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CHORUS by Pantelis Petsopoulos

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made by Pantelis Petsopoulos for LD35 (COMPO)
CHORUS - Rythm Game by Pantelis Petsopoulos
(3 minute song)
Play using the UP and DOWN arrow keys to move your actor and SPACE to change its shape.
Matching the shape with the incoming note gives you more points.
Get a few notes with the correct shape in a row and gain CHORUS status to gain even more points.

PLEASE POST YOUR SCORES
Scoreboard:
1.61050 Rock Eaters
2.60040 orukinawa
3.59220 KaiClavier
4.56040 mightymarcus
5.54580 Tchaikovsky Lins
6.43828 Lewwwer
7.40870 Cerno_b
8.39198 DawnOfRegret
9.38850 Shadowbird
10.38470 RealityCheck
10.36768 Casey Jordan

Creator's note:
I had high expectations from this game but I'm sure many people won't appreciate it because of the type of the game and the music. I had fun making it so please don't vote without playing. Thanks for your time! :D
Web http://www.stencyl.com/game/play/34026
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/va4jzld28qmgkve/CHORUS.stencyl?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=34259

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 2.76 807
Audio 3.19 244
Fun 2.54 815
Graphics 2.07 863
Humor 1.72 599
Innovation 2.38 840
Mood 2.50 701
Theme 2.99 699

Feedback

elitegamer
17. Apr 2016 · 19:34 UTC
Extraordinary game. great music and the overall concept is fantastic.
dankruptwarrior
17. Apr 2016 · 19:44 UTC
I loved the music DUDEE
HoldMeImScared
18. Apr 2016 · 10:57 UTC
Decent music and application of the theme :)
Marsouin
18. Apr 2016 · 14:14 UTC
Funny game !
plantprogrammer
18. Apr 2016 · 14:44 UTC
I have to say, I don't particular like music based games.
It is in interesting take on the genre to combine it with shapeshifting "pulses" that you have to catch with the correct shape for best score.

PS: When I pressed reset, the game reset, but the score did not :D
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
18. Apr 2016 · 14:49 UTC
Spaghetti code brought to you by Ludum dare tiredness. Sorry for the bug but I can't fix it as suggested by lf rules.
zugende
18. Apr 2016 · 15:01 UTC
nice puzzle game!
grayhaze
18. Apr 2016 · 15:09 UTC
An interesting variation on rhythm action, but let down by the fact that the notes don't seem to have any correlation to the music being played. This makes it seem like the music and game are detached from each other and there's no feedback when you get things right. That being said, the music was very good for being produced in such a short space of time.

With a bit more development and polish it could be an interesting spin on the genre.
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
18. Apr 2016 · 15:11 UTC
Yea the levels on easy and normal difficulty dont give you any feel of the note correlation to the song. Didn't have time to add more visual feedback. Thanks for the review.
dfb98
18. Apr 2016 · 15:12 UTC
Cool game!
Especially the music, which is awesome!

Also, I think I found a small bug:
When you finish the game while you have CHORUS status, it stays active even when you start a new game.

But as I said, overall, it's a great game!
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
18. Apr 2016 · 15:14 UTC
Thanks for reporting the bug and thanks for the positive review :D
FrameMatt
18. Apr 2016 · 15:18 UTC
Had to play it on hard, and that was quite funny :P
Nice music too.
MintArcade
18. Apr 2016 · 15:26 UTC
Hebe! Nice game. Got 24985. Great fun
APantaloni
18. Apr 2016 · 21:18 UTC
Nice. I'd have liked a little more sense of speed and some animation/visual effect. I love the music!
Pellanor
18. Apr 2016 · 21:23 UTC
I like the take on the theme. Didn't like cycling through shapes.
jdmazz
18. Apr 2016 · 21:24 UTC
36,300 - first try on hard. I actually thought the music was very basic and droning for a game based entirely on music. Overall it was a good game, but the music could have had more rhythmic elements lined up with the beats of the shapes. There seemed to be no musical cohesion between the music and the shapes. Good idea, though.
TeamScripta
19. Apr 2016 · 11:29 UTC
Nice work!
Verz
19. Apr 2016 · 11:29 UTC
Fun game! I liked how you combined the type of music game with the theme, using also shapes. Nice work!
studdert249
19. Apr 2016 · 11:30 UTC
Nice little rhythm game, got a little hectic in parts on hard, but in a good way. Only criticism that I have is that the chorus overlay felt like it obscured the view of the shapes a little too much making it somewhat difficult to keep up.

