This Bed Ain't Big Enough For the Both of Us by Japayne

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made by Japayne for Ludum Dare 54 (COMPO)

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Burst those dreams before they turn bad, and your partner takes advantage by pushing you out of the bed. Play on you phone or PC

Mobile: Tap PC: keys 1-4 or mouse click

(There are plenty more things I wanted to add, but that's how it goes)

Post Compo fixes: (separate link) - Duvet pull events - More levels of progressive difficulty - Dreams are spaced by song bpm - Some sprite improvements - Scene background - Day night cycle

Ratings

Overall 210th 3.475⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 283th 3.05⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 264th 3.1⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Theme 153th 3.8⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 105th 3.825⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 174th 3.225⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 33th 3.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Mood 252th 3.075⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 20🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 299757
02. Oct 2023 · 19:11 UTC
Cute little game. Liked the art and game play was quite fun! Good game!
Fnkee
02. Oct 2023 · 21:32 UTC
Wicked good job!! MULTIPLE drawings for both characters (and really well drawn ones to boot), rhythm-game, splash screen, great UI, playable on phone and not least the catchiest beat of the century. The lose\splash-screen crunks me up.
Cat Lab
02. Oct 2023 · 23:11 UTC
I love the interpretation of the concept! A rhythm game is always a good time. It was hard to tell exactly if the music and the clouds lined up with each other or if it was coincidence because sometimes they seemed to and sometimes maybe not. Lots of fun, great entry!
🎤 Japayne
03. Oct 2023 · 07:09 UTC
@triangle-point @fnkee @cat-lab - Thanks guys!
@cat-lab - The clouds are actually completely random. I made a sequence system so that I could make them go with the beat, but I ended up just barely making the song before deadline, so unfortunately it was a coincidence :P
snesgaard
03. Oct 2023 · 13:20 UTC
Neat little rhythm game. Wished the clouds would line better up with the music.
🎤 Japayne
03. Oct 2023 · 14:03 UTC
@snesgaard Thanks for the feedback! That's the one thing I've fixed a little so far in the post jam version, although it still has randomness to it which doesn't hit as hard as more scripted rhythm games of course.
Iacubovich
15. Oct 2023 · 13:44 UTC
Cool game I would even say that the gameplay is just like in real life
ChuChuGeralt
15. Oct 2023 · 13:52 UTC
I really like the idea of the game and the simplicity of it.
But I would like to have a longer audio-loop, since you hear the loop itself.
But you already mentioned, that the song was implemented "last second", so its super understandable!

Great game!
Hakro
15. Oct 2023 · 14:35 UTC
Loved the art style a lot, and the music is nice as well. The gameplay can be a bit unfair, especially when using the mouse, as sometimes the bubbles arrive in //. And it took me a couple of tries to understand when to click exactly.
But overall, lovely entry. GG.
EqualEnergy
15. Oct 2023 · 22:54 UTC
Great game, I think you should start in the middle, but I love the visuals!
🎤 Japayne
15. Oct 2023 · 23:00 UTC
@hakro Thanks! Yeah good point, mouse controls were more of an afterthought, but input specific difficulty settings could be a good way to mitigate the frustration by never having multiple simultaneous dreams when using the mouse
cheesepencil
15. Oct 2023 · 23:09 UTC
Pretty darn cute, and mobile friendly, too. Love that!
Natano
16. Oct 2023 · 00:48 UTC
Nice game ^-^
I played it on mobile and i really enjoyed it ^^
cdunham
16. Oct 2023 · 06:29 UTC
Nice little game. The duvet pull events really add to the difficulty. I enjoyed the rhythm-like gameplay. Nice work!
rasblo
16. Oct 2023 · 23:31 UTC
Sweet game, love jams that are rhythm games! Got a good night sleep on my first try, I've played guitar hero before :sunglasses: Cute characters and visuals, nice music.

The big thing for me though is that I REALLY wish the clouds/notes would line up to the beat of the song! Would improve the feel of the gameplay by miles, I'm sure you would agree.

Sounds like you've made a ton of improvements after the jam which is awesome! Good luck on your continued dev, would want to try it again if you ever release it on mobile.
Mooptychunk
17. Oct 2023 · 01:53 UTC
God I miss her
LDJam user 265360
17. Oct 2023 · 04:49 UTC
really great implementation of the theme! Even though the dream bubbles are all horizontal, I wonder if arrows/WASD might make a more natural PC control scheme (although it seems like this is better geared for mobile anyway).
CardboardMoon
19. Oct 2023 · 15:58 UTC
Cool jam game! Love the theme usage and the topic - hits home for me pretty hard haha. I thought it was rhythm based for a second, but I actually enjoyed that it wasn't after all. Clever to force the player to pop the dreams in the right places. It definitely gets tough when you get 2 or 3 coming into the slots at the same time - probably would be even harder on mobile, but using the keyboard seemed to be the best method for that situation. Audio is well-balanced and the art is great. Good job!