RETRO MIAMI BEAT by giordanno92

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made by giordanno92 for LD35 (COMPO)
Follow the beat and match the shape to progress.

I had a day and a half to create this. Scrapped the original idea and was very distractive through the day. But finally accomplished the desire of making a game for compo :D

Controls:
W or Up arrow: move up the lane
S or Down arrow: move down the lane
Space: change shape

Music was made by me during the 48h.
Hope you enjoy. Send me bugfixes (as I'm sure there are many)

The source code is definitely not reusable, lots of stuff were hard coded (perception is deceiving). Don't even bother trying to read it...

Feel free to give your thoughts on this game as I really enjoyed making it.

==== EDIT ====
(v 1.010)
Small bugfixes and changed positions of notes

Ratings

Coolness 41% 1483
Overall 3.52 213
Audio 4.20 10
Fun 3.62 142
Graphics 3.38 310
Humor 2.44 382
Innovation 3.20 403
Mood 3.42 164
Theme 3.48 385

Feedback

blinry
18. Apr 2016 路 21:10 UTC
When I try to run it:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/wordpress/shapeshiftdance/DesktopLauncher : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at org.eclipse.jdt.internal.jarinjarloader.JarRsrcLoader.main(JarRsrcLoader.java:56)
Archimagus
18. Apr 2016 路 22:02 UTC
Really nice. The beat really had me hooked. Very hard, but in a good "I want to break my keyboard" way.
zondarg
18. Apr 2016 路 22:13 UTC
Not too easy rythm game.. Really enjoyed it, even if I did not get very far ;) despite the checkpoint mechanism. The graphics are minimalistic, but fitting, with nice pulsing light effects. Good audio!
I think an "easy" setting would be nice..
馃帳 giordanno92
20. Apr 2016 路 02:44 UTC
@blinry, I answered you on your page, just update your JRE to version 8 and you're good to go.

@Archimagus Thanks (I guess XD), a lot of effort went into making the beat cool enough to handle the repetitions.

@zondarg Yeah, I noticed a bug that was not letting the player get very far, I am working on a way to fix it. It should handle 7 mistakes made by the player. Also the final notes are practically impossible to beat, so I might rearrange that too. Thank you for playing.
pixelpotions
20. Apr 2016 路 13:05 UTC
Very hard game, but totally worth trying many times for the awesome beat! Congrats Far谩!
omarhuseynov011
20. Apr 2016 路 18:40 UTC
Best audio-based game I've played here so far. This one definitely goes to my favorites list. I love how it actually creates an immersive experience for the gamer, great work! Btw, love the music!
lanestp
20. Apr 2016 路 21:04 UTC
One of the best shape matching games this year. I really enjoyed the music a lot! Graphics made my eyeballs hurt but I had a lot of fun!
Weeping Rupee
21. Apr 2016 路 03:16 UTC
Pretty impressive for only a day and a half's work. I really like the minimalist art style.
jcmonkey
21. Apr 2016 路 18:48 UTC
really nice game here, i love the music for this. and the beat matches up pretty good. :D
KhaoTom
22. Apr 2016 路 05:11 UTC
I like how simple it looks. It's cool!
suurin
22. Apr 2016 路 18:31 UTC
Really cool game, got me hooked for a good couple of minutes.
qu2
25. Apr 2016 路 00:49 UTC
Looks and sounds gorgeous. I have to say I found it very hard though (but I've never really been one for rhythm games). Well done.
Big Cow
06. May 2016 路 21:57 UTC
I'm not use to beat matching games so ramp up in difficulty was a bit fast for me. Having said that I loved the way you introduced more and more difficult ways of following he beat with shape and position. The music is thumping and you want to follow allow so you can nail it. Nice use of pauses too. Overall a really great entry so well done! -R