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33 loop by PROJECTaroid

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made by PROJECTaroid for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

33 loop is a short experimental experience of playing a test pressing of a vinyl record on a turntable. The experience is a 2D game made in Unity that tries to mimic the look of a 3D game. The model was made in Blender and several parts of the model were separated, animated, and layered in Unity as 2D sprites.

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HOW TO PLAY:
Click play on the record player.
The 33/45 button changes the playback speed of the album.
If the music starts skipping you can click the base of the tone-arm to fix the audio.

ABOUT THE PROJECT
I took this game jam as an opportunity to experiment with some methods to replicate a 3D look in a 2D game. I consider this to be more of an experience or an experiment than a game. There is no real game play in this LD47 submission. I hope you enjoy. Thanks.

Made using Unity, Blender, and Reaper.
Programming, art, and music by Roger Gallant || PROJECTaroid

Roboto font from dafont.com

Youtube https://projectaroid.itch.io/33loop
Youtube https://projectaroid.itch.io/33loop
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/33-loop

Ratings

Overall 322th 3.407⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Fun 613th 2.115⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 203th 3.54⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Theme 227th 3.788⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 14th 4.411⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Audio 22th 4.13⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 21th 4.096⭐ 28🧑‍⚖️
Given 19🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

Nobleboy
05. Oct 2020 · 22:18 UTC
Fun idea, I know it's called an "experience" but it could've benefitted from some actual gameplay besides fixing the skipping now and then
BumDag
06. Oct 2020 · 22:25 UTC
Great 3D models. Nice working simulator
Puncherbear
06. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
That's a really interesting idea.
Hank Ather
06. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
Really neat experiment. I imagine compositing all that together and "simulating" the shadows was a challenge.
gnx
06. Oct 2020 · 22:26 UTC
I had a pleasant experience :)
tigerfinch
06. Oct 2020 · 22:28 UTC
Very nice - you're right to say not quite a game but I enjoyed the experience, quite calming!
🎤 PROJECTaroid
06. Oct 2020 · 22:31 UTC
@hank-ather Thanks! It took a long time getting the pieces to work together. In the 'About' part of the game it shows how the model was split so it would work properly in the game engine. The album spinning animation was made up of 80 sprites, the tone-arm animation was 203 sprites, and the speed/play buttons were two sprites each.
LukeDJ
06. Oct 2020 · 23:16 UTC
This is a sincerely beautiful creation. The music sounds like it belongs in a triple-A title (and in slow playback speed it gave me some serious Life Is Strange series vibes, which I loved), and the graphics fit the atmosphere perfectly. Thank you for sharing this.
Fraxle
07. Oct 2020 · 10:18 UTC
Pretty serene experience, love the atmosphere created. As a lover of vinyl records, I really enjoyed this entry, cool entry!
bereg
07. Oct 2020 · 13:02 UTC
Interesting and relaxing experience. It would be great to be able to open your mp3 files or something and add all the vinyl imperfections to your own set of music.
Tino
07. Oct 2020 · 15:22 UTC
Just Beautiful
🎤 PROJECTaroid
07. Oct 2020 · 23:16 UTC
@bereg yeah I was thinking of doing something like that if I do anything with the project when the jam is over. Thanks for playing!
andrew-marsh
08. Oct 2020 · 20:15 UTC
A relaxing experience, good for a break between playing the other compo games. Did you have any ideas for a game around this?
eskooh
09. Oct 2020 · 00:29 UTC
Nice little record player. If it was something I could add my own music it would be more interesting. Non the less nice relaxing game you have.
Flazone
09. Oct 2020 · 00:46 UTC
Unique. Very relaxing, loved the mood. I left the tab opened in my browser with the music looping for a while... :v:

(thought it was 3D at first, well done!)
hakushika
09. Oct 2020 · 02:11 UTC
The music is good and the pictures are cool.
You can play in a relaxed and relaxed manner.
:)
nethead
09. Oct 2020 · 14:02 UTC
A lot of great details here: the lighting, the occasional skipping, the ability to switch between 33 and 45rpm.... absolutely fantastic job! I'm a huge fan of some ambient project like William Bassinski/The Caretaker who experiment with the gradual deterioration of loops and this gave me fantastic vibes in that direction. For a compo entry it's really amazing, and i think if you were to take some time to push this even further you could make a really stunning piece of art. great work :3

btw. it's totally up to you how you categorize this, but don't be afraid to call it a game if you do see it that way. in my eyes at least, any sort of interactive audio/visual experience like this more than qualifies as a "game" if you want to treat it as such.
🎤 PROJECTaroid
09. Oct 2020 · 16:04 UTC
@andrew-marsh thanks for playing! I plan to expand on this in the future by either making it so you can play additional songs or I will likely use this in other game projects.
🎤 PROJECTaroid
09. Oct 2020 · 16:05 UTC
@eskooh Yeah, I was thinking about expanding it so you can play more music or even your own music. Thanks for playing.
🎤 PROJECTaroid
09. Oct 2020 · 16:09 UTC
@nethead Thanks! I also like William Bassinski's work, he has done some interesting projects. I plan to expand on this idea in the future. Thanks again for playing.
Michael Feldman
10. Oct 2020 · 02:30 UTC
I recommend trying this out http://www.overthetinyhills.com/ It's a similar experience with a very different mood. The feelings I got from this were that of class and simplicity. Sometimes just a touch of interactivity is all you need. Kudos.
RenD
10. Oct 2020 · 08:17 UTC
Really cool experiment, relaxing and very polished. I especially like the small details, like the irregularity of the light bouncing off the record, or the record not spinning in a perfect circle, just like with a real turntable.
If I had to say something, I wish there was a feedback on the interactible parts.
But that's already a cool entry, with a nice take on the theme.
Unicornfrog
11. Oct 2020 · 20:06 UTC
Nice job and experiment!
archgame
13. Oct 2020 · 00:32 UTC
Really enjoyed this and thought the 2d/3d experiment was a nice experiment within the game jam format. Can you add a window with rain outside and I can open and close the window to increase and decrease the rain volume? Would be cool to also have multiple records I could play around with.
Croped
16. Oct 2020 · 19:05 UTC
nice demo, simple and very polished
Amin_JK000
19. Oct 2020 · 18:02 UTC
Nice graphics :v:
Frank Gevaerts
22. Oct 2020 · 16:39 UTC
An experience, exactly as described :) The speeding up and slowing down effects are well done!

Of course after staring at it for a while one starts noticing little missing details like the tonearm not moving up and down with the warps of the record, and not moving towards the middle. I guess it's not a *real* turntable after all :)
🎤 PROJECTaroid
23. Oct 2020 · 19:10 UTC
@frank-gevaerts yeah there are a lot of little things that needs more work and there are a few shadow issues. Thanks for checking it out.
Tim Eriksen
27. Oct 2020 · 14:49 UTC
Cool experience :) Interesting to see something different!