Ludum Dare #48compo

More Bass!

by substr

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.74

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.21

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.67

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.52

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.60

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.42

More Bass! is a game where the Bass players of the world can finally get some well deserved recognition by showing as many guitar players as possible the power of those deep bass notes.

This is my first Ludum Dare entry so I hope you enjoy it! Made with LÖVE.

Controls

- WASD / Arrow keys to move
- Left click (hold down) - Bass-ic attack
- Right click - Mega attack when power bar is full
- Escape - Quit

Download notes

- Windows: If prompted by Windows SmartScreen, click "More info" and then open
- OS X: If prompted by OS X about an unknown application, right click -> open the .love file instead of dragging or double clicking, and then click 'Open'

Tools: LÖVE

Comments22

laurenloco25 Apr 2021, 19:01

hell yeah! let's go bassists!

MrVarren25 Apr 2021, 20:26

Nice! Bass is good! Bass is Life!

Smoothi326 Apr 2021, 01:25

This game kicks serious bass! Great stuff!

SciDev26 Apr 2021, 01:25

The concept and the art is very good. The idea is very cool, but the enemies appear too fast and there is not much sense of pacing, but other than that, there is a lot of good artwork and concepts in it and the goal is clear from the beginning without needing much explanation. Great job.

frogmen26 Apr 2021, 06:27

game feels real good to play. for the first minute i felt like a scott pilgrim character. being surrounded and then hitting the entire room with a right click feels Great. game gets pretty stale fast, but i think it's really expandable and has a great concept to back it up. i can see there being different types of enemies, dialogue sequences, boss battles, more instruments, more songs, a bigger map... the possibilities are near endless!

otresnjak26 Apr 2021, 06:29

Oh man, I think this is my favorite interpretation of the themes so far! I should pick up my bass more often.

Random though, it could be really cool if the bass 'attacks' played a funky bassline of their own and/or matched up a bit with the background music.

Really nice art, too!

emanvidmaker26 Apr 2021, 06:43

Nice work, kudos for balancing the enemy amount

LJFMX26 Apr 2021, 06:49

I had a lot of fun playing this one! Really satisfying how you can kind of line them all up and hit em all in a row. And when it gets later in the level and you use the mega attack -- really nice! This would be awesome to expand as maybe a rhythm game (better score the closer your notes are?). Great interpretation of the theme as well. My favorite submission I've played so far. Nicely done!

Ommadawn26 Apr 2021, 07:11

Nice game and original way to approach the theme ! :guitar: :gun: The mega bass is overpowered but it's enjoyable and funny :smile:

jj2oo226 Apr 2021, 18:23

Rate this idea on the combat fueling the soundtrack, would like to see more. Liked howw the mega attack always arrives just in time. And because of the player contributing to the audio, it just felt wrong not to be blasting away those leadd guitarists - thats really cool pull on the core mechanic. well played

Valden27 Apr 2021, 08:51

Nice first jam game ! Gameplay was simple but enjoyable. It could use more punch on the attacks and more feedback when you get hit though.

Seebass2228 Apr 2021, 08:36

Love your interpretation of the theme!

Lazzor29 Apr 2021, 18:53

Nice! Super fun way to make the twin-stick shooter interesting. Also, great sound design and super creative interpretation of the theme!

blotosaur29 Apr 2021, 19:03

There are definitely too many guitar players compared to bass players, so this game is accurate. Walking forward and holding LMB made it kinda easy after a while. Maybe taking longer to charge the RMB would be more challenging. Great entry!

BlackOpsBen29 Apr 2021, 19:09

Not what I expected, but surprisingly fun! Could use a rhythm mechanic where you play specific bass lines and the better you click the correct buttons, the better the sound wave is at pushing those guitarists back.

yulotomorrow29 Apr 2021, 23:39

I really like the theme and how you made a basic shooter game fun and humorous! Well done!

Eduardo Yukio30 Apr 2021, 19:32

The mechanics are simple but very fun! As your first jam game, you nailed the scope. I always overscope and end up trying to make big games and it definitelly doesn't work. I really liked the theme haha, congratulations!

Fatsheep5 May 2021, 02:58

Surprisingly addictive, got to 4275 on my first try. The one critique i have is that the enemy hitbox should be made clearer. I don't mind them extending that far in front of the enemy, but it should at least be telegraphed.

mlho77 May 2021, 08:14

Very addictive indeed, really nice entry and idea, good job !

VixenMink8 May 2021, 01:45

You can never go wrong with more bass. Digging the sounds

Dylan Fries9 May 2021, 23:02

Very fun little game, well done! My only suggestion would be to have the bass notes maybe destruct when hitting the guitar players rather then continue though as it would make it harder (would need some rebalancing though). Either way, very good job!

toby164518 May 2021, 03:12

I love this game's graphics! I was also pleased to see the inclusion of music (something lacking in my own game), but with the way this game is themed not having music would seem pretty out of place. The mechanics and controls are also solid. All in all this is a very enjoyable game :)