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Song of DecayView game page

Discover secret melodies that have the power to shape the world around you and soothe the souls of forlorn ghosts!

Submitted by Pnaser74, drewdebakker — 16 hours, 41 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Audio	#21	4.000	4.000
Gameplay	#146	3.091	3.091
Innovation	#155	3.000	3.000
Graphics	#155	3.455	3.455
Overall	#172	3.182	3.182
Theme interpretation	#197	3.000	3.000

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

GitHub repository URL
https://github.com/antoniodangond/bard_copy

Game description
A top-down puzzle-adventure game where you play as mythological bard Orpheus, after he loses Eurydice. Play your lyre to defeat enemies and soothe souls.

Theme interpretation
Song of Decay follows Orpheus as he wanders a crumbling world brimming with hidden messages and secret songs. With his lyre, he solves puzzles, defeats enemies, and soothes restless spirits on a quest to reunite with his beloved Eurydice.

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TheeBeverlee1 year ago(+2)

The music is lovely and for a musical story, that is very needed! Love the art style especially character design and the mausoleum. I can see this expanded into something really fun and loved getting to play this demo! Really cool idea and puzzles. Could see this having lots of ghost stories and songs attached!

dmitrycrowdSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

The graphics, visual style, and art — my compliments! Everything is so stylish and aesthetically pleasing. The sound design and music are also top-notch. I absolutely loved the mechanic of playing melodies. Thank you for the game!

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Shadows of the house

PsynutSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I very pretty aesthetic. Some nice thoughts added to the signs and the interactions with the ghosts. I would like to see more of this. More work to do to flesh it out with the combat, songs, and puzzles. And for a month's work this is great.

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Special Warp Good Time

wiley1 year ago(+2)

The strong personality and audio of the game really stood out to me, perfect for the size of this apparent demo/POC (according to the sign at the end of the game). I also enjoyed the simplicity of the controls.

Maybe it would make more sense when fully developed to the intent of the creators, but the combat seemed almost entirely unneeded and I would have preferred to have another puzzle or two instead and I think it would have benefitted from focusing on the core mechanic. While I enjoy the look of the game there was a point when I was a little bit lost on what to do (pushing the gravestone) so maybe a little more focus on UI would have helped there.

alag00Submitted1 year ago(+2)

Beautiful audio! The music, and the sfxs, *chef's kiss*. I liked the puzzles were solved by playing in specific melody, though I believe the combat system could be more polished. Good job!

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Between The Signals

bearSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Had to go through the source to make sure I didn't miss another song (secrets and all :) I would love to see more songs that do more things. Good work overall!

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Game Off Secrets

P.5.Submitted1 year ago(+2)

The visual style reminded me of the demo version of the game that eventually became Hollow Knight, which is very nice. The music is great and the lyre idea is great. Despite the demo's brevity, it's filled with enough well-thought-out details to make it feel like a full experience with a subtle narrative in the background. In short, I really enjoyed it! Great job!

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Do you wanna job?

Pnaser74Developer1 year ago

Thanks for the kind words!

tmachineSubmitted1 year ago (1 edit)

great style and mechanic was exciting but nothing happened couldnt get anywhere. Desperately needs some indication of what you can interact with, especially when you have so many objects on the level that do nothing when interacted with. Even the signs did nothing - the only thing that responded for me was the 'rotting log'. After walking around the level a few times, still blocked by the other log, I gave up.

I found a ghost, but nothing had any effect on it. Tried all the controls.

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ShadowLink Command

drewdebakkerDeveloper1 year ago (2 edits)

Thanks for checking out our game and sorry you got stuck! Did you try pressing Z to interact with signs and the ghost? If you decide to give it another shot, try reading the backs of signs too :)

tmachineSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Ah! Right, that was MUCH too obscure :). But knowing that each side of the sign is separately interactable, and some sides do nothing, others work, was a big help. I think at minimum you need to highlight the sign with an outline color to show it will be interacted (or not) and probably use a different color for different sides (top vs bottom) to hint that its worth doing both.

Really liked discovering and using the song - would love to have more songs to learn and use.

Snakes were bugged - 9 in 10 never moved so just walked to them and spammed LMB.

Pnaser74Developer1 year ago

Thanks for the feedback! Super helpful to know what is confusing/not working well and needs refactoring :)

remarkablegamesSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

Really good ambience. I got stuck for a bit until I read the sign. Was there a way to interact with the bird?

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Secret Identity

Pnaser74Developer1 year ago

not yet! We're planning to finish it up soon

BajinSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

The fantastic sound design contributes significantly to the atmosphere. Nice.

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Sunken Treasures

rjleySubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I'm very impressed! The art style is lovely, the music is SO GOOD, and the atmosphere is awesome. Nice work!!

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Museum Assassin

Pnaser74Developer1 year ago

Thank you!! Our composer is Mikel! and artist is Drew