I love this style of game. I love the OS menu, it adds so much to the world. The grenades and platforming worked well, and I liked the flow of inter-weaved combat rooms with hallways to scoop up grenades to bust into the next room of enemies with. The only criticism I can think of rn is that, while there was an SFX slider, some sound effects were violently loud and could be turned down in the mix. Awesome game.
Thanks for the feedback! I agree that more visualization could help understand which instruments are being messed with. I was having trouble I couldn’t fix within the time frame with reading individual channel inputs, but if I get it sorted out I can definitely make that clearer.
Thanks for the feedback! I'm thinking of adding a "sound check" mode to act as a tutorial where you can tell each band member to play alone and listen to what each button does to their sound.
The gameplay is super engaging, it kinda reminds me of Rhythm Heaven. The backstab guys were very clever and felt good to get perfect blocks on. Nice sound cues too.
The scale of the island is impressive for the time frame. I liked all the secrets hidden around in the "video game" spots to check, and the surfer joke about the water was funny.
I'm a synth and music nerd, so this was a treat. I've never had something that asks me to recognize pitch with the addition of timbre and harmonics, so I thought that was very original and fun to figure out.
Like the others are saying, more waves get much more difficult. For me, it was hard to separate prominent overtones in the harmonies from their fundamentals when I'm just listening to a drone. All the pitches start to meld together and I question whether what I'm hearing is a fundamental or not.
A couple suggestions:
- While I think setting the levels of each pitch is a good mechanic, it might be better suited to harder levels only. Just getting pitch and timbre is difficult enough to begin with.
- In order to reduce ear fatigue, it might be cool to press space (or whatever) to hear a pluck or pulse envelope instead of just the drone.
I'm glad it was fun to push the buttons! I tried to create a feeling of being overwhelmed/confused under pressure, much like if this happened in real life, but hopefully more enjoyable than irl.
The controls are weird in a good way, and I like having to lead the shots, which feel powerful. I wasn't able to make it past the upgrade screen unfortunately, I'm not sure if that was a me problem.
This art style is super nice with lots of clarity. I also thought it was cool how your accuracy was affected by moving the mouse quickly, I haven't seen that before.
