Hidden Moves by barce
In Hidden Moves you play as Mr. Honey. :spaceinvader: The Interstellar Andromedarean Highschool's :spaceinvader: Principal who cannot believe prom's already here. THIS IS IT. It is his last chance to earn the respect of his students.
It seems luck's on his side because the tunes that are being played have a wonderful beat drop every 10 seconds :musical_score:. A great opportunity to show his hidden moves and kill it on the dancefloor. It's time to shine!:sparkles: Will you help him?



Goal
You need to make it to the end of the Prom with enough respect in order to WIN the game. Lose the respect of your students and you will get humiliated. :cry:
Credits
- Joaquin Volonte - Code/Game Design
- Vincent Silva - Code/Game Design
- Bruno Arce - Code/Game Design
- Alvaro Infante - Code
- Maru Silveira - Art
- Enzo Antonaz - Art
- Rodrigo Noguera - Art
- Nico De León - Art
- Santi Ramos - Music & SFX
| Link | https://jvolonte.itch.io/hidden-moves |
| Link | https://jvolonte.itch.io/hidden-moves |
| Link | https://jvolonte.itch.io/hidden-moves |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/51/hidden-moves |
Ratings
| Overall | 18th | 4.35⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 50th | 4.15⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 442th | 3.483⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 152th | 4.15⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 5th | 4.75⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 9th | 4.533⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 10th | 4.433⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 33th | 4.35⭐ | 32🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 49🗳️ | 31🗨️ |
The dance moves are amazing. One of the dances had the finishing move of mooning the audience, and I swear there were jiggle physics. oh my. All of the art is fantastic for that matter. The characters are adorable, even the old man you play as. The DJ looks like the kinda guy I want to hang out with, and all the party-goers have style and personality, and it's all *so well drawn*.
The inclusion of achievements is brilliant, and it adds a lot of replay value. That's the kind of stuff you don't find in many jam games, but elevates this one way above the rest.
At one point I had an audience of zero (even had an achievement for it) so I didn't bother dancing. It was genuinely hilarious looking at the sad old man with colorful spotlights all around him. HA!
Gameplay wise, I noticed you can just mash all 4 arrow keys to correctly get every beat successfully. You probably would want to figure out a way to prevent that.
The humor and mood are amazing, and you have set up a fantastic scene! Brilliant work all around!
Nailed everything , from the animations (sick dance moves) to the music to the atmosphere.
The little details, like the yearbook menu, are just amazing. Plus, ACHIEVEMNTS? You guys slayed it.
Having some indication when the dance portion is going to start would be handy. The students just sort of wander around and mostly congregate where the game starts so there feels little to no reason to move. Maybe the students could move away from you every time you dance (out of embracement) so you then have to hunt them down.
Really good stuff so glad i got to play this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_B4zJgzM2g