Totems by Brian Stegmann
** Please run in Chrome, Safari, or IE. A very recent Firefox update seemed to break the audio.**
Beneath the surface lie melodic totems, waiting to be unearthed. Stand before them, listen to their muffled melodies and reproduce them to unlock their secrets.
Arrow keys = movement
1, 2, 3, 4 keys (not number pad) = play note (4 notes per sequence)
Source code can easily be retrieved from browser, it's found in game.js and pulsar.js.
Beneath the surface lie melodic totems, waiting to be unearthed. Stand before them, listen to their muffled melodies and reproduce them to unlock their secrets.
Arrow keys = movement
1, 2, 3, 4 keys (not number pad) = play note (4 notes per sequence)
Source code can easily be retrieved from browser, it's found in game.js and pulsar.js.
| Web (HTML5) | http://www.brianstegmann.com/totems/ |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-29/?action=preview&uid=24792 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 100% | 1 |
| Overall | 2.87 | 866 |
| Audio | 3.65 | 99 |
| Fun | 2.53 | 960 |
| Graphics | 2.37 | 1056 |
| Humor | 1.90 | 924 |
| Innovation | 3.52 | 248 |
| Mood | 3.28 | 315 |
| Theme | 2.44 | 1069 |
I had a lot of trouble figuring out the sequences, but got them all eventually.
Good job.
I think the graphics and sound and mood are all really great. It would be nice maybe to have something other than total silence when you're not near a totem. I get that it's supposed to be about listening, but some chirping birds or wind noise would suit I think. I didn't understand for a while that the 5-dot structure was not a totem, so that was confusing.
I think if you were going to change anything, I'd have some kind of cooldown so that i didn't have to tap tap tap and wait for the buzz to know that i was 'starting' my melody.
Anyhow these are minor gripes. This is a cool concept and the execution is really polished, great job :) :) :)
I like the concept, although it was very hard to hear some of the pieces. Then again, I've never played music by hearing so that may be why it's was hard.
Anyway, the game was very enjoyable. Great job!
A little too simple for my taste, I think more could be done with a little sound guy like that :)