The upgrades system is such a brilliant addition to a rhythm game! I love how depending on your skill level, you can either make it easier for yourself or add challenges to reward skilled play.

Also, as a musician, I have to say the way those upgrades/additions affect the music is awesome. I absolutely love adaptive music - it’s a musical style only video games can do - and this is a great way to do it, affecting both the gameplay and the audio together. The song builds throughout the game too, culminating in that killer key solo at the end!

Speaking of that solo, though… I think the difficulty curve could be smoothed out. Most of the game is relatively simple - not in a bad way - but as soon as I added the solo, the game introduced two more lanes and drastically upped the complexity of the map. As a relative amateur at rhythm games, it was a little dispiriting to go from something I could reasonably sight-read to something I could barely parse. (Although I did get over 80% somehow?) I don’t mind the hard difficulty at all, but it might be nice to sprinkle it in earlier rather than backloading it. Doing that might also increase the feeling of a roguelike, because I didn’t actually find myself dying and having to go again, try different upgrades, etc. (Shame, because I didn’t get to add all the musical layers in in my run… I wanted to hear the guitar part!)

Great work overall! The music is an absolute bop :)

Really fun!! It was really impressive how the music layers more and more every round and the notes you have to hit match really well! I will say the difficulty progression felt a little off, the first round required by far the most coordination imo and then later rounds when I had way more upgrades and more instruments, the patterns did not feel as difficult. Overall, nice work!

Nice work. A bit fast paced for me, but respect the concept!

I'm honestly very impressed by the sheet amount of work put in this game. A rythm roguelite is something original but in the course of 4 days, that's an absolute masterclass. GG guys

Really, really fun and impressive! Once the guitar was added I really saw the vision, excellent game!

Wow, this one really impressed! I love the way you combine a run/roguelike structure with music to layer on more musical complexity onto the same track. I think with a little polish/juice this would be a standout game even outside the context of a jam.

edit: My only real criticism is that the theme tie in is weak. Other than that, this is definitely one of the most fun entries I’ve played so far.

A roguelike rythm game is a really cool idea honestly i wished the runs ramped up a lil slower and had more levels cause i got kinda overwhelmed with the later levels and the fact i got two upgrades each time but i liked the final level. sry for the paragraph. Nice game :)

Really fun. Visuals and music are great, and the modifier cards between rounds are a smart idea. Only thing is the hit feedback could use a bit more punch, would feel way more satisfying. Nice work!

If you get a chance, mine is a chess roguelike called Final Gambit: /jam/gmtk-jam-2026/rate/4813276

Very good music! Keep up the good work!

Good music, had fun!

Cute concept, I had a few problems with Input but that just might be a firefox issue. Songs were great!

Thanks for the fun ean!