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A jam submission

Glitching SoundView game page

Rhythm game with a minor inconvenience
Submitted by flowsoul — 12 hours, 28 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Technical Execution and Completion#1n/an/a
Playability and Fun Factor#2n/an/a
Theme Integration#2n/an/a
Innovation and Creativity#4n/an/a
Impact and Engagement#4n/an/a
Community Favorite#93.8393.839

Ranked from 31 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

Amazing rhythm game! As an Osu! Mania enjoyer, I immediately felt at home playing this game, which I think says a lot about its quality. The music is very nice and the way you integrated the jam's theme into the gameplay is clever. 

If I may offer one small feedback: I think the game would feel just a bit nicer if you had a different sound when you hit a "GREAT" note.

Great job!

Developer(+1)

Thank you so much, I appreciate your kind words! Yay a fellow Osu! enjoyer here too (though I haven’t played Osu!Mania game mode) :D

And thanks for the idea of adding a different sound for the “great” note, I hadn’t thought about that. It could really add a nice touch to the game experience.

Also wow what a score, nice job!

Submitted

Wow this is a super polished game! Had a great time and a lot of fun even though I'm not the most experienced with rhythm games myself. Also this is a bit weird and maybe just a me thing but I kept thinking the arrow keys at the bottom (that you press when the notes match it's position) looked similar to the falling notes itself and because of that I accidentally kept mistaking a falling note for the bottom key itself. I dont even know if that explanation made sense... but I got over it eventually so it was a-okay.

Developer

Thank you for your words! Ohh I get your feedback about arrow keys looking similar as the notes! I think adding some visual distinction between them would be a great idea (maybe an outline would work well). Thanks again!

Submitted

More levels and an online leaderboard would take this to the next level! Wanting there to be more is a good sign :) Nicely polished game, well done!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! Oh, it’s a really nice point of view about a good sign :D More levels and an online leaderboard are great ideas for future updates.

Submitted

I got 17177, have no idea if that's good. This is my fav so far, but I'm biased as a musician :) Art and jams were solid. Only critique is that it seemed the arrows didn't always match with what was happening with the music. It is super satisfying to know a run or part of the melody is going to repeat and knowing the rhythm beforehand and having what's happening on the screen match up. Hopefully that makes sense. Great job!

Developer

Wow, 17177 is a great score! Thanks for playing, I’m really honored to be your fav game so far (yay, fellow musician)!

Ohh I see your point about the arrows. I wanted to diversify the note mapping to maintain interest and attention, and to avoid repetition. So, the notes sometimes represent one instrument and it’s rhythm, then switch to another instrument and so on. However, I see now that this approach can lessen the satisfaction, especially in the final repeating section where hitting the notes of the main melody would feel more intuitive and rewarding (rather than chord notes). Your feedback on this is incredibly helpful, thank you!

Submitted

Superb job for your first game jam entry! The key feedback sound was very satisfying and the rhythms were fun to tap to. Maybe some more visual distinction between the greats, goods, and okays would have been nice (Maybe you could pull from Morgan’s color palette?), but that’s a super nitpicky comment! Overall, loved this!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the feedback and for playing! I agree about adding more visual distinction to the judgements. I’ll experiment with adjusting the colors - thanks for the idea! I’m also thinking of adding little star particles that appear around “great” to make perfect note hits feel more rewarding.

Submitted

The song is awesome, good job! And you did a nice job arranging the elements beautifully. The presentation is pretty flawless here. The gameplay is simple, but it works really well and fits the theme of this jam. And you did a great job of mapping the keys at the right times.

I feel like the sound that plays when you hit the notes is just slightly delayed/off. This is especially apparent at the strings of 4 eighth notes in a row. That could just be because of the way it's embedded in the webpage, though. Or maybe it's a skill issue on my end 😅.

Either way it's an excellent entry, one of the best I've played here.

Developer (1 edit) (+1)

Aww thank you for your kind words! It means a lot to me! <3

Ohhh great catch on hit sound delay! I had a feeling something was a bit off, but couldn’t figure it out. After reading your comment, I checked the project again and noticed that the sound effect file itself has a 0.02s silence at the very beginning. I think that’s the case! I’ll cut it a little bit to start without offset. Omg thank you :D

And thanks for playing! I’m truly honored that you consider it one of the best entries.

