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Listen and Shift by Goutye

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made by Goutye for LD35 (COMPO)
Listen and Shift
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SPACE => Pause / Start the game (Restart if you are on the EndScreen)

Mac OS/X => Let me know if it isn't working
Linux => Only working with LÖVE2D 0.9.2 (Not with 0.10.2)

Game done in about 24hours, due to a lot of side work. In the end, really happy with the idea: Not a classical shapeshift game!

Combo:
x5 Great x20 Cool x50 Subarashii
x10 Nice x30 Awesome x75 God like

"There is a circle after any square": Square -> Circle (Circle not pronounce)

Top score:
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1. 3,377,154 Goutye
2. 1,866,109 QuintoM
3. 1,815,880 studdert249
4. 119,764 iapc
5. 119,130 Max Amaden
6. 71,840 Robber
7. 30,000 KodingNights
8. 7,130 Eshford

Tell me your scores in the comments section. Do not hesitate to comment! Thanks for playing!
Playthrough (Over 3M) https://youtu.be/P2YMZZhSC3c
Win32 https://github.com/Goutye/LD35/releases/download/1.0.2/ListenAndShift.Win32.zip
Win64 https://github.com/Goutye/LD35/releases/download/1.0.2/ListenAndShift.Win64.zip
Linux / OS/X (.love 0.9.2) https://github.com/Goutye/LD35/releases/tag/1.0.2
Source https://github.com/Goutye/LD35/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=37076

Ratings

Coolness 81% 2
Overall 3.36 331
Audio 3.49 132
Fun 3.16 449
Graphics 3.70 172
Innovation 3.87 87
Mood 3.24 262
Theme 3.04 669

Feedback

Eshford
18. Apr 2016 · 14:39 UTC
7130

Nice idea love minimalism visuals.

Game a little bit boring just for me but it's a good entry anyway! Good job!
ito123456789
18. Apr 2016 · 14:41 UTC
Excellent. Great sound, good graphics, a lot of fun. One of the best I played so far.
qikcik
18. Apr 2016 · 15:17 UTC
good game :D
KodingNights
18. Apr 2016 · 15:23 UTC
Got well over 30000 in first 12 levels but the game does not register my keypresses sometimes, especially noticable when entering each letter in a word quickly. It seems to just register one of the letters instead of each of them.
Been
18. Apr 2016 · 15:27 UTC
Fun game, kept stumbling over the rules towards the end (as expected). The music and graphics are quite nice too, they seem to fit the focus of the game well. Took me a while to figure out what you meant by "the dog is chasing the cat". I assumed that meant there would be a cat before any dogs, or maybe a dog after each cat. But instead it means that a cat appears after any dog?
madalaski
18. Apr 2016 · 15:28 UTC
Very fun and a very imaginative use of the theme. Nice audio design and graphics too.
🎤 Goutye
18. Apr 2016 · 15:40 UTC
Good point Been. The interpretation is certainly a bit tough for this one. The right sequence for "Dog is chasing cat" is DOG following by CAT.

KodingNights: Hum "Press each letter" => You have to wait the validation sound before switching to the next letter:
"SQUARE" will be "S *BIP* Q *BIP* U *BIP* A *BIP* R *BIP* E *BIP*"
Zayron
18. Apr 2016 · 17:31 UTC
Took me a while to understand the rules but I did not read the instructions. :D Nice job for 24 hours!
Max Amaden
18. Apr 2016 · 17:35 UTC
I love this game! It's really challenging when you have to memorise the letters and time them correctly. Keep up the good work! (I got up to a score of 119,130 :P)
🎤 Goutye
18. Apr 2016 · 17:41 UTC
Thanjs Max! Happy to see that you exactly get the feeling I wanted to give! Preeeetty good score! And yes, really challenging when you have to start to memorise and when it's becoming faster as well! Thank you!
Wevel
18. Apr 2016 · 19:17 UTC
Interesting idea, it confused me a bit when it suddenly went to animals , from shapes
FloatingGhost
19. Apr 2016 · 16:34 UTC
Very nice, once I figured out what you meant by "triangle before any square" ans so on, I got the hang of it.

Nice soundtrack, lovely visuals, good :D
Robber
19. Apr 2016 · 16:45 UTC
extrememly relaxing game! my score 71840 so far
Sean
19. Apr 2016 · 16:58 UTC
Very confusing, but a cool twist on the simon says style of game.
omlette.du.fromage
19. Apr 2016 · 17:01 UTC
good idea and game! maybe have some more words based on some themes

Alex (Omlette du Fromage team)
iapc
19. Apr 2016 · 17:20 UTC
119764

The rules were a bit confusing at first, but I managed to figure out you have to wait for confirmation after each keypress. It's quite challenging later on.
I liked the art and music, they fit the game well.
Rakowu
19. Apr 2016 · 17:24 UTC
Ok first i needed a while to get it xD i thought my screen didn't show anything. It is simple but good. Nice music, and good logic. Something different. Good job ^^
RyanNielson
19. Apr 2016 · 17:46 UTC
Fantastic little game, great sound and graphics.
David Cookie
19. Apr 2016 · 21:40 UTC
It's a damn good entry for a 24h work :o Minimalist but it works well! I would have loved to see other patterns cause it gets a bit repetitive, but I think you didn't have enough time for that ^^ You made a polished and finished game, and that is already something impressive especially when it's that fun :)
🎤 Goutye
19. Apr 2016 · 22:06 UTC
Thank you a lot David! It is exactly that. Lacking of time to implement new patterns. I preferred to polished everything up and have a finished game rather than a lot of patterns!
As you can expect, I had some other ideas, but well, as always, they will remain ideas!
aemiliu5
19. Apr 2016 · 22:18 UTC
Quite minimalistic and fun, I really liked it :)
smbe19
19. Apr 2016 · 22:37 UTC
It's hard to remember so many letters sometimes. Otherwise interesting idea for a game and nice implementation of it.
APantaloni
19. Apr 2016 · 22:43 UTC
Cool idea! Maybe starts a little too slow. Additional words said while playing ("great" and the like) can be confusing. Enjoyable game nonetheless.
Shatter Point Studios
19. Apr 2016 · 23:08 UTC
Definitely a very different game than anything else I'm seeing here. Love the minimalism.
studdert249
20. Apr 2016 · 00:44 UTC
Nice effort for 24 hours!

