Hitler Groove

by nikincz

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.97

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.10

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.32

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.24

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.57

Hitler Groove

The time came for the World War II... Except this time, the battles are fought by dance battles between the leaders!
Theme: Turn-based strategy + Rhythm game

Due to time constraints, I was unable to finish or debug the game properly.
Programmed in JavaScript from scratch; zero libraries or previous code were used.

Things planned for the post compo version

When the post compo version is ready, I'll put a notice on the site with the game and create an LD blog post.
- More playable countries (all of the orange regions; 18 countries to be exact), each with unique song.
- Better song maps for currently playable countries.
- Actual strategy elements like repostitioning "crowd" for support and easier difficulty.
- Dance animations for the leaders, including Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and more.
- Diagonal arrow layout, DFJK layout.
- Desktop version with controller and dancepad support.
- ? Ports for different platforms.

Screenshots

Comments11

_str1pe24 Apr 2018, 12:17

hahahahah hilarious! This is the perfect implementation of the theme: ww2 strategy and rythm.

croewens24 Apr 2018, 12:21

Felt a little to tricky on azerty keyboard but loved the concept!

Elbcore24 Apr 2018, 12:23

Very interesting! +1 for histroical accuracy :joy: Actually very fresh idea to mix a RTS and DDR/Rhythm genre. I will definetly try the post compo version!

Maxime Catel24 Apr 2018, 12:25

Theme is funny :p Maybe you should try to make a version of your game where the arrows are coming from the top to the bottom of the screen ? Arrows moving upward are quite strange, but I get used to.

Crabman24 Apr 2018, 16:11

Dance battles between the leaders, that's how wars should be fought :D

LittleStone Games8 May 2018, 09:35

Hey!Interesting!The main objective was bit unclear for me,but good work!

Here is our game if you want to test it!
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/me-da-miedito-la-oscuridad-i-get-goosebumps-in-the-dark

mambojambo10 May 2018, 21:18

When I first read the instructions for the game I thought it could be pretty interesting, but I got a little bit disappointed. Don't really feel like it is a mic between genres, more like a skin for a DDR clone. I also feel like there should have been some better feedback to the player when hitting the arrows while playing a song. Was also hoping for seeing the leaders actually dance :P

goffmog10 May 2018, 21:43

This is amazing. I work with a chap who's very closely associated with both wargaming maps, and DDR, and if you polish this game I would love to try to persuade him to review it on Twitch or Youtube.

ian133711 May 2018, 07:42

Give the countries a more polished look on the map, and maybe some tunes that are appropriate or inappropriate to this era and it could be great fun :)

It would be great to see animations of soldiers dancing or vehicles driving in particular order to the beat :)

But as it stands it's still a cool idea and a fun game :)

If you can check out mine, review it and let me know what you think :)
https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/sam

Peta11 May 2018, 08:53

Hi! Nice game! Interesting game theme! ;) :)

Would you rate my game? https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/the-game-that-bad-that-it-is-actually-good

Thx a lot! :)

nikinczauthor12 May 2018, 08:43

@mambojambo You're correct on everything you say and I agree that the jam version is quite disappointing. The game is extremely unfinished at the very moment, I barely finished the little that I have. I'm working on a post-jam version that will include real connection between the strategy part and the DDR part, arrow feedback, animations, vibrant backgrounds, and more. Thank you for feedback!

@ian1337 The animations of leaders dancing were the main thing I wanted to have in the game, but there wasn't enough time for that after I barely finished the little that I have. Thank you for feedback!

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