Scratch Track by playvue
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Scratch Track is a musical puzzle game where the player races around a record to match the notes of the melody as they stream by. Get at least 50% right to advance to the inner levels.
Controls:
L/R to move to adjacent lanes.
ASDFG/LKJHG to move to specific lanes.
Future Plans: The record will spin in the opp direction of the player. =)
Theme Approach:
It's a full screen game where the entire game, all action and obstacles existing on a single screen/level.
Jam Approach:
For probably the first time ever, we have TWO (THAT'S MORE THAN ONE) musicians on our team. And, zero artists. So, from the start, we focused heavily on our strengths: code & music.
This is the first jam for our new group, the CLE Game Co-Op in Cleveland, OH, USA. Of the 5 main team members, only 1 has ever jammed (let alone made a game) previously.
NOTE: BEST VIEWED IN FULL BROWSER WINDOW (NOT FULLSCREEN, CLICK THE WEB LINK)
Scratch Track is a musical puzzle game where the player races around a record to match the notes of the melody as they stream by. Get at least 50% right to advance to the inner levels.
Controls:
L/R to move to adjacent lanes.
ASDFG/LKJHG to move to specific lanes.
Future Plans: The record will spin in the opp direction of the player. =)
Theme Approach:
It's a full screen game where the entire game, all action and obstacles existing on a single screen/level.
Jam Approach:
For probably the first time ever, we have TWO (THAT'S MORE THAN ONE) musicians on our team. And, zero artists. So, from the start, we focused heavily on our strengths: code & music.
This is the first jam for our new group, the CLE Game Co-Op in Cleveland, OH, USA. Of the 5 main team members, only 1 has ever jammed (let alone made a game) previously.
| Web | http://code.playvue.com/clegamecoop/ld31/12082014/ |
| Source | http://code.playvue.com/clegamecoop/ld31/12082014/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-31/?action=preview&uid=12572 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 56% | 3 |
| Overall(Jam) | 3.59 | 214 |
| Audio(Jam) | 4.44 | 3 |
| Fun(Jam) | 3.18 | 408 |
| Graphics(Jam) | 2.79 | 713 |
| Innovation(Jam) | 3.88 | 77 |
| Mood(Jam) | 3.50 | 199 |
| Theme(Jam) | 3.88 | 209 |
@AgentParsec: FF, by chance? Someone else reported that as well. I find it very odd, we're not doing anything super fancy here. Straight CreateJS. Sorry!
@Gread72: Yeah, we immediately knew keys for each lane were def required, but kept arrows in for easy go-to, base controls to get started (we were using them in dev and it was functional, but def harder).
Thanks for all the great comments, everyone!
Anyway that was a very good attempt for a 72h jam, you guys did a very good job, I wish you had time to design more level !
It's really tough to keep the buttons straight in my mind when I get around to the other side of the record. It breaks the "left-to-right" spatial association. If the record was spinning and my avatar stayed in place, that would be much easier. I'd prefer if the challenge came from the actual music, not just me fumbling the buttons.
It did however get maybe a bit *too* challenging when the track gets so small that the dots blend together and I'm not sure which lane I need to be in at which time.
Seriously though, very fun and I'd love to see a polished version of this!