And my score was: 35628
Sheepolution
19. Apr 2016 · 11:31 UTC
A bit too easy to me, even on hard. Also it would be nice if you could switch from circle to rectangle instantly (with the keys 1, 2, 3 for example). With that included, and the game a bit faster I think this could be a real challenge.
euske
19. Apr 2016 · 11:36 UTC
I got chorus!
RealityCheck
19. Apr 2016 · 11:39 UTC
38470... first go.

Nice little simple game. Easy to understand, easy to play.
Fumiko
19. Apr 2016 · 11:54 UTC
Great song and the hard difficulty for me was really hard to master, would be nice to see the game with other tracks sometime.
kostasvs
19. Apr 2016 · 12:14 UTC
Good work, felt a little repetitive very fast though, would be best if you made more music tracks with finite duration (rather than looping).
Glad to see more Greeks around!
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
19. Apr 2016 · 12:47 UTC
It wasn't looping haha
luvShape
19. Apr 2016 · 13:46 UTC
27278 :P

simple and cool!
jofra
19. Apr 2016 · 13:48 UTC
Just wish it was a little faster, but interesting concept
ObsessiveNotion
19. Apr 2016 · 14:49 UTC
Nice concept. Will be cool when polished
pixel_maniacs
19. Apr 2016 · 15:23 UTC
A solid game
DieBackStudios
19. Apr 2016 · 15:55 UTC
Its great to see so many of these geometry games with in so many settings i did this type of game too with comepletely different setting
Berserker_Chris
19. Apr 2016 · 16:09 UTC
Nice Audio, you get points if it is the wrong shape is this normal or a bug?
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
19. Apr 2016 · 16:35 UTC
You get points, but you get triple the points if it's the right one.
coborax
19. Apr 2016 · 16:50 UTC
Alright music, but gameplay is too boring
virtual_void
19. Apr 2016 · 17:29 UTC
Nice game! Loved the music and the mechanics
AceyT
19. Apr 2016 · 17:40 UTC
Easy : 15820 & Chorus Bronze
Medium : 32150 & Chorus Gold
orukinawa
19. Apr 2016 · 17:46 UTC
Great game! I got 60040 :D
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
19. Apr 2016 · 17:55 UTC
60k that's a lot :O
joemid
19. Apr 2016 · 18:05 UTC
With a tutorial at the beginning and a little visual/aural feedback- I'd pay for this! Great job!
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
19. Apr 2016 · 18:07 UTC
That's quite possibly the best compliment someone can make to a game dev haha
AlexLamarche
19. Apr 2016 · 18:23 UTC
Seen a lot of games like this. Music was really good. Probably the better of the ones I have played on the site.
luquio
19. Apr 2016 · 18:32 UTC
i also make something like this, thing most of us did the dame of triangles quads and circles, anyway the idea is pretty good. I made 33968 in hard mode. Could be great if u speed up the game as the song goes on! Cheers
Shatter Point Studios
19. Apr 2016 · 20:06 UTC
Simplistic, but fun. Good concept. I feel like having CHORUS in the middle of the screen kind of obscures things. Would definitely like to play a more finished/polished version of this.
KaiClavier
19. Apr 2016 · 21:27 UTC
Almost got a new high score, ended up with 59220 points on hard mode! Managing what shape comes next was a bit tricky, but I can see that's it's part of the design!
Reis Mahnic
19. Apr 2016 · 21:55 UTC
Fun little rhythm game. I appreciated that you got multiple difficulties in there, and your music worked really well for this type of game! Great job.
unit684
19. Apr 2016 · 21:59 UTC
First played it on easy and found it a bit boring but after giving it a go on hard it was much more fun! Nice music and a good game idea, all it needs is a few more tracks!
CasualCat