Submitted

Oh, nice! I'm glad I was able to help. I think with that fixed it takes it to the next level.

Submitted

I love the vibes from this game - I wasn't even that mad when I missed a few notes! It's really simple, but I think it's a strong entry given the quality of the features present. The art, music, and tight controls can really get you to that flow state!

Submitted

I love the vibes from this game - I wasn't even that mad when I missed a few notes! It's really simple, but I think it's a strong entry given the quality of the features present. The art, music, and tight controls can really get you to that flow state!

Developer

Thank you so much! It was my main focus to create the vibe that gets you into that flow state, so I’m happy to hear it worked for you!

Submitted

Love the twist on the usual rhythm game to fit the theme, great art style, relaxing vibe, enjoyed the animations for when you hit, miss or an anomaly is incoming and the bar showing how long is left, I would play more levels, even try to get perfects on them, really enjoyed it, even have the song in my head, and feel you could add a cozy story too!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! I'm happy you enjoyed the music, animations and all the little details! Absolutely agree about adding story and more levels. Initially I wanted to add a story and different levels but decided to cut that because of the deadline. Maybe one day I'll come back to this project and update it. Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Super creative interpretation of the theme! It's simple but its just so well executed. For a first game, fantastic job! 

Developer

Oh, thank you for your kind words! I initially had a bigger project in my head, but after realizing the level of my current skills it became much smaller and simpler. I'm happy I managed to finish it anyway :D

Submitted(+1)

Made me vibe and lock in at the same time you wizards how dare you!

Submitted(+1)

Made me vibe and lock in at the same time you wizards how dare you!

Developer

Ahah,  secret "flow state" magic as it is :D Thank you for playing!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

I had a lot of fun with this game! I felt the notes were very well mapped to the music (nice job on that too, was very pleasant to listen to!). The tempo speedup parts in particular felt very satisfying to correctly hit, especially when there was some innate tension in trying to maintain a high combo count. Played through the song multiple times chasing a higher score and nearly full combo'd it by the end with a score of 40,061. Nice work!

Developer

Thank you for such detailed feedback! 

It means a lot to me that note mapping felt good, I spent some decent time with it :D Glad you enjoyed the tempo speedup mechanic too. 

And wow, awesome score, good job on keeping that combo! Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

Fun rhythm game, music always helps me to get into the flow state!

Developer(+1)

Yay, music flow gang! Thanks for playing!

Submitted(+1)

The controls feel really precise, which is super important for this kind of game. The art and music are great too, you did a fantastic job!

Developer

Thank you for the feedback! Glad the controls felt right. Really happy you liked the art and music as well.

Submitted(+1)

Fantastic execution, good job on getting the latency down for the note timing. Love the background clouds!

Developer(+2)

Thank you for the feedback! I'm really glad the note timing went well.

Submitted(+1)

The game fits the theme perfectly! Love the art and the music! I enjoyed the game!

Developer(+1)

Thank you for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed playing it!

Submitted (2 edits)

1249 LOL.

Nice work! The only thing I noticed was it seemed like the music didn't line up with the arrows. EDIT -  I think it was because of Bluetooth delay.

Really liked your time dilation mechanic!

Developer

Still good job! :D Thank you for playing, I'm glad the time dilation mechanic went well in the game.

Yep, I think the cause of the mismatch is likely a Bluetooth delay.. Thanks for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

1627 :D

I'm not good at this kind of game, but I had a lot of fun!

Developer(+1)

Nice! :D Glad you liked it, and thank you!

Submitted(+1)

8037 :O
Would love some scoreboard for that type of game, but besides that it's really fun!

Developer(+2)

Wow, awesome score!

I had the exact same thought about the scoreboard when I played your game! (I have a queue for ratings, so I haven't rated and written a review yet). After seeing the scores I thought - "that's nice, I should have added an online scoreboard like this in my own game"

Thanks for playing, and I'm glad you liked it!

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