Ludum Dare #31compo

BACKACHA

by whoaconstrictor

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.82

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.55

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.48

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.33

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.81

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★57%

BACKACHA is a game about rhythm and symmetry. Catch blocks that your friend sends over to keep the volume alive.

CONTROLS:
Q A Z: Change Color
W S X: Throw Catcher
SPACE: Build Combo during warm up bonus

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Dec 07 2014 10:30pm PST: Uploaded a fix to a bug that would cause the player to get indefinitely stuck in the tutorial, +Minor tweaks to difficulty so everyone can enjoy!

Soundtrack Download: https://soundcloud.com/npaavo/all-this-noise-is-ruining-my-haircut

Comments24

Evergreen Games8 Dec 2014, 08:03

Cool variation on a rhythm game. very entertaining

Snuux8 Dec 2014, 08:11

I love music, sounds and graphics!

Donutttt8 Dec 2014, 20:42

Nice! Cool to see a game with rhythm. I lied the graphics, and the sound also. This was a little addictive which was cool

Odefus8 Dec 2014, 22:29

Nice take on a rhytm game. Quite challenging for my single track mind.

error0319 Dec 2014, 01:44

great game dude, awesome, keep it up!

TriSquare9 Dec 2014, 01:44

Cool music and sounds, Graphics are really good too. Good job :)

frenzyasii9 Dec 2014, 01:45

very cool! :)

Paperscraps9 Dec 2014, 01:47

Very cool game. A little light on the theme, but I don't blame you for that. The gameplay was very solid and challenging.

floorman9 Dec 2014, 01:47

This game was really funny, the graphics were amazing and the sound was funny. I really loved it.

Awesome game. =)

Anachron9 Dec 2014, 01:56

Nice to seem a rhythm game entry, pretty psychedelic eh!

rjhunter9 Dec 2014, 02:01

Fantastic idea. Well-executed learning curve -- even though I'm a numpty and can't keep a rhythm to save my life, I didn't feel too lost.

Good work!

(The Mac download seems to be corrupted, by the way -- none of my unzipping programs can open it.)

WhoaConstrictorauthor9 Dec 2014, 02:41

@rjhunter thanks for the heads up, I'll look into re-exporting it.

NaoisTheGuardian9 Dec 2014, 03:54

Really cool concept, nice challenging beat game.

SirRicecake9 Dec 2014, 06:46

Felt really challenging. One hint: In some regions, the 'Z' key on the keyboard is swapped with the "Y" key. So playing the game get's harder.

BarrensZeppelin10 Dec 2014, 23:55

Loved the take on the rhythm game genre, and the music and voice acting is really good. :)

yodamaster11 Dec 2014, 00:01

Very interesting rhythm game, but the controls are a bit complicated. Especially because on other countries keyboard layouts, the "Z" is not below the "A".

karol11 Dec 2014, 01:53

I really liked this game. It took me a while to memorize which color is under which key. The controls are a bit uncomfortable though. I would prefer for example an s,d,f and j,k,l combination.

Wilson11 Dec 2014, 11:15

Cool to see a rhythm game, even though I suck at them :)

mrexcessive11 Dec 2014, 20:36

Hi there. Interesting idea. Found it too tricky personally, would have coped if colour selection was in right hand instead of everything under one hand. Nice looking and good sounds. Good job!

SinistraGames13 Dec 2014, 00:35

Pretty nice game! It looks very well done for its simple gameplay! My mind got tired, though, haha! Good job!

BoxedMeatRevolution13 Dec 2014, 19:11

Very fun and innovative! Loved the soundtrack and the voice, and the game-play was very addictive once you got into the rhythm

Gigawicket15 Dec 2014, 09:34

Great game! Difficulty curve was spot-on. Took me a minute to get the hang of what I needed to do, but very very fun after that! Great job!

CScribes23 Dec 2014, 20:57

Amazing entry! One of favorite games of the jam :D I found the controls to be a challenge though...

Benjamin26 Dec 2014, 20:32

It tooks me 2-3 games to get the hang of it but after it was ok . I love the background voice and the music. But the fact you dont have to follow the rythm to spawn cube take a lot of fun away.