19. Apr 2016 · 22:39 UTC
Great music, pretty nice overall. Maybe the graphic could be polished a little. But I like it nonetheless.
Almax27
19. Apr 2016 · 23:42 UTC
Fun game, enjoyed playing hard mode a lot! (Summer)
geekguy100
20. Apr 2016 · 02:02 UTC
Very unique! For improvement, I would make the shapes speed up over time and make your score drop when a note is missed.
Casey Jordan
20. Apr 2016 · 02:44 UTC
36768 (hard)! :D
nextreality
20. Apr 2016 · 02:47 UTC
The music is nice and graphics are simple yet effective for the gameplay. Only problem is that the gameplay is enjoyable foe the first few minutes but become a little dull towards the end. Our game had the same issue, so I can't really knock you there! Overall nice job though!
PeachTreeOath
20. Apr 2016 · 04:47 UTC
Took a while for my brain to finally remember the shape sequence
avinashd
20. Apr 2016 · 05:49 UTC
Simple fun game. The difficulty settings were a great idea because I needed some time to figure out the order of the shapes for hard mode. Generally quite fun :)
Adipson
20. Apr 2016 · 06:07 UTC
original !
Manou
20. Apr 2016 · 09:15 UTC
Kinda addictive.
Black Horn Studios
20. Apr 2016 · 10:59 UTC
Congrats for complete the game! I think speed must increase faster.
whilefun
20. Apr 2016 · 13:07 UTC
The music is so great! I got ~26,000 score and a Silver, unfortunately not high enough for the scoreboard though. This was fun, nice work! :)
ekkiiiii
20. Apr 2016 · 14:55 UTC
Nice idea! The controls work very well. A little more feedback would've been nice. It was also hard to see where the connection between shapes and rhythm was.
PoV
20. Apr 2016 · 15:07 UTC
When you see this, contact me. http://ludumdare.com/compo/contact/
PoV
20. Apr 2016 · 15:59 UTC
And resolved. :)
Ramayana
20. Apr 2016 · 16:39 UTC
it was a nice experience. But i didn't understand the points system. One time you gin 800 points, the next time you lose 20 points and another time your points are multipled by 10 or divide by 2 all of that on the matching shape. Can you explain to me how does it work ? ^^
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
20. Apr 2016 · 16:43 UTC
@Ramayana Font is kinda weird. You get 100 points for getting a note without the correct shape, you get 300 with the correct shape, if you get 8 correct shapes in a row you get into chorus mode and gain those points x10 incrementing by every successful shape x10 while in chorus mode.
Sir Magic
20. Apr 2016 · 16:47 UTC
I really liked the music and the idea of a rhythym action game for shapeshifting, nice!
SemiColon
20. Apr 2016 · 17:14 UTC
Pretty depressing music, and the gameplay feels kind of boring. For the rest it is somewhat innovative, you could expand on the main mechanic to make it more interesting
Muciojad
20. Apr 2016 · 17:16 UTC
26320! Wow that's really difficult when you have just few seconds to change shape from circle to triangle and move from first line fo last :D Good vibes in your game too! Cheeeeers!
madalaski
20. Apr 2016 · 19:08 UTC
Good music and good use of theme. Overall, a decent rhythm game.
LostViking
20. Apr 2016 · 19:40 UTC
I liked the controls and the music was decent. The only thing I didn't like was the logo obscuring the view when I got a combo. Besides that it was good.
cynicalmonkey
20. Apr 2016 · 19:45 UTC
nice interpretation of the theme
neondx
20. Apr 2016 · 21:11 UTC
i had some fun for a couple minute. good play
Cerno_b
20. Apr 2016 · 21:18 UTC
The music is a bit grating, but finished with 40870 points on hard. I may be mistaken, but I also found the visuals were a bit off the beat.

