Pianobots by fonserbc
Pianobots_ is a game about bots performing a concert on a one-octave piano together.
Their timing is perfect, but they are not in tune.
Can you make these bots perform in harmony without them clashing onto each other? Will the audience approve?
Play with your mouse. Turn on your sound.
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Composition and Level design by YenTing Lo
Development and 2d Art by Ferran Bertomeu
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| HTML5 (web) | https://fonserbc.itch.io/pianobots |
| Windows | https://fonserbc.itch.io/pianobots |
| macOS | https://fonserbc.itch.io/pianobots |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/42/pianobots |
Ratings
| Overall | 253th | 3.717⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 541th | 3.283⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 3th | 4.433⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 552th | 3.55⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 480th | 3.583⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 34th | 4.117⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 306th | 3.152⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 307th | 3.455⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 29🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
The pieces just feel awkward when they are out of tune, but once you find the right combination everything sounds good :)
That is why we didn't force players to beat each level, but rather leave it open to try any of them.
As expected, the rest of the sound design overall is really solid, with the audience reactions, and graphics are well done and functional. Congrats!
Hovewer figuring out combination can be pretty frustrating: didn't manage to solve last piece.
Really nice game overall!
You managed to make such a game that can suit both players who have don't know anything about music, and players who do, as you can either try to randomly find the right solution (which still is fun) or try to find it as quickly as possible.
The graphics are very lovely, and the concept fits in a clever way the theme.
And hearing the spectators applaude, react, hum and cough makes the whole experience very dynamic and "alive".
The only complaint I have is that it can be quite tedious to turn on the robots when the music failed. I think the noise of the robot arms colliding with an animation would have done the job.
Good job ^^
I think it would be easier if the sequence always started on the same note even after after failure so synchronizing synchronizing of the robots would be much eased.
Maybe you should put in a "hint" on what the key signature means for people who are less educated musically, I had to double check what the diatonic notes were for the dorian mode!