Z4KM4STER - Zookeeper DJ

Overall★★★★★★★★★★4.11
Fun★★★★★★★★★★4.24
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.76
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.09
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.69
Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.25
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.41
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★84%
Post-Jam update:
http://www.wyattcheng.com/games/ZookeeperDJ/index.html

Theme: 2-Button Controls

Help Z4KM4STER the Zookeeper DJ feed all the animals while breaking some tasty tunes.

GOLD Trophy - 100% on a level
SILVER Trophy - Completed level with less than 100%

Development Blog for this game here:
http://wyattcheng.blogspot.com/2015/12/zookeeper-dj-dec-game-jam-ludum-dare-34.html

Developed in Unity 5.3 with LMMS and Photoshop Elements

Development Jam was streamed at http://www.twitch.tv/candlesan
You can follow me on twitter @candlesan

Post-Jam changes:
-> Added Trophy explanations and trophy hookup
-> Display % complete of each level
-> Added "5-year old mode" which is enabled by hitting cheat key "H"

Comments37

StarchyPancakes14 Dec 2015, 04:11
Loved it, really impressed with how nicely the beats come together
Todnut
Todnut14 Dec 2015, 04:13
Wow awesome music game! I watched your stream some and it's awesome to see how it all came out. The art has a lot of charm. The bouncing mechanic is more interesting to play than I thought it would be. And of course my best level was the zombie one! lol!
jcmonkey
jcmonkey14 Dec 2015, 04:17
good fun, this made me laugh while playing, and had pretty good mood.
graceavery14 Dec 2015, 04:18
Great work! I found the game very fun and was also impressed with how well the musical aspect worked.
Super unique! :)
scottrick
scottrick14 Dec 2015, 04:20
Awesome job! Specially like the penguin level!
wilthord14 Dec 2015, 04:31
Great game, I loved it.
mrjorts14 Dec 2015, 04:55
I really like this. It's fun, has a good level of challenge, and sounds nice too. I think it would be nice if the 3 zones you can stand in were marked off in some way, so you had a visual reference for how many spaces you need to move to catch the notes.
ptkfs
ptkfs14 Dec 2015, 06:16
Great music, lots of fun.
oal
oal14 Dec 2015, 09:22
Very creative. I was afraid the notes would be repetitive after a while, but it works really well. It's a good idea to change instruments from level to level, and they all fit their environment quite well!
Gins14 Dec 2015, 10:27
Wow that was really fun! I love the idea of making this classic game into a rhythm game. Also I guess now I know where the protagonist of my game went after it ended^^
freddyw914 Dec 2015, 22:14
Really well done.
bering
bering15 Dec 2015, 02:09
Nice music, nice art, simple yet challenging enough gameplay. It's a nice game you got there!
Archonthewizard
Archonthewizard15 Dec 2015, 04:10
This turned out even better that it looked on your stream. The difficulty curve was perfect - I felt like I was improving very quickly. Even tho the levels were getting harder, my score kept going up. Awesome idea!
Ingon15 Dec 2015, 05:57
Cool little game, I really liked the sounds!
kabel16 Dec 2015, 01:00
It nice to listen to, and easy gameplay wise.
flyingbear16 Dec 2015, 03:37
Got all 5 gold trophies, BOYEEEE! I love how each level has a distinct feel both visually and aurally. The last level is my favorite of course! ;)
salmonmoose
salmonmoose16 Dec 2015, 07:52
This is really cool, particularly when it dawns on you what is happening, I enjoy the call / response in the music with the panda.
blackmagic16 Dec 2015, 10:39
Gameplay and audio is very solid. Nice !
Anshul Goyal
Anshul Goyal16 Dec 2015, 20:09
This game is amazing. I love how everything is so perfectly timed.
commodoreKid
commodoreKid16 Dec 2015, 20:25
I could get gold in first and silver in others on the first run and felt pretty proud :P I think the mechanic is really challenging and fun but graphics could be much better. I liked how music worked, though I cannot say I liked the type of music you used. Still great job, keep it up!
fishbrain
fishbrain17 Dec 2015, 08:10
The music worked great, nice re-invention of the classic "Pancake".
bwatanabe17 Dec 2015, 08:48
Really enjoyed your game, and loved how the music was directly integrated into the gameplay.
richardboegli17 Dec 2015, 08:57
Sound effects worked really well.
YinYin
YinYin17 Dec 2015, 09:57
Exceptionally good interactive music that doesn't break if you miss something. Very nice. Only the bananas were a bit dim.
justinooncx17 Dec 2015, 15:56
Looks can be deceiving... That was actually a very well-made rhythm game! I'm pretty damn impressed!
UncleChris
UncleChris17 Dec 2015, 16:55
LOVED it - such a unique game, difficulty ramped up too fast for me (poor elephant nearly got nothing! :D), but was fun till VERY frustrating. :) The concept was quite well done, and the music/beats fit so well together.
x92rwzb17 Dec 2015, 17:36
Unique entry. Nice work!
Anachron
Anachron18 Dec 2015, 09:48
Very nice game! Lots of fun and cool tunes. The sounds on the monkey level were kinda low-volume compared to the rest :)
scorched
scorched18 Dec 2015, 16:51
You rock, isn't the original idea, but the game-generated-music made it very fun!
Penguin is my favourite level :-)
Skywilly
Skywilly28 Dec 2015, 01:32
i like "Puppy Love" level in Earthworm Jim ! I love it :)
Skywilly
Skywilly28 Dec 2015, 01:33
it's like "Puppy Love" level in Earthworm Jim ! I love it :)
anv3 Jan 2016, 20:19
Amazing use of sounds/music. Very well executed. Visuals are a bit Spartan though.
TaoPhoenix9 Feb 2016, 12:00
Very pleasant!
There were old skool handheld Nintendo games before they got into hi-tech that mechanics a lot like this, except the ones I remember used falling items and not a curve bounce.

And it's nice because I am a casual LD gamer, so I liked not getting crushed on level 1! And I'm terrible at most speeds of DDR type games so I could mostly pass this one at least the silver trophy within a few tries though I had to work a bit at the last one.

And really clever music note placing, that had to take work!

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