The second Ludum Dare game made by ZX Programming. Enjoy!
It's a roguelike, controlled with WASD and the arrow keys or a configurable gamepad. Unlike the average roguelike, however, motion only happens on the down-beats of the rhythm, and the music of the room controls the way that the enemies and your attacks behave, applying bonuses to certain attacks on certain beats or against certain enemy types.
Designed, programmed, arted, and Bfxred by Gidaio and Bowlercaptain. Two drum samples from drumhits.biz.
I don't really understand how to kill anything on this game. I'm supposed to deal damage somehow but it's not really working. Also the slow pacing of the game was a real turn-off.
It isn't really used to much effect, though. Attacking and moving on the down-beat is a cool idea, but the enemies are just unavoidable swarms with no real variety and, so far as I could tell, weren't much of a threat. I never came across any items or anything interesting to find, meaning that, as a Roguelike, it doesn't really have any of what makes a Roguelike fun. Instead I was just holding down keys to move and trying to tap space to the down-beat. It's a neat idea, but I feel like it needs a purpose and was lacking one.
The beats during a fight entertained me! Clever. If you continue to develop this, have you considered giving an indication when I'm off the beat how much I'm off the beat by and whether I was early or late?
We seem to have missed mentioning that you attack with the arrow keys or joypad buttons - space only begins the game or goes down a floor. Also, if you'll suffer through the first floor, I think your pacing worries will be resolved.
This is very cool and I got into it more when I figured out the details of the controls(tapping the arrows to the beat, not holding them down), however the balance and other mechanics need work for it to shine. Please work on it more, it has potential!
Found it a bit hard to get on with, but really liked the concept. Reminds me of the dungeon subgame in rhythm tengoku. Less minimalistic than most rhythm games I've played, such as the aformentioned rhythm tengoku and beat sneak bandit, which are based around one touch controls. Liked it though.
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It isn't really used to much effect, though. Attacking and moving on the down-beat is a cool idea, but the enemies are just unavoidable swarms with no real variety and, so far as I could tell, weren't much of a threat. I never came across any items or anything interesting to find, meaning that, as a Roguelike, it doesn't really have any of what makes a Roguelike fun. Instead I was just holding down keys to move and trying to tap space to the down-beat. It's a neat idea, but I feel like it needs a purpose and was lacking one.
Still, kudos for the neat ideas!
Also, if you'll suffer through the first floor, I think your pacing worries will be resolved.