's main purpose is actually to change the behavior of the drums, the percussive sounds were only to acknowledge you pressed the buttons. But yeah, in the full version I may do some more stuff with them.
Thank you! The game uses Unity's built in input system so it's up to Unity what controllers it'll recognize. Looking at the supported devices, maybe I should actually have used Rewired instead, which seems to support more? I'll take this into account when I develop the full version!
It requires a game controller. I put that info on the game's page and in the included instructions text file, but it's possible to miss that. I unfortunately did not have the ability to post that info on this page, except as a comment.
Ah, yeah, I had to build my own music software to make this work. I've probably spent a total of two years on the software. Apart from Mystery Artifact, I've also used it for the music in my games Uurnog and Ynglet.
Currently no Android version is planned. I'd have to change a lot about how to interact with the song to make that work. I'd totally like it to exist tho!
I'd like to, but it's awkward offering a non-codesigned one since they're so difficult to start on macOS, and I'm not sure I want to pay the apple developer fee when I don't have any big releases lined up for a while.
Maybe I should offer a non-codesigned version tho and just be upfront that it's a bit dodgy to launch one.
