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A jam submission

The empty music boxView game page

Short adventure about playing your lyre!
Submitted by Rat_in_a_hat โ€” 29 minutes, 14 seconds before the deadline
Rated by 6 people so far
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Design Statement
The moment i heard the first seconds of the track -i thought of a purple-blue world and musical magic, and so i went from that! I also thought that the instrument of the main melody sounded similar to a kalimba, so i tried to record my own sound effects for the first time by playing my kalimba.

Game Instructions (launch steps, controls, and gameplay overview)
WASD - move
E - open song list
Q - open music box
SPACE - interact/progress dialogue
F - play your instrument
SHIFT - pause.
Gameplay consists mostly of fetch quests and quests you complete through playing your songs from the list.

Gameplay walkthrough video
https://youtu.be/pFIcnqOVmCU

Did your project use any AI tools or assets? If yes, please specify.
absolutely no AI was used

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Comments

Submitted

The mechanic is really cool. Love how different combination of notes can be used as tools to solve problems. Would love to have more hints or recall assists, because the dialog with npc could only be triggered once, its hard to recall the exact content or instructions.

Submitted

The art is amazing and the game is cozy. Congratulations!

Submitted

fun, cozy and relaxing game. Really good experience playing this!

Submitted

it feels nice and cozy to play
love it