Salmoning Time by Anvilesque
Salmoner: SALMONING SALMONING SALMONING SAL- wait... SUMMONING?! hmmm... ... SUMMONING SALMON!!!! SALMONNNNN!!!!
A short call-and-response rhythm game.
Controls: S for orange notes, K for grey notes
(Note: The "calibrate" screen functionally does nothing. There is indeed an entire calibration system in the game, and it did work... at one point. It decided to break in the last hour, and my playtests have only been successful without calibration. If your input is delayed and you were hoping for calibration to save it... SALMONNNN!!!!!)
POST-GAME JAM BUG FIXES - 'Play Again' and 'Main Menu' buttons didn't reset notes properly - 'Calibrate' button softlocked the game
| itch.io | https://anvilesque.itch.io/salmoning-time |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/55/salmoning-time |
Ratings
| Overall | 628th | 3.524⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 266th | 3.8⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 785th | 3.143⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 779th | 3.429⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 815th | 3.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 19th | 4.357⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 25th | 4.381⭐ | 23🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 398th | 3.775⭐ | 22🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 10🗳️ | 21🗨️ |
Ok, where do I begin...
1. The voice acting and singing is on point. It makes me wanna scream SALMONING with them.
2. The 'story' and the fun misinterpretation of the theme is absolutely hilarious. By far the funniest game I've played so far! :smile:
4. I'm going to be honest I don't know how to play the game. I keep pressing s or k, trying to find a rhythm but I just can't nailed it down.
Overall, an amazing experience despite my lack of skill!
Great work!
3. I need the salmoning song on Spotify right now!
Otherwise fun.
The structure is kind of like sheet music (each circle represents a sixteenth note), but I totally get that that can be difficult to get used to, even with experience with sheet music. Given the lack of feedback (something like "late" or "early" visual indicators) as well, which I now realize is a crucial missing feature, and the darn calibration system that broke last-minute, and the fact that I did make the timings quite tight (probably a window of <100 ms for each note), rest assured that this is not an easy game, to say the least.
Regardless, I appreciate your time spent playing my game, I hope you had an enjoyable experience regardless, and... SALMONNNNN!!!!!!
SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!SALMON!!!!
2. Still had tons of fun
10/10
All jocks aside, this is such a cute and fun game, cheers! Bonus point for the pun!
It looks hilarious, and I've seen that there's some dialogue that looks fun. But it's hard to enjoy when you feel a bit frustrated / like you are wasting time trying to play when it doesn't seem to work.
It's a shame. Please ping us if you do a post-compo version that works!!! dasilvacontin@gmail.com
I found the game *extremely* hard though. I could only generate one or two salmon at a time. Some feedback to indicate what I was doing wrong would go a long way!
As others have said though, I felt the timings were too tight. I tried to SALMON, I really did. But every time I actually got my blessed fish friends to appear, they didn't stick around for long. The road to becoming a SALMONER is certainly longer and more painful than I anticipated!
If you get to make an extended post jam version, I'd like to hear more SALMONING songs!