We can feel the nostalgia through the art style and the gameplay. The sound crack when we missed the notes is so juicy! The things that we want to recommend is the long note is a bit hard to see for us but overall is nice and we were having fun with this game! >:D
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #41 | 3.524 | 3.524 |
| Gameplay | #44 | 3.095 | 3.095 |
| Overall | #55 | 3.274 | 3.274 |
| Use of Theme | #63 | 3.143 | 3.143 |
| Aesthetic | #70 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Theme
Your broke band takes a last-minute gig at a strange bar on the edge of town, for triple the pay. The crowd doesn’t move. They just stare. And every time you finish the song, it starts again, faster. Encore is a 5-lane rhythm horror game. Keep your band in time through rounds of the same song, as the tempo climbs. Each bandmate can survive only two mistakes. Then stage fright hits: the screen blurs, notes vanish, and lanes swap. One wrong note could cost someone their life.
Limitations
Shared Experience; We all get stage fright when we perform, and the stage-fright sections are what it feels like for us. Human Generated Artwork; All artwork and music are produce by the amazing team of restless software engineers and product manager who can do a tiny bit of arts, ex-conductor now project engineer, and no time to relax UX designer.
Comments
Everything about this game is perfect... the gameplay, art style, UI, SFX, and music are 10/10. I love how you guys represent stage fright, apparently and brilliantly. The audience noise made me even more stressed and rushed. Also, I found a small detail on the game over screen, the back row turns their head and stares into my soul. It feels like they want me to play MORE, tho I got like 30% accuracy (easy mode btw). Very well-made game(✿◠ᴗ◠)
This is the first rhythm game that I found on this Jam. It's so much fun to play. I really enjoy it 🎶🎶✨
This game idea is absolutely mind-blowing! Mixing rhythm gameplay with a time-loop theme is genius.
Oxygen Not Included On Stage, hahaha. Why do I feel like the audience is the villain, forcing them to play on stage. The sound of them saying "More" is so haunting. Anyway, the art style is good and a good spin on the rhythm game design.
Wow, this game is so much fun ! I could keep playing for hours. I love rhythm games, and I really enjoyed this one. Art is super stylish too. I love this game ! ♥♥
Cool and cute art design, The gameplay concepts and the theme are really interesting—keep it up!
interesting take on stage fright. The art style reminds me of Oxygen Not Included. It's very cute but still able to make it give out a creepy vibe when needed. The character sprite change plus the fast pace gameplay make the panic feel real
a really fun game!!! idk if it's a horror game or not but i feel like it's super cute lol
Really cool take on rhythm horror! The cute band and creepy audience work well together, and the repeating encore fits the loop theme nicely. Losing limbs makes every miss feel nasty. A gentler introduction would help players find their rhythm before things get brutal!
Thank you for the feedback! Feel free to check out our other game as well.
So I just played the game, and ya its reall good. I like the concept. It's really exceptional and bold. Also, the way you designed the UI is very, very nice. One Question from mah side: is this music tone is from some Thai songs or an English song? Idk, kinda felt familiar.
Hi Composer here, The tone of melody it kinda mix between Undertale Spider dance theme..ish(that why you felt similar)and Some another game boss fight as well (Feel like that has Arpeggio melodic mix with Phrygian flavor for horror theme).
Also If you play pass through near ending, You can that the song can be separate into three part (Phase 1 Boss fight, Transition between phase 1 and phase 2, and the Phase 2 fight) which kinda typical for Boss fight OST.
Cool game, but sadly, I'll have to give you 1 star... for each one of your "lanes" in your game for the overall rating.




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