Life! A LD26 and April #1GAM minimalist rhythm life simulator.
Back of the box: Take on the role of John Albertson. Guide him through life's ebb and flow. Will he end up happy? Overweight? Divorced? You and your keyboard decide.
Theme: Minimalism Minimalist art Minimalist audio Minimalist elements Minimalist controls Minimalist life
Backstory: You are John Albertson Age 23 You just started a new job. You have a girlfriend. You are in reasonable shape. You have a little money. But you aren't really happy. Yet.
Tutorial: In life, you must choose to be happy... Opportunities trickle to the left... Press a key to act at the decision point. In life, you are faced with many decisions... Needs and value dictate the answer... Simply ignore those which are unnecessary. In life, you must make decisions quickly... Act efficiently to maximize happiness.
Controls: A/S/D/F - Perform action Space - Start/continue
Libraries used: Unity 3.5 SmoothMoves - 2d within Unity Photoshop - arts iNudge - music Drumcircle - music Bfxr - sounds
I like how it went with the theme for the idea. And I like the bio's at the end of each level. Do the note things on there go with the music as a rule?
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voxel29 Apr 2013, 05:09
Combine life sim and rhythm game? The critics said it couldn't be done, but then cwilloughby got a perfect rhythm combo and blew all of their minds
Woo! This was really fun. I like the performance-meets-narrative aspect, and the ability to 'bank up' points in one column to let me ignore it as things get hectic. Nice gameplay, simple, and fun. Great job.
I really wanted to love this, but a rhythm game lives and dies by the music and unfortunately the music here was only okay. On the plus side, if you take this after LD and give it some really good music, it'd be awesome!
Only other complaint I have is that it took me a while to realize that it wasn't possible to hit two at the same time. Somehow I didn't understand that as a "decision point". No idea how to go about improving that, but there ya go.
Otherwise, a really innovative concept that I'd love to see you expand upon!
@thristhart - yeah. The music is definitely a sore spot for me. I used iNudge and did my best to pull it together, I would have loved to integrate it better with the mechanic and have better tunes, but I'm happy with where I landed given my skill and the time.
Nice blend of 2 very different genres. The movement wasn't smooth (possibly because I'm playing on a macbook air), so it was difficult to time everything. I'm going to have that little song stuck in my head for the next hour.
Neat idea, I like it. I liked the audio and the little bios at the end of each level. I found it really difficult to read any of the event text since I was focusing on the thing falling on the left. The tutorial texts also went by a little fast. It took me a couple of plays through to understand what they were trying to tell me.
Nice! This is the only rhythm game I've seen. Really curious how you were syncing game stuff to the audio track, did you just use a song of known BPM and timers?
I enjoyed it. Unique. It was a nice break from all the platformers :)
I did have problems anytime there were two items occurring simultaneously. Maybe it was my fat fingers, but I swear I hit them both at the same time yet it never registered.
Can you hit two keys at the same time ? It seems I can't. Some problems about feedbacks (brightness, when to hit the keys), but the idea is great and the experience is overall enjoyable. :)
I liked the narration. The idea seems like a good add-on to rhythm games. However you should tell what does color of notes mean. Also, the timing wasn't perfect.
Very cool, although I found it difficult to read the text on the right while dealing with the falling objects on the left. I didn't really get when I was supposed to hit them and when I was supposed to skip them. It was fun though, great job!
This is great. It's like a mix between Guitar Hero and Alter Ego. It's a bit unclear what you're meant to do at first but I like the idea of choice and juggling life's problems.
This game is awesome, I just love that "asdf"/gutiar hero mechanic. I wanted to his the two whites when they crossed at the same time. Am i only allowed to hit one at a time when it crosses the line. Great Job!
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GaTechGrad11 May 2013, 20:13
Neat life simulator. Now if real life was as simple as pressing the correct home row key. I really liked the music as well.
Really interesting cross between a rhythm game and a life sim. Took a while to realise that I couldn't hit more than 1 note at the same time and the narrative on the right was excellent.
Nice concept, I liked being forced to sacrifice one over an another. I seemed to keep getting similar choices though (ie: mostly hearts). Some two frame animations illustrating actions while you play might be really nice. Little bios were neat.
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Only other complaint I have is that it took me a while to realize that it wasn't possible to hit two at the same time. Somehow I didn't understand that as a "decision point". No idea how to go about improving that, but there ya go.
Otherwise, a really innovative concept that I'd love to see you expand upon!
@thristhart - yeah. The music is definitely a sore spot for me. I used iNudge and did my best to pull it together, I would have loved to integrate it better with the mechanic and have better tunes, but I'm happy with where I landed given my skill and the time.
Nice work on this!
I had no time to read the events on the right, maybe display them after each level, so the player has time to read them
I am not quite sure if the music and the opportunities were in sync, sometimes they seemed a little off, but as I said, I am not sure about that
Maybe having the line pulsate to the beat would grab the attention more?
@r3d5 - totally agree, that just fell off the list :(
I did have problems anytime there were two items occurring simultaneously. Maybe it was my fat fingers, but I swear I hit them both at the same time yet it never registered.
I died at 53 :(
I loved your game, made me think about my life decisions in a different kind of way
well done