Beat Sacrifice

by itsn8

Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.80

Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.37

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.17

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.47

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.64

Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.93

A prototype inspired by the theme of LD43.

__Controls__
Press X to start the game and to sacrifice. To reset, press R at the game over screen. To close the application, press Esc during gameplay.

Art by Pako - https://twitter.com/Okapook

Ground "art" and development by me

All sounds are CC0:

Game Over Music: "Bittersweet" by Emma_MA(https://opengameart.org/users/emmama)

Sacrifice spared "Thank You": "Thank you (NPC, British Male)" by theuncertainman

Clang sound: "LightRingingClang.mp3" by wilhellboy

Sacrifice sound: "clap mix2.wav" by young_daddy

Beat sound: "kick_gettinglaid.wav" by DWSD

Tags: #beat, #mayan

Genres: rhythm

Comments11

Samuel Lee4 Dec 2018, 02:49

I definitely heard that melodramatic track at the end once or twice, fun concept! Nice to see the sacrifice aspect being taken literally. My only caveat is that once you lose it didn't go back to some kind of title screen for a replay I had to close out and go back in. Graphics are rock solid on this one....

loadsofmana4 Dec 2018, 02:55

Quite a simple game :P the clang sound is a bit loud and jarring.

Toast Toaster4 Dec 2018, 03:02

Since I'm kinda beat deaf, I didn't really hear any melody (since my inputs were pretty random). I think you give way too much margin for error for the player, especially for a single input rhythm game. I think you can get away with making the game A LOT harder.

Toast Toaster4 Dec 2018, 03:02

Dancinoman4 Dec 2018, 03:04

Not bad graphics. Wished some challenge tough

DeltaNutmeg4 Dec 2018, 03:04

The art and sounds are very well done. I'd like if the game had different beat styles though, and if it got faster quicker. The mood and theme are all quite literal, and very solid.

WalterP4 Dec 2018, 03:49

Nice art, sounds are a bit jarring for a music game. Keep up the good work.

itsN8author4 Dec 2018, 14:12

@samuel-lee I am sorry about that. I couldn't get in a prompt I was happy with in time. I actually DID include a reset feature it's just not apparent. If you press R at the game over screen, it resets the game.

sadsmile5 Dec 2018, 23:00

I wish there would be a little bit more variance in the beat. (Maybe a different song altogether?)
Otherwise a nice entry!

itsN8author6 Dec 2018, 02:55

@deltanutmeg @toast-toaster @walterp @sadsmile @dancinoman @samuel-lee @loadsofmana I really appreciate the comments. The artist is awesome. You should check him out. From your comments, I feel it might be astute to add a TODO list for people. There were a lot of things I'd love to add to it but just didn't have to time to spare.

Team Infernus8 Dec 2018, 01:36

The art was great, and I could see what you were aiming for, but the gameplay was a little lacking. I think the mood worked well though, with the changing sun!