Beachside Battery

co-authored: @thinkbomb
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.05
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.15
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.35
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85

Billy is on his way to the shake shack -- but there are enemies in his way! Play power chords on your keytar to defeat them.

Up - jump

Down - duck

Right - 2x speed

M - mute

Q/W/E - switch tracks

1-7 - play power chord

To increase game speed, hold down right arrow key

*If the link to Kongregate.com does not work, the game is also available here: http://artofjonfreeman.com/BeachsideBattery/ExternalLoader.swf*

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Tags: #music
Genres: rhythm

Comments12

EGN1 Aug 2017, 21:24
nice job!
Rapter
Rapter1 Aug 2017, 21:29
AWESOME art ,art style is good for this game , original mechanics ! Congratulations 5/5 for original game !! Good Luck ^..^
d3garcia1 Aug 2017, 21:31
Looks very good
Dragojt
Dragojt1 Aug 2017, 21:35
Original and nice game. The art is so nice, but the controlls are weird for me. Btw I can jump forever xD
Good job guys
blaster3911 Aug 2017, 21:36
I really like the art style, it fits together very nicely with the music too. The gameplay is also very good, the only changes I would do to polish it would be to speed up the character a bit, as I felt the travelling was really slow, and I also thought the power cost of some of the abilities were too high, as I would hit max power and then find I didn't have enough power to use them by the time the next enemies appeared
blackquiltro
blackquiltro1 Aug 2017, 21:36
I liked the graphics and music a lot! very good mood. Gameplay-wise I would love to be able to skate a bit faster. Also, very challenging to keep up without running out power (some powers were very expensive) Was fun :)
CG_Fred
CG_Fred1 Aug 2017, 21:43
Super nice graphics and music. Like the other said the skater could skate a bit faster but all in all a good game.
AFlatThrasher1 Aug 2017, 21:44
VERY good art style, it fit things very well. The theme idea was great too. Not only were you constantly running out of energy (to fit the literal definition), but playing power chords was just a fun play on the words. Typing in the letters to do your abilities was a great idea, but there were two problems that hurt the gameplay. The first was that I think the energy budget was a little low. It was probably about right if you weren't constantly losing energy, but since you were also constantly draining, it felt a little short. Also, it was really just too slow at times. I think your slowest speed was alright, but during the easy parts (just jumping over stuff), it got boring if I had to jump over more than a couple of things. This could have been solved by increasing the fast speed by a significant amount (doubling? somewhere around there I think). Despite the slow movement, when the going was a little tougher it was still an enjoyable game.
loveapplegames14 Aug 2017, 19:00
Great art style, good presentation, original concept! A good entry, but I think a lot can be improved. The game could be more fun. There are long stretches where nothing happens, just pylons approaching, and you just have to wait it out. The game allows you to make various strategic choices but it seems to be mostly about choosing attacks. The pace is too slow to add a challenging jump and run element. Also I think the graphics would benefit from more animation, they feel a bit static.
Belga54
Belga5421 Aug 2017, 09:17
The graphics or the art style was cool and beautiful. Liked the sounds but, why you don't let us to rate you on audio ? Liked a lot the idea, but...

But the game was too slow, even when I was pressing right arrow, I was loosing energy. I think that you to increase the speed a little bit.
Otherwise it was a great game ! Good entry !
Thygrrr
Thygrrr21 Aug 2017, 15:59
I can't play this game because it is hosted on a site that force-feeds me flash content, which my browser (Google Chrome) won't play.
zzq21 Aug 2017, 17:41
Good visuals, sound and overall idea but controls are bit hard to use, also it would be cool to make player play chords in rhythm. Good job.
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