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A jam submission

Circling NotesView game page

Unlock musical loops to create your own soundtrack
Submitted by MYST studio — 2 hours, 55 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#524.3384.338
Creativity#27493.5383.538
Enjoyment#28783.1543.154
Artwork#42222.9382.938
Narrative#61881.9081.908

Ranked from 65 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?
In this game, you play the same level again and again, unlocking musical loops to create your own soudntrack.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
Every assets made by ourselves (excluding fonts)

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Submitted(+1)

Enjoyed trying to activate and unactivate tracks again and again just to figure out in which way the music sounds best XD I love it! Also the idea is great!

Submitted(+1)

The sound design is amazing! great job!

Developer

Thank you so much, and thank you for playing our game!

Submitted(+1)

The sound design in this is phenomenal. Extremely well made game, great job!

Submitted(+1)

just saw you in the discord. gorgeous soundtrack. Congrats on your 2nd ever game, it plays beautifully, I didn't encounter any issues at all. A little more challenge in each stage unlocking the door would be beneficial, as well as some sort of victory state when you complete the game could be cool, some flourish visually with the door & the music maybe. Bunch of things you could do with this, congrats!

Developer

Thank you so much for taking the time to play our game! :) I definitely agree, it needs more visual and challenges, that's something we're trying to bring in a post-jam update :)

Submitted

Good work! smooth play!

I would love your rating to my game!

Submitted(+1)

A really smoothing and well-done game ! Great narrative throught music. Some more variations in the level design would have been great to know which part of the music you're creating (rythm, tune, effects, etc)... But you did an impressive work with so little time !

Submitted(+1)

The music was so good. It fit the games atmosphere too so really well done on that. I was doing a lot of head bobbing while playing this. LOL

Submitted(+1)

Really unique and immersive experience. Great job guys. Loved the gradual addition to the music. I got surprised a how much layers are there in a single music :)

Submitted(+1)

Awesome concept! The way the music gradually builds by adding different sections creates a real sense of anticipation, like waiting for a new piece of music to be born. Plus, the platforming controls feel great, and the sound effects are spot on. Great game!d(゚∀゚d)

I'm really looking forward to having more types of music blocks available in the future, so we can create even more diverse music!(๑•ᴗ•๑)

Submitted (1 edit)

This was a cool take on the theme.  I wish there had been a little more feedback when interacting with the music blocks, as sometimes I wasn't sure which ones I had activated when I was going back through the area.

Developer(+1)

Thank you! The sprite for the music block changes when activated or deactivated, but maybe we should have made it more obvious :)

Submitted(+1)

liked the idea of selectively adding different parts of the music as a core mechanic, nice game

Submitted

Really nice idea, would love to see expanded with a more robust gameplay loop!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! We are definitely planning to expand the gameplay aspect post-jam :)

Submitted

It's a very original concept with a lot of potential!

However, I was a little frustrated by the lack of gameplay. I would have liked there to have been an objective to activating these notes, like musical puzzles to be solved by activating one note and not another.

Still, it's a beautiful game and a relaxing experience. Well done for creating it :)

Developer

Thank you very much! 
I understand your frustration, I was hoping to add more in the visuals but ran out of time. Regarding gameplay, we want to expand this after the jam, I do need time to experiment and test things, I have just been learning to code and game dev for a month :)

Submitted(+1)

Well done again, then. 

Because it's no small feat, having only been learning code for a month, to take part in a game jam like this and manage to create such a polished game. You can be proud of yourselves :)

Developer

Thank you so much, it means a lot! 

Submitted(+1)

this was really special! reminded me a lot of the dream sequences in night in the woods, the slowly building soundtrack was really cool. the only thing i can really criticize is i wish there was a volume slider, and i wish the platforming was a little more challenging! itd be really cool if you had to far off and make some really challenging jumps to get some of the loops. but thats just my tastes talking, i really did like this a lot. hope it does well!

Developer

Thank you for your feedback, we really appreciate it! I will definitely add a volume slider (I need to learn how) and we will expand on the gameplay post-jam :)

Submitted

Perhaps the audio is a tad too loud on my browser but doesn't take away from the fact that it sounded good! I think the jumping is a little "floaty", unless that was the intended feel, I think it could use some tweaking, other than that, good job :D

Submitted(+1)

The sound track for this game is amazing, and your platforming feels pretty good!  It seems like there's at least jump input buffering there!  This game was a relaxing experience and I'd love to see it expanded on.  

Developer

Thank you very much! There is jump input buffering indeed :)
I am very glad the platforming felt good, this was our first platformer (ish) game and we will definitely expand on this post-jam :) 

Submitted(+1)

Very neat take on the theme! You really made it pop with the various voices harmonising. It was super relaxing.

Submitted(+1)

This is such a great idea i love it! With really clean art and controls too, and amazing sound ofc

Submitted(+1)

Great job, I love the idea of creating your own music loops!

Submitted(+1)

I loved the music in this, great job. It was fun to layer it all, starting with something simple and ending with something sounding very complete. 

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