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Keep the Beet Alive by Tad

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made by Tad for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

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Screenshots

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You are a Beetroot

There you are, minding your own business while listening to your favourite songs. Suddenly, a horde of snails descend upon you. Well, that's just not on. It's time to fight back.

So grab your salt shaker, your best headphones (we recommend "Beets by Dray"), and a can-do attitude: It's time to slug these snails.

How to Play

What to do

Use the reticule to aim at incoming snails, and tap in time with the beat to rebuff and damage them, buying you precious time.

The game is over when the Beet has taken too much damage or you've defeated all the snails!

Controls

| Control | Description | |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | Spacebar | Tap in time with the beats to attack | | Mouse | Aim | | Q / Esc | Back to main menu |

Who Made This?

Team Members

| User | Credits | |--------------------|--------------------------------------| | @quandtm | Programming | | @robert-van-duursen| Programming, Shader Design | | @tad | Art, Music |

Extra Credits

| Credit for | Credit to | |---------------------|--------------------------------------| | Drum samples | SampleRadar via MusicRadar | | "Porky" font family | Font-a-licious, used royalty-free for non-commercial purposes |

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Youtube https://quandtm.itch.io/keep-the-beet-alive
Youtube https://quandtm.itch.io/keep-the-beet-alive
Youtube https://quandtm.itch.io/keep-the-beet-alive
Youtube https://quandtm.itch.io/keep-the-beet-alive
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/keep-the-beet-alive

Ratings

Overall 544th 3.786⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Fun 689th 3.586⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 326th 3.786⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Theme 459th 4.029⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 232th 4.347⭐ 38🧑‍⚖️
Audio 97th 4.157⭐ 37🧑‍⚖️
Humor 151th 3.985⭐ 36🧑‍⚖️
Mood 486th 3.797⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Given 36🗳️ 26🗨️

Feedback

dazedhead
20. Apr 2020 · 21:23 UTC
The graphics are really beautiful but i found out that i am unable to press the spacebar to the beat haha...
caeonosphere
21. Apr 2020 · 04:21 UTC
I found myself wishing for a bit of a louder beat in the music! The claps and missing low end seem a bit at odds with the visuals, IMO. But yes, the art is very nice, and I did win! The difficulty is nicely balanced.
Bredian
21. Apr 2020 · 05:29 UTC
Fun little rythm game with very nice visuals. It becomes super easy when you get a beat. I think mashing space to melody will bring more fun to this game.
Gamer Fates
21. Apr 2020 · 06:04 UTC
Super cool game. I love the graphics and theme.
Keep it up bro gj!
pichuscute0
21. Apr 2020 · 06:16 UTC
Really like the graphics and the songs sound solid too! The first time I booted up the game, I ran into some bug that prevented the music from playing which made it a little confusing lol. But I refreshed and it fixed it. I did struggle to press space to the beat, so I die pretty quick.
Samelgamedev
21. Apr 2020 · 06:18 UTC
Never thought I'd want to play a game about a beetroot killing snails by dancing to a beat yet here I am. I took some time to jam to the title screen music too.
I enjoyed playing this game. Good work.
Snory
21. Apr 2020 · 06:20 UTC
Thank you for your entry.

At first I thought that it is unbeatable but then I get used to it. Really nicely done - nice graphic, nice music. :)

Thanks for sharing.
yigitserin
21. Apr 2020 · 06:30 UTC
Great theme, loved the music and graphics.
ThiefViolinist
21. Apr 2020 · 06:34 UTC
Nice idea, i love games with rhythm based mechanics. Art style looks nicely. Good job. I am not sure it is a bug or feature, but seems that you cant attack after snails have been crawled too close to the hero.
PonyPen
21. Apr 2020 · 06:36 UTC
Good little rythm game and it looks so nice! I struggled to hit the space bar to the beat, so the snails beat me good. :')
BlakeGameDev
21. Apr 2020 · 06:43 UTC
A very amusing concept and well presented also. It could maybe use a little audio feedback for damage and such. Other than that, great job!
Aditya Kumar
21. Apr 2020 · 06:43 UTC
Quite difficult but the music is great. I really like the post-processing effects on the sprites. It really adds to the aesthetic. My only feedback was that the game and beat feel really weighty, so the projectiles feel out of place with their relative weightlessness. Other than that, great job!
Mrowka
21. Apr 2020 · 10:50 UTC
I just wish I was better at clicking to the rhythm so I could listen to the whole song XD
Awesome work!
sheepycrunch
21. Apr 2020 · 11:03 UTC
Cool and enjoyable game! but I can't noticed when the snail comes up from top. Good job!
GabrielH
21. Apr 2020 · 11:27 UTC
Great Visuals and audio.
The sound track got me committed immediately, although I personalty experienced difficulty with timing my input to the visuals, they didn't seem to match the beat. Great charming package overall
Lucien Catonnet
21. Apr 2020 · 12:36 UTC
Nice game, I'm not used to having to keep the beat _and_ concentrate on incoming enemies, so that was a nice challenge!
FishMasterino
21. Apr 2020 · 17:22 UTC
Very cool rythm game, and very original
JanaChumi
21. Apr 2020 · 21:32 UTC
I've played some game and this is my fav until now.
LuCecyl
22. Apr 2020 · 02:14 UTC
Greeeat game! One of my favorites entries so far :) Nice work, so fun! Loved the rap beat!
Snowirbis
23. Apr 2020 · 19:23 UTC
Wow I didn't expect that !

That's a great game, with a great song !

May be you could try to add some visual feedback like in other rythm games.
For instance a green color if you are good and red if you are doing bad, and text like (Perfect - good - bad) every time you hit space
Hugo kieffer
23. Apr 2020 · 19:24 UTC
really cool visual and sound, a bit hard at first but that ok, good entry,good job!
neuronezero
23. Apr 2020 · 19:33 UTC
Nice original concept, good graphics and lyrics. The lyrics put you off the beat sometimes though... Beat could be more present also. Good game !
Giulia
23. Apr 2020 · 20:34 UTC
Cool idea and original approach ! I think there's a delay...ore maybe I'm really bad at playing, but overall I like it!
MacDoom
23. Apr 2020 · 20:43 UTC
Nice mix of genres! The shaders look super cool and the music is catchy. Great work!
Blackgoku36
23. Apr 2020 · 22:36 UTC
Graphics are super cool! and game concept is nice too. Maybe the game could be stage/level based? so you aren't bombarded with snail continuously and give you change to look at your progress?
keanutah
23. Apr 2020 · 22:49 UTC
Really cool! I feel like the rhythm game aspect of it could have been tuned better, more feedback for onbeat/off-beat would be nice. Great graphics, fun music, excellent work!