As a gameplay recommendation, it would have helped to have each shape on a different key to make switching more intuitive.

Good job overall.
EdoCreate
21. Apr 2016 · 07:09 UTC
Pretty pazzle and nice music!
DuckTieTeam
21. Apr 2016 · 09:58 UTC
Great concept,

+Great music
+Mechanics

-Graphics, need to be polished a little
-Difficulty, it doesn't seem to increase, as you progress
ougrouk
21. Apr 2016 · 17:13 UTC
Very nice music
MementoGames
21. Apr 2016 · 17:15 UTC
Nice and simple! Great entry!
The only thing I found it could be better is how to change shapes. Pressing only space to change it felt "bad" in my opinion.
SantiHisteria
21. Apr 2016 · 18:13 UTC
I like the mechanic, but I think the game is a bit repetitive, but is a good entry! Good work!
josemorval
21. Apr 2016 · 18:53 UTC
Interesting concept! Good job guy!
team_disposable
21. Apr 2016 · 19:45 UTC
I love the little chorus sound!
iossif
21. Apr 2016 · 22:09 UTC
my requests:

- one button for each shape.
- 5 times as fast.

think i would play it for ages then :) well done!
Oliver_MB
21. Apr 2016 · 22:23 UTC
The game needs better graphics, but it has good music and is fun. Good job! ;)
xWarZonex
22. Apr 2016 · 01:10 UTC
Very fun and enjoyable game! The only thing I would've changed is using the spacebar to switch shapes is sorta frustrating, because if you want to shift from like circle to triangle, you have to press space twice really fast. I would've used the left and right arrow keys.

Overall, great game.
Tchaikovsky Lins
22. Apr 2016 · 02:35 UTC
I loved your game!

The music is cool, the change of shapes fits fine with the theme and the mechanics is interesting.

Great game! :D

Ah, at level Hard I got 54580 (After many attempts almost I got the second place haha)
Green Soda
22. Apr 2016 · 05:28 UTC
AMAZING, I'd get to play this because I pitched this idea for the jam but wasn't able to make it happen! AWESOME TAKE ON THE RHYTHM GAME GENRE cuz i've always fancied rhythm games :D this is one of my favorites so far...

More visuals would help make this game bette--- THE BEST! haha

Please continue developing and add more songs... i love this
GertJohnny
22. Apr 2016 · 06:06 UTC
nice and simple take on a rhythm game. that score font though... the zeroes look like eights, and the ones look like sevens - almost thought my score was going down at some point.
namrog84
22. Apr 2016 · 06:10 UTC
I didn't like the music at first, but decently into the game, it did start to grow on me a little.

I love the concept and the game though! I've always thought highly of those who make musical/sound related games, since I struggle greatly with most sound/music things.
Fabraz
22. Apr 2016 · 13:54 UTC
Overall, clever idea. Not sure wether it fully pushes the theme of this LD and it's a damn shame the music doesn't sync up with the shapes on the timeline.
Vantaug
22. Apr 2016 · 15:58 UTC
If there was some more background and camera effects going on so that the player really feels the song, that would be nice. And if you could see the three shapes and which one you were changing to, that would be nice. But you only had 48 hour and this is a solid game for sure. The music is great, the game is fun.