Once I worked out that you had to give a little time between key presses I enjoyed the game quite a bit.

Final score was 1815880
Ithildin
20. Apr 2016 · 01:18 UTC
Nice entry! You added some interesting twists in the rules to the base mechanics. It could be a helpful tool to teach spelling and listening skills to non-English speakers :DD
Good job!
🎤 Goutye
20. Apr 2016 · 15:58 UTC
What a score studdert249! I will displayed it right away! Really impressed that you almost mastered the game!
Thanks!

Could be helpful indeed Ithildin, but definitely not the easiest way to teach ahah! Thanks!
Geckoo1337
20. Apr 2016 · 16:22 UTC
Weird - very different game than anything else I'm seeing here. Neat aesthetic ++
Khaoz_Fang
20. Apr 2016 · 17:08 UTC
The graphic looks very nice!
QuintoM
20. Apr 2016 · 18:37 UTC
This was fun. The preconditions before the levels made it a lot more fun (although I still don't quite get what "The dog is chasing the cat" means). My best is 1866109.
giordanno92
20. Apr 2016 · 20:51 UTC
Really nice tiny game. Some words were hard to expect (like "Cat" after the shapes), but didn't decrease the game quality. Fun concept to be playing around. As others have mentioned, it took me awhile to realize I had to wait the beep, but that's ok. Good job!
PS: Nice Kanade avatar!
🎤 Goutye
20. Apr 2016 · 21:03 UTC
Indeed, I was not sure if that was well "explained" throughout the level. And as I can see, it was not enough. I should have added something to the first 2 levels to make the player learn this specificity a bit faster! Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate everyone feedback a lot, and it is a pleasure to give my feedback on your game as well! Thanks for all of these comments! :)
(Thanks for the avatar! Ahah!)
keyboardmonkey
21. Apr 2016 · 06:04 UTC
Great animations and sounds, and love changing rules between rounds, they give a lot of variety. It is nice to see more LÖVE games. A solid entry!
josefnpat
21. Apr 2016 · 06:57 UTC
This is a pretty game, but I'm afraid I don't understand it at all! It says "circle" and I've pressed "o", typed "circle" ... Sorry. It doesn't any sense to me!
janiq
21. Apr 2016 · 10:40 UTC
Hi, I tried the OS/X version on El Capitan but it won't run. It writes something like "Check with the developer to make sure ListenAndShift works with this version of OS X". Am i doing something wrong or its not working for El Capitan?
ohmaigawd
21. Apr 2016 · 12:15 UTC
I love this game :D I didn't quite understand what you meant with "the dog is chasing the cat" but managed to get quite a high score anyway :) My highscore was 837,005 ( http://imgur.com/Cb5jDCb )
Freank
21. Apr 2016 · 14:01 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
🎤 Goutye
21. Apr 2016 · 16:27 UTC
Thanks for your comments.
janiq: Indeed, a friend of mine just reported that the OS/X version is not working. I will dig into it when I will be able to test it. You can still test the game by downloading LÖVE2D OS/X version on love2D.org :/ Really soory!

ohmaigawd: Nice score! Pretty good for only one run! Thanks for your high score, I will add it now! :D

josefnpat: "Press the first letter" => "circle" you have to press C and wait the validation sound.

Overall, again, a big thanks for all of your feedback!
omarhuseynov011
23. Apr 2016 · 18:23 UTC
Neat. This actually got me more interested in love
Pietro Ferrantelli
24. Apr 2016 · 17:49 UTC
Oh, I really enjoyed this one. It was really fun to play , the game system is interesting, the minimalist art is eye-candy and the sound was great. 24 hours, really :o ? Bonus points for that !
🎤 Goutye
24. Apr 2016 · 17:56 UTC
Thank you Pietro! Indeed, 24 hours, or even just a bit less. A lot of side work that made me starting the trip only from the second day. Happy that I managed to make a game that feels ended and polished! :)
Tegu
24. Apr 2016 · 20:36 UTC
Neat concept! Sometimes the "great" sounds confused me and I lost the combo even though the sound was different. At times I failed to follow what pace it expected and entered too quickly or slowly. Occasionally the feedback stopped completely and I had no idea how I was doing, which usually lead to losing the combo. Perhaps I missed something in the isntructions. Some parts were just too hard for my dumb brain especially in some of the final levels where there were like three conditions. :P

I really like the visual style with the shapes flowing around. My first score was 108020. On second attempt my score was 595100. I got some instructions better but some parts were still very difficult. Anyway, a bit different game, which is nice.
TheCain
08. May 2016 · 00:32 UTC
Very innovative! Only problem was that sometimes I had trouble understanding what you said.
I got (on my first try)- 174,306 after the final calculation. Before was 181,040 with highest multiplayer x24.