Ludum Dare #31compo

Sky Organ

by ultravisitor

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.29

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.21

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.50

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.58

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.96

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★74%

Sky Organ

Play the Sky Organ and capture small creatures. Don't catch the red skulls.

Each tube will play a random note and when activated will create a vortex of suction that can trap wandering creatures.

Controls: Keys on your keyboard correspond to organ tubes on the screen.

Something seems to be up with Chrome(At least on OS X). Best play in Safari, Firefox, IE or other.

Comments36

Andynonomous8 Dec 2014, 03:14

Really interesting mechanic. It would be cool if it somehow made it so that you could never play a dissonant note, make it sound more like music automatically. Cool game!

Phaax8 Dec 2014, 03:35

First thought: What are the controls?
Second thought: EVERYTHING IS THE CONTROLS!
Third thought: Sweeet.
Fourth thought: I'm not a musician...
Fifth thought: Oh damn that game over... LOL

Gins8 Dec 2014, 04:08

Now that is a kind of game I haven't played before haha.
It's quite difficult with all those keys but so funny still :D

Somfunambulist8 Dec 2014, 04:17

Really interesting! I would have preferred if the controls were kept to the alphabet keys.

Lawls8 Dec 2014, 04:21

Has a nice feel!

Pinpickle8 Dec 2014, 04:21

I have never felt closer to my keyboard than this moment.

mtinkerhess8 Dec 2014, 04:23

Very different control scheme! Nice 3D models. I liked the sound / music. I wasn't always sure why some bubbles didn't get popped by the organ.

ehtd8 Dec 2014, 04:26

Very cool, I did not expect that!

Nuclear Napalm8 Dec 2014, 04:30

I need to improve my blind typing skills))) Very interesting mechaincs! Good job!

PortoCombo8 Dec 2014, 06:04

Very relaxing. Great sound !

raincole8 Dec 2014, 06:13

Pretty creative and relaxing. The death scene is so cute.

stjahns8 Dec 2014, 07:06

WHOAH. Really cool! Never seen anything like this. I kinda like the dissonance, gives it kinda a spooky mood :)

SeriousDeath8 Dec 2014, 08:13

I died and wasn't sure why. I assume sucking up skulls is a bad thing...?
Enjoyed the challenge of finding the right key rather than just pressing everything at once...
The models are nicely done...

xgeovanni8 Dec 2014, 12:05

A cool game and REALLY HARD. Then again I've never been any good

xgeovanni8 Dec 2014, 12:06

at rhythm games. (This looks really weird now.)

internetspaulicyauthor8 Dec 2014, 14:37

I had not considered this a rhythm game until you mentioned it xgeovanni. I guess if you have got rhythm then it is.

FerraWare9 Dec 2014, 00:55

Really liked the idea, pretty innovative. Ended up pressing every single key :P

barryrowe9 Dec 2014, 04:26

This mechanic is great. I wish it was slightly more constrained to maybe just the character keys. I guess it is part of the challenge, but I ended up feeling as if I was just mashing keys rather than having to be a skilled "keyboard organist". The game is still fun, and has a unique mechanic. Well done.

Tater_hater9 Dec 2014, 06:14

Like the sounds

ChuiGum9 Dec 2014, 06:16

Awesome innovation, great graphics, good job! Very original, I like that.

Diventurer9 Dec 2014, 06:18

Nice game overall. I had problems figuring out the controls at first, but when I did - I got another problem: The upper-left tube won't work. I could play all its neighbours, but not the upper-left. Is this the horror of different keyboard layouts?

Anyway, I died really quickly afterwards. I love the game over screen!

andrewkennedy9 Dec 2014, 06:20

Pretty sure I lost several good years of life on my keyboard after this game, haha. What a cool concept - and sometimes the pipes played some really nice music!

internetspaulicyauthor9 Dec 2014, 15:35

Haha! Its true @Diventurer my keyboard input does not really account for special keyboards. I am not sure what would happen to someone on a dvorak layout for example.

Logun9 Dec 2014, 20:07

The link is dead in web version :(

internetspaulicyauthor9 Dec 2014, 20:25

Thanks for letting me know @Logun. Everything seems fine from here. There is an issue on some versions of Chrome. People have been using other browsers for this jam to work around it.

Zettelkasten10 Dec 2014, 15:24

Nice game, very difficult to play with German keyboard layout though ;)

mrexcessive10 Dec 2014, 18:05

Hi there. Really fun feedback from tapping keys... You really feel you are the organ... excellent. Sounds nice and flutey. Good job!

harley7712 Dec 2014, 04:32

That is original, and the little 3D models in the bubbles are well done. Good job!

Kuality Games12 Dec 2014, 21:24

This is such an amazing game, I've never seen a thing like this! hard to see where or how far the bubbles were though, ended up smashing my keyboard but I still had fun. Goodjob and high innovation!