BeatBox by sausagroll

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made by sausagroll for LD35 (JAM)
Use the arrow keys to play
Space/Enter to navigate menus

You have to stop the shapes that are shifting towards you. And that is all the relevance the game has to the theme. Also the title is BeatBox because you have to beat boxes.

To install on windows extract the files from the .zip file and run BeatBox.exe to play.

To play on linux, clone the git repository and run main.py. YOU MUST have at least python 3.4 and pygame to run it.

python downloads: https://www.python.org/downloads/
pygame downloads: https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame/downloads

The game was made by two 14/15 year olds from the UK, me doing the code/sound effects and the other one doing design.

Language: python
Engine: pygame
Graphics: GIMP
Sound: Bfxr

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1483
Overall(Jam) 2.45 1137
Audio(Jam) 2.22 673
Fun(Jam) 2.53 972
Graphics(Jam) 2.00 1066
Humor(Jam) 1.73 783
Innovation(Jam) 2.15 1077
Mood(Jam) 1.88 1017
Theme(Jam) 2.24 1071

Feedback

zoeinfp
19. Apr 2016 · 17:59 UTC
Nice!! Well done! I like it!
KappaIX
22. Apr 2016 · 20:16 UTC
Good clean style. And the shapes do indeed shift!

Well done!
Alphish
22. Apr 2016 · 20:55 UTC
Well, it's not particularly original game, but seems to work well enough. I don't really feel particular urge to keep playing, though, and at some points the shapes become just too fast (especially when there are combos of two). Maybe add multiple lives (or a gradually replenishing health bar...?) so that a single skip doesn't end the game altogether?
Sean
22. Apr 2016 · 21:04 UTC
It's a nice start, but there really wasn't much to it. Having said that, it's probably better than what I would've been able to put together at your age!
Louspirit
22. Apr 2016 · 21:30 UTC
Nice little game. Like the style and rytmics.
djfariel
23. Apr 2016 · 14:56 UTC
While I like the concept, this style of game is best set to music. Still, a nice entry nonetheless.
h2n0
24. Apr 2016 · 08:24 UTC
I was unable to rate the game as I couldn't get it to run under either Python 2 or Python 3, I have installed the latest Pygame and still it doesn't work. I tried under a Linux environment as I don't have access to a windows one at the time of writing.
Strike
24. Apr 2016 · 10:23 UTC
Surely a very good base for a music rhythm game.
ekkiiiii
24. Apr 2016 · 11:12 UTC
It has potential. :) Sometimes the way the boxes appear in the beginning of a game feels unfair (too many on one lane & too many in general).
mkghoster
26. Apr 2016 · 19:36 UTC
Nice minimalist entry from such young developers!
Tselmek
07. May 2016 · 08:43 UTC
Simple mechanic but works well. The speed of the shapes quickly became out of control after a couple of combos. Would have been marvelous if the "kill a shape" actions made out some actual beatbox ;) 850 is the highest I could reach.