Oh, and my score was 32.928 :D
TLansdale
22. Apr 2016 · 16:14 UTC
Nice idea - perhaps could be made better by using colour to differentiate the shapes?
Feng
22. Apr 2016 · 16:49 UTC
Very nice game with great music. I've got a score of 78658 :D
MayankUnreal
22. Apr 2016 · 17:44 UTC
Nice game with cool music.!
Zerkruemler
22. Apr 2016 · 17:59 UTC
I got 24040 in easy mode.
This game is difficult to vote for, because it is a nice idea which is well implemented. But the music is a little bit strange and the player doesn't need to listen to it to play the game.
But nevertheless nice work. A solid game!
pogo
22. Apr 2016 · 21:29 UTC
I like the idea, but the music kinda droned on and the shapes moved so slowly there was no real reaction. I'd have liked a way to directly go to each shape, rather than relying on remembering the order, or at least for the shapes to come in a more "flow-y" way, so that only one shift was needed between close notes.
Rhythm games are one of my favourite types, and you almost nailed it. The chorus feature for getting streaks of notes was a nice addition, too.
SoulBound
22. Apr 2016 · 22:32 UTC
Amazing music!
PaulJs
22. Apr 2016 · 23:04 UTC
Music very cool !
Khaoz_Fang
23. Apr 2016 · 01:50 UTC
Nice idea! simple and fun
ceosol
23. Apr 2016 · 03:51 UTC
It was interesting. I think keeping a highscore board is a brilliant idea for LD.
mightymarcus
23. Apr 2016 · 05:24 UTC
56040 on the second try. I won a gold medal ;)
Nice. Would of course be even much better if the music where in sync with the notes.
mactinite
23. Apr 2016 · 07:02 UTC
Fun game, music was fun. I just got done playing rhythm games at the arcade so it was a bit slow for me. Lol. The only real gripe I had was that the Chorus status got in the way of seeing notes.
Fanatrick
23. Apr 2016 · 12:42 UTC
After letting this game run in the background for 2 hours, I accumulated 150k points

good game
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
23. Apr 2016 · 13:18 UTC
I can't replicate the looping bug D:
fatsopanda
23. Apr 2016 · 14:23 UTC
I can feel that the game had a nice idea behind it, but unfortunately I was left a bit with confusion at first because there was no feedback if you were doing things right or wrong. Overall a nice idea though! :)
Lewwwer
23. Apr 2016 · 17:12 UTC
Great game, good music! Loved playing with :D
My score: 43828
marmpa
23. Apr 2016 · 19:32 UTC
Wow really nice game. THhe music is the best of any entries i rated so far nice job.
Steven Pinto
24. Apr 2016 · 04:21 UTC
Nice game mate :) Although I think some where after 4k score, the text CHORUS gets annoying. But besides that, the game was good probably, you could add sound effects, each time when the player get the right shape,in this manner the game would generate music too xD
Vidsneeze
24. Apr 2016 · 06:56 UTC
Nice concept, i like the chill cool vibe the game gives off.
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
24. Apr 2016 · 11:35 UTC
@Steven Pinto There's actually sound effects for when you get the right shape and other for when you don't.
Hyden
24. Apr 2016 · 17:06 UTC
The score system was confusing me. First it was 4000, then it was 87500, then it was 23000, sometimes the points would go up, sometimes down xD
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
24. Apr 2016 · 19:15 UTC
it's the font being unclear to some apparently sorry about that :D
BubsyPoochies
24. Apr 2016 · 19:39 UTC
Nice concept with a lot of potential!
tomlum
24. Apr 2016 · 20:54 UTC
Interesting. I wish the shape-shifting fit more with the music, it felt very unrelated.
thedashdude
24. Apr 2016 · 22:17 UTC
Not really my type of game, but good job.
fin_nolimit
25. Apr 2016 · 01:26 UTC
Rery simple and cool!! Music was enjoyable and the controls were easy to figure out! I scored a 72,898!!
omlette.du.fromage
25. Apr 2016 · 11:47 UTC
I think it's great you did a rithm game, I really this kind of game;

