Keep the Beet Alive

by tad

co-authored: @quandtm, @robert-van-duursen

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.59

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.79

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.03

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.35

Audio★★★★★★★★★★4.16

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.98

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.80

Screenshots

You are a Beetroot

There you are, minding your own business while listening to your favourite songs. Suddenly, a horde of snails descend upon you. Well, that's just not on. It's time to fight back.

So grab your salt shaker, your best headphones (we recommend "Beets by Dray"), and a can-do attitude: It's time to slug these snails.

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How to Play

What to do

Use the reticule to aim at incoming snails, and tap in time with the beat to rebuff and damage them, buying you precious time.

The game is over when the Beet has taken too much damage or you've defeated all the snails!

Controls

Control	Description
Spacebar	Tap in time with the beats to attack
Mouse	Aim
Q / Esc	Back to main menu

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Who Made This?

Team Members

User	Credits
@quandtm	Programming
@robert-van-duursen	Programming, Shader Design
@tad	Art, Music

Extra Credits

Credit for	Credit to
Drum samples	SampleRadar via MusicRadar
"Porky" font family	Font-a-licious, used royalty-free for non-commercial purposes

Tags: #beetroot, #keep-it-alive, #puns, #vegetables

Genres: rhythm

Tools: Unity

Comments26

dazedhead20 Apr 2020, 21:23

The graphics are really beautiful but i found out that i am unable to press the spacebar to the beat haha...

caeonosphere21 Apr 2020, 04:21

I found myself wishing for a bit of a louder beat in the music! The claps and missing low end seem a bit at odds with the visuals, IMO. But yes, the art is very nice, and I did win! The difficulty is nicely balanced.

Bredian21 Apr 2020, 05:29

Fun little rythm game with very nice visuals. It becomes super easy when you get a beat. I think mashing space to melody will bring more fun to this game.

Gamer Fates21 Apr 2020, 06:04

Super cool game. I love the graphics and theme.
Keep it up bro gj!

pichuscute021 Apr 2020, 06:16

Really like the graphics and the songs sound solid too! The first time I booted up the game, I ran into some bug that prevented the music from playing which made it a little confusing lol. But I refreshed and it fixed it. I did struggle to press space to the beat, so I die pretty quick.

Samelgamedev21 Apr 2020, 06:18

Never thought I'd want to play a game about a beetroot killing snails by dancing to a beat yet here I am. I took some time to jam to the title screen music too.
I enjoyed playing this game. Good work.

Snory21 Apr 2020, 06:20

Thank you for your entry.

At first I thought that it is unbeatable but then I get used to it. Really nicely done - nice graphic, nice music. :)

Thanks for sharing.

yigitserin21 Apr 2020, 06:30

Great theme, loved the music and graphics.

ThiefViolinist21 Apr 2020, 06:34

Nice idea, i love games with rhythm based mechanics. Art style looks nicely. Good job. I am not sure it is a bug or feature, but seems that you cant attack after snails have been crawled too close to the hero.

PonyPen21 Apr 2020, 06:36

Good little rythm game and it looks so nice! I struggled to hit the space bar to the beat, so the snails beat me good. :')

BlakeGameDev21 Apr 2020, 06:43

A very amusing concept and well presented also. It could maybe use a little audio feedback for damage and such. Other than that, great job!

Aditya Kumar21 Apr 2020, 06:43

Quite difficult but the music is great. I really like the post-processing effects on the sprites. It really adds to the aesthetic. My only feedback was that the game and beat feel really weighty, so the projectiles feel out of place with their relative weightlessness. Other than that, great job!

Mrowka21 Apr 2020, 10:50

I just wish I was better at clicking to the rhythm so I could listen to the whole song XD
Awesome work!

sheepycrunch21 Apr 2020, 11:03

Cool and enjoyable game! but I can't noticed when the snail comes up from top. Good job!

GabrielH21 Apr 2020, 11:27

Great Visuals and audio.
The sound track got me committed immediately, although I personalty experienced difficulty with timing my input to the visuals, they didn't seem to match the beat. Great charming package overall

Lucien Catonnet21 Apr 2020, 12:36

Nice game, I'm not used to having to keep the beat _and_ concentrate on incoming enemies, so that was a nice challenge!

FishMasterino21 Apr 2020, 17:22

Very cool rythm game, and very original

JanaChumi21 Apr 2020, 21:32

I've played some game and this is my fav until now.

LuCecyl22 Apr 2020, 02:14

Greeeat game! One of my favorites entries so far :) Nice work, so fun! Loved the rap beat!

Snowirbis23 Apr 2020, 19:23

Wow I didn't expect that !

That's a great game, with a great song !

May be you could try to add some visual feedback like in other rythm games.
For instance a green color if you are good and red if you are doing bad, and text like (Perfect - good - bad) every time you hit space

Hugo kieffer23 Apr 2020, 19:24

really cool visual and sound, a bit hard at first but that ok, good entry,good job!

neuronezero23 Apr 2020, 19:33

Nice original concept, good graphics and lyrics. The lyrics put you off the beat sometimes though... Beat could be more present also. Good game !

Giulia23 Apr 2020, 20:34

Cool idea and original approach ! I think there's a delay...ore maybe I'm really bad at playing, but overall I like it!

MacDoom23 Apr 2020, 20:43

Nice mix of genres! The shaders look super cool and the music is catchy. Great work!

Blackgoku3623 Apr 2020, 22:36

Graphics are super cool! and game concept is nice too. Maybe the game could be stage/level based? so you aren't bombarded with snail continuously and give you change to look at your progress?

keanutah23 Apr 2020, 22:49

Really cool! I feel like the rhythm game aspect of it could have been tuned better, more feedback for onbeat/off-beat would be nice. Great graphics, fun music, excellent work!

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