My first LD game is finished (not as polished as I wanted it to be, but..)
It's a little music puzzle. Did you know your computer can write music?! Now you have to repeat after it. You hear a melody, you drag your way through the tiles to repeat it. You gain score. You Only Get One Click to repeat the melody.
It was fun, really! I've made a timelapse video of game creation. It's not from the very beginning because it totally slipped out of my mind - I was eager to begin my work.
Here it is:
---UPDATE--- Ok, I see you guys this has some issues with the theme, so I think I need to explain it a bit. I was walking down the street several hours after the announcement of the theme, and this concept hit me. I was absolutely sure it fully cowers the theme, because, after all, You Get Only One touch to drag through the tiles. You can try several times, but in the end it's just one touch. I also thought of making the target sound to play Once, or Only One try to repeat the melody, but it would be a massacre of players, because this game is pretty hard (for me). So I decided to keep it easy and let you try as many times as you like, but you'll have to connect all tiles with one touch anyway. So this is just my interpretation of the theme. But of course it's totally up to you to decide if this game matches the theme or not :)
Great to see another music-based game! This one is really tricky also for a musical ear, very innovative use of music in a puzzler :) If you're into music games you're welcome to check out my entry too. Well done!
This is really good. It would also be a fun touch screen game. It's nice to see a music game here, since most of the games I've tried here either had no music, or had 3 second loops of notes that aren't in the same key.
Amazing concept executed brilliantly. The only thing that could possibly improve it would be if the color of the blocks reflected the note they played for easier memorization.
Thanks for your feedback guys! Glad you like it! As for the theme - now I think it's a bit tricky, yes. But the moment this concept hit me I had no doubt it totally cowers the theme. You have to drag it all the way through with just ONE touch. Anyway, thank you for the feedback!
Wow, it's pretty fun. But it got to a point where it took ages to get it right xD Or maybe I'm just bad at it :P Graphics are simple, gameplay is great. Nicely done :)
Like everyone else is saying, I need this on my phone and I need it yesterday. Immensely satisfying, rewarding and relaxing as a hot cup of tea in the evening. Smashing job.
Full 5 stars from me, this is incredible! I think it fits the theme very well, "you only get one" string of sounds to play, it makes sense to me anyway :P
Seriously get this on iOS and Android ASAP and make sure to get it noticed and you'll have a hit!
I'm not normally one for a game based soley on puzzles, especially when they involve grids of blocks haha.
But your game is very enjoyable! It's nicely paced, building up to somewhat unexpected complexity for a game made in a short amount of time with a seemingly simple concept. Also fantastic job on your first LD!
I can't really think of any negative things to comment about. All of the mechanics work well for what they are and it was a joy to figure out each rhythm.
I did have one thought though, it would be interesting if the sounds were to change occasionally. I became a bit fatigued after a while listening to the same tones. Having more variety also would allow for players to have to learn new sound/color associations. After a while you figure out the relation between sound/color. Could be good to shake that up on occasion.
Thanks for the feedback and ideas! omaha, yes, it's beatable.. Somehow. I have a YOU WIN screen with a cheering caption but I don't really think anyone could go that far (I couldn't). The game ends once the melody consists of 30 notes (which is almost the whole grid 6x6)
hoqjed, nice idea! I thought of making a more appropriate piano sound but there were no free scale samples (or I just didn't have enough time to find it). And I'm surely going to add some more sounds. Thanks!
I think we got a new puzzle concept! You could really monetize this cool game by porting it on mobile! (even though I would hate to sit next to someone playing this game :D).
Back to the LudumDare context, I would mainly criticize the fact you don't necessarily respect the them... Or maybe because it's only one strike?
I like control scheme! You can touch both music and yourself at the same time!
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X-0r18 Dec 2013, 19:57
More instruments would be great (then again... you only get one? ^^) Not bad at all, but not really challenging either, once you know the "sound" of each color :)
Would be great on a touch device. Only portion of puzzle solving I didn't like was the trial and error process of plinking each note before figuring out the sequence, especially trying to find the correct starting tone. Might make it too easy but a hint as to the starting color could be useful. Great job!
Nice work! Hard for someone with not that good feel for pitch. I also could see my self annoying fellow passengers on the commute train trying to get the sequences right.
Well what can you say about repeat the melody game, well it will either be "really good", or "absolute st". This game is definitely going to "really good" category of games. Love it.
Stopped once I got to the 6x6; I'm not doing an entire 30-note sequence! xD
Great idea, not bad execution. I think you could really improve upon this, though. Using different note samples, and also perhaps color-coding the pitches according to hue. Things like that.
I really love the idea. It's very innovative and entertaining. I think it will be a great success on the market if you continue to make this seriously.
Wow! A true gem on Ludum Dare! I love to have it on my phone, thank you for the android binary :) Sorry, I can't rate theme very high, but everything else is outstanding!
Please continue this game and release it for mobile!