Hey, so I really liked this little game. it was not complicated and it had some good polish because you kept it simple. I can really appreciate that. The art was also great, I do art for my teams games during LD so it is always nice seeing good art on other games!

Keep up the good work and see ya next time!

don't know why I've never seen a heartbeat rhythm game before but it works well as a package

My Steven got 53. I guess we all die someday(sad).

Simple but deep, from some perspective.

The art is simply amazing, I love it. It is also really deep

Very unique game play and took me a second to figure out, once I did I was singing "staying alive" from my middle school CPR days lol XD

Charles was just 34, while Sarah was 93, when their heart stopped beating. Beautiful little Game, Amazing Art and to me the Heartbeatsound was just onpoint. Good Work

Clever idea, great art but i could see much on my win7. Good job!

Genial.So delicately and informatively.
But too fast does not give a chance when you lose your rhythm. Life is tough :rofl:
(Mary, age 87)

great! simple but effective

I don't really know what I just played, but it really felt like keeping someone alive in the end...

Nice art and animation.

Too bad for Linda and four more that I suck at understanding what a game want me to do, anyway that was a neat experience, well done!

nice minimalist game ! well done. A bit complicat to understand what do to, but I guess it is part of the game.

I really like the way that you illustrate the way the heart beats, that and the sfx really make it feel like there's actually a heart beating. Overall a very nice and polished game that really sticks to the theme. My only real complaint would be that it takes to long to restart after you die.

really simple and effective game. impressive art, good sound effects, well done.

Nice art and sound, and I feel really bad for Charles because he died young and beautiful because of my lack of understanding. RIP Charles.

Nice sound effect and the graphic is pretty nice

i pissed myself

ouh.. poor karen :pensive:


great

nice idea :) and educational :D I was playing to the rhythm of Staying Alive... and I want to live longer :D

Very simple but quite touching! Loved it! :D

So simple and so greate! Don't now what to say :)

This is so simple and yet so intruiging. I appreciate the look and feel of this game despite its simplicity, although I couldn't get any of my victims to stay alive for long.

My high score is Jack, age 70!

I think you broke Ludum Dare 46. Intense and reverent. Thank you for the game.

Very innovative. Simple and it fits the theme. I got Karen to live to 105. Good job!

Cool game! Very simple, would work good as a mobile game

very well done. Simple but super effective. One of my guys lived until a 100, not sure how much longer you can push it or if there's a special ending at some point? In any case, the game has a way to touch you (in a slightly creepy way :) ) and that's quite something!

Cool concept! It's great that you made a lot of different names

Interesting and unique concept. Though, once I got the rhythm down and had a pretty good run (~95 years) I didn't have any inclination to go back for another go.

I definitely think it could've used some better and more intuitive feedback as to how you should modify your rhythm - just "go slower" or "go faster" is often too vague to be useful. Often, it would tell me to speed up, so I'd speed up, and then the person would die before another message appeared. Did I not speed up enough, or did I speed up too much? Rather than the in-game messages, I moreso just learned the rhythm through trial and error. I think some sort of meter, or visual effect with varying intensity, or something along those lines which conveys not only whether your rhythm is too fast or too slow, but by how much it's too fast or slow, could be really cool.

I must say that viewed as a pure "game" it's definitely on the shallow side. Viewed as a piece of interactive art, on the other hand, I think it fares much better - but the fact that you seemingly didn't make the art assets yourself hurts a bit when considering the game in such a category. At the end of the day, though, as critical as I've been, I do hope you continue to make pieces like this one.


I don't think I will live as long as Barbara

Great art! Nice game :) James is my longes living one :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sn6nad_OWmk

101 did i win?... i didn’t win did i?... i missed the point of the game didn’t I?

well i had fun. Im out!

@all  Thanks everyone for your feedback! I really appreciate it