Here's what I think you can improve gameplay-wise:
-> When text "Chorus" pops up, you can barely see the game, which can be annoying.
-> Find a way to let the player know what shape is next and/or let the player go backwards as well. For a new player, it's confusing to get the shape right.
-> I'd let the player use his own music.
-> Visual feedback when you get the shape right/wrong; something like particles or lights.
🎤 Pantelis Petsopoulos
25. Apr 2016 · 15:19 UTC
Thanks for the feedback, almost everything is in the list! :D
Strike
26. Apr 2016 · 09:21 UTC
I wish there was 2 keys to cycle shapes back and forth. Except that it's a very good game.
pixelpotions
26. Apr 2016 · 13:58 UTC
How come you say peopl wouldn't like it because of the music!? The music is cool! This is my top music based game on this LD until now. Congratulations.
EvoGenGames
26. Apr 2016 · 15:37 UTC
cool overall, but I would like to see new mechanics
Xanjos
26. Apr 2016 · 17:50 UTC
Managed to get 45330 on hard. Anyway it's a nice take on the rhythm game genre although there were some note patterns that were practically impossible to do and the big Chorus text that appears when you get a huge combo is a bit of a hindrance.
knason
26. Apr 2016 · 17:54 UTC
my score: 24498. Interesting game and good use of the theme. Great job on the music. Good job!
mkghoster
26. Apr 2016 · 20:18 UTC
A bit hard but fun!
kaovhmf
26. Apr 2016 · 22:59 UTC
The music is great, even though a bit anoyning after a while. I this this game deserves more difficulty (beeing faster paced could help) and a way to loose. It could become quite addicting!
CMLSC
27. Apr 2016 · 01:46 UTC
Too simple and too easy. .-.
rburema
27. Apr 2016 · 15:47 UTC
".. but I'm sure many people won't appreciate it because of the type of the game and the music .."

I wouldn't be so sure about that...
Japes
27. Apr 2016 · 17:42 UTC
I like the idea of the game, but (1) I think that it would be cool if the shapes added to the music (think Guitar Hero; or perhaps act as a different instrument), and (2) there could be instructions about how to change to the different shapes. The music is a bit tweaky.
However, I think that there is a good idea here. I do wonder how this game will develop further - how would you make this game new or different in this genre?
matiasbontempo
28. Apr 2016 · 02:04 UTC
Music was a bit annoying and repetitive.
Rock Eaters
29. Apr 2016 · 00:46 UTC
Really Good game, good concept and the music is....ok... easy is way too easy you can choris it from a to z rolling a joint at the same time. Normal is easy/normal and hard mode offer a descent challenge. So i decided to go for your high score board and then i figure that every time you restart the game the score do not come back to zero....so i finished the game with over 95.000 points and a nice gold medal... gonna try it again starting with a zero score :p
Rock Eaters
29. Apr 2016 · 01:10 UTC
so finaly i think i've done a perfect in normal mode for 61050 points and in hard i made 54560 points :)
Kate Kligman
30. Apr 2016 · 20:35 UTC
This is a great idea, cool game!
KairosXIII
01. May 2016 · 03:23 UTC
Nice take on the theme. love the the music. Good job!
rhastapunk
02. May 2016 · 07:48 UTC
Good concept, I would love more speed there :D
neilcorre2k6
02. May 2016 · 15:25 UTC
Cool concept :) decent music! :D
Aaranos
03. May 2016 · 02:08 UTC
The concept is good. I managed to get 70k+, didn't get a chance to screencap. I think being able to choose which shape you are could let you go faster.
RyanNielson
08. May 2016 · 00:07 UTC
Nice concept, it would have been great to be able to more quickly change to each shape without having to cycle through them.
Jaenis
08. May 2016 · 14:38 UTC
Great game!
Danilo Bezerra
09. May 2016 · 10:27 UTC
Good work! Catchy soundtrack.
Pavel M. Dlouhý
09. May 2016 · 17:18 UTC
Your game has been rated by our team member Antonin Charvat (music composer). Here is his comment: Nice music, but the overall concept is still a mystery for me.