{"author_link":"\/author\/bowlercaptain\/","author_name":"bowlercaptain","author_uid":"14337","comments":[{"author_name":"LizEngland","author_uid":"22429","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:01am","epoch":1367294160,"text":"I love everything about this game concept. You got all of the elements of a rhythm roguelike wrapped up in minimalism. Nice job"},{"author_name":"TehSkull","author_uid":"13948","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:55am","epoch":1367297400,"text":"I don't really understand how to kill anything on this game. I'm supposed to deal damage somehow but it's not really working. Also the slow pacing of the game was a real turn-off."},{"author_name":"Cybearg","author_uid":"22470","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:56am","epoch":1367297460,"text":"Very clever concept! I love the innovation there!\r\rIt isn't really used to much effect, though. Attacking and moving on the down-beat is a cool idea, but the enemies are just unavoidable swarms with no real variety and, so far as I could tell, weren't much of a threat. I never came across any items or anything interesting to find, meaning that, as a Roguelike, it doesn't really have any of what makes a Roguelike fun. Instead I was just holding down keys to move and trying to tap space to the down-beat. It's a neat idea, but I feel like it needs a purpose and was lacking one.\r\rStill, kudos for the neat ideas!"},{"author_name":"ethankennerly","author_uid":"3040","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:01am","epoch":1367297760,"text":"The beats during a fight entertained me! Clever. If you continue to develop this, have you considered giving an indication when I'm off the beat how much I'm off the beat by and whether I was early or late?"},{"author_name":"ChuiGum","author_uid":"22408","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:05am","epoch":1367298000,"text":"I'm not sure at what I'm supposed to do... ?"},{"author_name":"bowlercaptain","author_uid":"14337","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 5:37am","epoch":1367299920,"text":"We seem to have missed mentioning that you attack with the arrow keys or joypad buttons - space only begins the game or goes down a floor. \rAlso, if you'll suffer through the first floor, I think your pacing worries will be resolved."},{"author_name":"Msquirrel","author_uid":"17911","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:34am","epoch":1367303340,"text":"Really clever concept, nicely done, difficult to avoid or kill the enemies though :S"},{"author_name":"triplefox","author_uid":"391","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 6:38am","epoch":1367303580,"text":"This is very cool and I got into it more when I figured out the details of the controls(tapping the arrows to the beat, not holding them down), however the balance and other mechanics need work for it to shine. Please work on it more, it has potential!"},{"author_name":"Frosnite","author_uid":"20611","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 4:42pm","epoch":1367339820,"text":"Quite cool! Took me some time to understand until I read the description, but once I got started, it was really cool :D. Cheers!"},{"author_name":"The4thCircle","author_uid":"23240","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 8:58pm","epoch":1367355180,"text":"Found it a bit hard to get on with, but really liked the concept. Reminds me of the dungeon subgame in rhythm tengoku. Less minimalistic than most rhythm games I've played, such as the aformentioned rhythm tengoku and beat sneak bandit, which are based around one touch controls. Liked it though."},{"author_name":"Beldarak","author_uid":"20772","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 9:01pm","epoch":1367355360,"text":"Nice concept but the controls definitely feels wrong. Don't know if it's a bug or the same for everyone but I need to hold the key some time to move."},{"author_name":"Purplescape","author_uid":"19858","time":"Apr 30, 2013 @ 11:06pm","epoch":1367362860,"text":"Very interesting concept, I like it. Hard to get the controls though."},{"author_name":"sP0CkEr2","author_uid":"7135","time":"May 1, 2013 @ 1:36am","epoch":1367371860,"text":"too slow for me -- but was a very interesting idea so hi points for innovation -- nice effort"},{"author_name":"GranaDa","author_uid":"11561","time":"May 2, 2013 @ 3:41pm","epoch":1367508960,"text":""It's not a Win32 valid application". I'm using WinXP 32-bit."},{"author_name":"SuperDisk","author_uid":"11035","time":"May 4, 2013 @ 3:27am","epoch":1367637720,"text":"Great idea! I play an instrument so this kind of makes sense. (up\/downbeats)"},{"author_name":"SuperlevelSebastian","author_uid":"23031","time":"May 5, 2013 @ 8:40pm","epoch":1367786100,"text":"Sadly it seems there's no Win32-version of the game, so I can't play it. :( (WinXP, 32-bit)"},{"author_name":"KHANanaphone","author_uid":"14228","time":"May 6, 2013 @ 7:45am","epoch":1367826000,"text":"I'm impress by the AI for some reason...they know which side to attack from."}],"images":["ld26\/14337-4d26c986d65f25fd5898c5bb6e1264bd.jpg","ld26\/14337-52696d437c8136c0364209f5aeb803f2.jpg","ld26\/14337-4a44d7e5b3bcb462ccbb349161eb9f36.jpg","ld26\/14337-f3c9cf2a8fb1540d7b145db1057d49b5.jpg"],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/dl.dropboxusercontent.com\/u\/100108960\/RhythmRogue.exe","text":"Windows"},{"url":"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/ih6m6i8amadwihd\/RhythmRogueFinalMerge-Default-1.0.0.10.exe","text":"Windows installer (try this if it's not running)"}],"metadata":{"g_key":"26855","g_author":"14337","g_event":"LD26","g_eventkey":"16","g_subevent":"JAM","g_urlkey":"26885","g_title":"Rhythm Rogue","g_status":"UCHK1","g_place":"387","g_commentcount":"17","g_site2_node_id":"0","g_hide":"N","g_has_icon":"Y","g_rqueue":"0","g_random":"0"},"nds":[],"node":null,"orig_images":["http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14337-shot0.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14337-shot1.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14337-shot2.png-eq-900-500.jpg","http:\/\/ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/compo2\/\/233892\/14337-shot3.png-eq-900-500.jpg"],"text":"The second Ludum Dare game made by ZX Programming. Enjoy!\r\n\r\nIt's a roguelike, controlled with WASD and the arrow keys or a configurable gamepad. Unlike the average roguelike, however, motion only happens on the down-beats of the rhythm, and the music of the room controls the way that the enemies and your attacks behave, applying bonuses to certain attacks on certain beats or against certain enemy types.\r\n\r\nDesigned, programmed, arted, and Bfxred by Gidaio and Bowlercaptain. Two drum samples from drumhits.biz.<\/p>","title":"Rhythm Rogue"}