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A jam submission

Sisyphus OrchestraView game page

A never ending musical path
Submitted by NeverHeliOS — 7 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#2583.9473.947
Creativity#21693.6843.684
Enjoyment#33143.0533.053
Artwork#39503.0003.000
Narrative#73231.6841.684

Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

How does your game fit the theme?
There is a musical loop

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Submitted

I couldn't start the game at all! I have a firefox browser if that helps you diagnose. Your game looks very cool and fun! :)

Try running it in a private browsing window so that your extensions are disabled, that could do the trick

Submitted

Nice roguelite ! The system seems robust, now it just lacks a bit of easing into it for the player :)

Submitted

I think the idea is cool, and its pretty difficult which makes it fun. its funny when the ball hits you in a specific time so that your character's voice matches the rhythm.

Submitted

Cool take on the theme! It was clever to think about music loops. It might have just been an issue on my end but I constantly heard like a crunchy static while I was playing. Still had fun though, nice work.

Submitted

Really cool. I liked the enemies each having their part in the song. Loved the lazer enemies. Made it feel extra disco.

I couldn't get the hang of shooting even though I felt that I was on beat. A visual indicator for when I could shoot would have helped me. Just dodging still played well.

Submitted

Really liked the idea, but the implementation didn't quite do it for me, mostly because of the balance. 3 hp on enemies feels like a ton, considering track speed and having to dodge their quite fast bullets. And then by level three you would have to get extremely lucky with the upgrades (think 2 jackpots in a row) to even strand a chance

Still, I think this game has great potential and it would be nice to see it live past the jam

Submitted

Colorful, fun, and the music is great too! Keep up the great work.

Submitted

I really like the rhythm of the game music. The shooting sound effects seem to be beating the rhythm of the game. If shooting and music are combined, the synchronized attack effect will be even better and it will be very interesting.

Submitted

Really cool game! loved the music. Maybe I'm just bad but i found the beginning very hard to beat ;-; still enjoyed it alot though!

Submitted

Where's my Boulder?!

Seriously though - totally loved the rhythm and how the melody develops. But found it too hard to make it far enough to see some final melody stages :D Would love to watch it on stream to avoid the struggle :)

Also found shooting a bit underwhelming - would be better if killing enemies game some reward, but just killing them didn't quite help with avoiding bullet hell

Totally love the vibes! Sound design is especially great!

Submitted

hell yeah, more music games <3 this was really fun, i love it! The music really works and i like the design of the spinning laser enemies, they felt really good to fight. one criticism is that it was difficult to keep track of the different patterns at once with different enemies shooting at different times, an indicator would be nice. id love to see this game developed a little further, with a bit more time and polish it could really shine ^^

Submitted

Very  cool idea. Maybe if there was a visual indicator for the shoot mechanic it would be more apparent which beat it wanted to land on.

Submitted (1 edit)

The music is the star of the game. The action was a bit too spastic for me to enjoy, but the way the enemies and the music blended was amazing.
EDIT: Also, wasn't clear initially that you can't shoot off beat. Give me some of that Chopin 22 notes in a measure stuff!

Submitted

A fun roguelike game with some rhythm elements that creates audio to bop. Topped with a clear and consistent visual style (including the squishy jelly), it's a unique yet solid experience.

L’audio est magnifique, et j’adore la façon dont la musique change lorsque vous tirez sur les ennemis. Mes oreilles ont été excitées et satisfaites, et je balançais ma tête au rythme. Le jeu était amusant, et j’ai pu comprendre comment jouer correctement après quelques essais.

MAIS !

J’étais triste de ne pas pouvoir jouer au jeu sur mon mobile. Bien que les améliorations semblaient intéressantes, je n’ai pas pu choisir entre elles en raison d’un bug d’entrée. La cadence de tir était également lente, ce qui était frustrant au début, mais j’ai pu bien chronométrer mes tirs,, et je duré jusqu’au round 6. Les ennemis à ce stade étaient purement maléfiques !!!!

Dans l’ensemble, le jeu est amusant. Un peu manquant de narration à mon goût, mais globalement agréable++++++ !

Submitted

Dodging the bullets was fun, but it was just a bit too fast for me. I had a bit of trouble shooting (idk maybe you had to time your shots to the beat) because most of the times I tried to shoot, nothing happened. I did a few runs (3-4) that completed the first loop, but then I just couldn't beat the second one. Good game though, I enjoyed playing it!

Submitted

the game tingles my ears

very cool!

Submitted

COOOOOL

Submitted

COOOOOL