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A jam submission

Skeleton KeyView game page

Ear training by the Late Ensemble
Submitted by Folks578 — 2 hours, 32 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Audio#2653.9413.941
Narrative#17982.8822.882
Creativity#20653.7063.706
Enjoyment#21453.3533.353
Artwork#37793.0593.059

Ranked from 17 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?
The game is about transcribing a looping music sample.

(Optional) Please credit all assets you've used
See description for credits

(Optional) What would you like to be called if GMTK features your game?
Folks

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Comments

(+1)

Very good, doubly fantastic as a first game!  Loving the spooky take on a call and response and I'm reminded I'm really bad at these :<  Keep up the great work!

(+1)

Very good, doubly fantastic as a first game!  Loving the spooky take on a call and response and I'm reminded I'm really bad at these :<  Keep up the great work!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

An impressive first submission and game you have made here!

Audio and Visuals are fantastic, love the narrative you spent time making here as well and great work matching the theme to your game. I had a lot of fun playing this.

One thing I was a bit confused on was the reason why the layering of notes had specific instrument attatched to them- I'm not sure if I missed something there? But otherwise really fantastic - excellent submission.

Developer

Thanks for your review! You're very kind.

My mission for this game was to sneak in a learning element about music notation and ear training. In sheet music, though slightly more elaborate, you essentially note music like this; stacking instruments one bar at a time. 

Submitted

Oh interesting- Thank you for explaining that!

Submitted(+1)

Great first game - congratulations!! (We're on our second this year!)

(+1)

First of all, I love the simple art style and story concept. And I'm a sucker for any game involving music and timing so this was right up my alley. Great job on your first published game!

Submitted(+1)

Congrats on getting your first game in! This was also my first experience in a Game Jam and/or making something to put in front of people. It's tough but I  think you made something really cool!

Submitted(+1)

Great job on your first game jam and game ever! Very original idea of using music in the loop. Love the darker vibes as well