There actually was both jump buffering and coyote time. I didn’t have much time to tune them though. Definitely something I’ll be working on after the jam!
Thanks! We did plan to have lives or have some of the platforms deactivate when dying, but ran out of time. Will definitely be in the updated build later on!
The audio is a pretty simple implementation, but I’m very proud of it as the programmer lol. Idk if you know Godot, but basically each platform has a child AudioStreamPlayer node with a sample of a single note. Then when the platforms are spawned in at the beginning of the game, if it’s not a drum sample the platform script automatically pitch shifts the AudioStreamPlayer based on the y coordinate of the note within the stage, effectively letting me build the level just like how I would build a MIDI track in Garageband. TLDR it’s not actually reading the MIDI file, but it is set up so that I could copy the original MIDI file into the level with minimal effort!
After judging is done we’re definitely planning to add Level 2 and fix some bugs at the least, but we may even end up doing more levels with new mechanics and stuff, so if you want to see more keep an eye on the game!
Yeah I mean this was a first attempt lol. Might give it another shot after the jam and see if I can find a song that sounds good and makes a good platformer. Definitely an interesting design challenge 😅
I’m so glad you liked it! We’re definitely planning to add some more content/features after the jam.
Uploading your own midi files would be really sick for sure! I think parsing them would be pretty tough though (I would have to check how they actually work, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad lol). The way we have the platforms set up lends itself very well to a custom level editor though, since the platforms automatically change pitch based on their y coordinates!
We’ll have to see how it goes, but definitely keep an eye out for some more features!
Thanks glad you liked it! After the jam we’re planning to do some bug fixing and add some features that we would’ve liked to have, and one of them is customizable controls, so keep an eye out for that update at some point!
Hey 14 loops is pretty good! I’ve been averaging around 10-11 (my PB is 8 though 😅). Definitely glad to see another music loop game! I’ve been struggling to find any lol
Agreed! Building the song bit by bit was the main goal from the start, and I’m really happy with how it turned out. We were inspired by YouTube videos like this one if you want more looping music! 😂
Thanks for the suggestion! Definitely going to keep working on it after judging is done. Got some bugs to fix and stuff, but definitely interested in adding some new mechanics!
I was excited to see the kinds of cheats there were in the later levels but I never got past level 4. Dying seems to prevent the cheat from being applied again. Definitely potential, but that bug made it hard to progress 😅
Haha yeah the "story" of being stuck in your DAW being chased by a killer playhead was something I brainstormed at work. At least you respawn infinitely lol (might change that in the future, just ran out of time for the jam 😅)
Essentially the playhead works exactly like the playhead in a real DAW: it's moving at a constant speed and triggers the notes' AudioStreamPlayer while it's overlapping them. There are actually 3 playheads in the level, one for each layer, which are all controlled by the same script so that they remain in sync with each other. I hope that answers your question lol lmk if it doesn't! 🙂
Initially it wasn't clear to me what I had to do to play the cards, I assumed it was like a memory game where I just had to select the cards that matched and they'd flip over. Once I figured out I had to lay them in the squares on the table I found that I wasn't exactly sure how the scoring worked. Probably just a case of me needing to pay better attention to the rules lol.
I mean it's not an in-game level creator, but yeah we kinda did make a piano roll. As Toad said the pitch of the notes is based on their y-coordinate in the editor. All the non-drum sounds are just a single sample being pitch shifted by 1 semitone every 8 pixels. Definitely the thing I'm most proud of as the programmer for this game, and it saved me a TON of time when copying the level into the game from GrageBand since I didn't have to manually set the pitch of each note 😅
Haha fair enough, I guess if you've never used a DAW like GarageBand or FL Studio before it probably doesn't make much sense 😅 Glad you had fun though!
