Heartbit

by antomatti

co-authored: @arren, @emilio-larocca-conte, @ferdiu, @kappades, @wordsfailme

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.46

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.08

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.37

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.44

The Game

Are you ready to determine the outcome of a poor guy fighting for his life?
You will take control of his heartbeat in a really challenging rhythm game.
Press the letters "A", "L", "I", "V", "E" at the right moment to make the heart beat.

Differently from any other rhythm game out there you can only rely on your ear for the beat, no timeline is going to help you to catch the right moment.

By the team Penguins and some special guests, the game that will revolutionize the world of rhythmic games!

PS This is not a game for the faint hearted.

The Team

- Developer - Federico Manzella
- UI Developer - Isabella Bergaglio
- Music/Sound Designer - Emilio Larocca Conte
- 2D Artist - Arren Anthony Rivera
- 2D Artist - Antonella Matti

Special Thanks

Katerine De Santis, Matteo Manicone

Dev Tools

- Krita
- Photoshp
- Ableton Live 10
- Unity
- Atom Editor

Tools: Krita

Comments13

Meemog20 Apr 2020, 15:41

Kinda cool, but it's frustrating to try and time it right, and the controls are a bit hard to use

Baptiste Guerin20 Apr 2020, 15:43

Cool game! Nice idea

Millhow20 Apr 2020, 15:46

Music is cool and concept too ! Good job ! :)

Sebastian Caron20 Apr 2020, 16:06

Cool, the music is good and the gameplay is fun

Ritsuka91220 Apr 2020, 16:59

I really like this concept,but hard to figure out how to play it better.
and can hardly get feedback from my play.

Begocio20 Apr 2020, 17:26

Really cool idea man. I thought of something kinda similar too. I really liked the graphics and the challenging gameplay.

mlkvr20 Apr 2020, 18:08

Nice one!

MiraDore20 Apr 2020, 18:34

Yeah i like it ! Graphism are pretty cool, the music is good ( i can really feel the intensity of my heartbeat). Unfortunately, i'm not very good at typing in rythm, but the colors and mood of the game are good

Schwarcraft20 Apr 2020, 19:09

Audio and visiuals were great! The only thing is I wish there was more feedback. I am not sure when I did something "right". To figure it out a literally just smashed the keyboard and couldn't tell the difference between when I was playing correctly or poorly? If I just got a symbol saying I hit the right key at the right time, i'd call it perfect!

Great job!

sadsmile22 Apr 2020, 17:46

I love rythm games so i might be biased on this one :P

No Grapes Games23 Apr 2020, 04:46

Nice use of the theme. Very creative. I like how the lines show up when you press the letters. After a while the gameplay got stale and I ended up just mashing all the letters at once and it seemed to keep putting my score up. The game was a nice try. Good job.

BlakeGameDev23 Apr 2020, 11:07

Very clever concept. The letters for the word alive are in positions on the keyboard that are a little awkward to switch between quickly, but I still enjoyed it. Well done.

WhiteFox24 Apr 2020, 21:49

Great interpretation of the theme. I loved the idea. Also loved the audio work and the graphics were great. The gameplay was a little weird for me. It was hard to follow along the letters and the beat. It would be nice to have a display of the sequence of letters to be pressed.