Hush by rojo

made by rojo for LD32 (JAM)

You're a Clefling hanging out in the forest when suddenly disaster! Hushbert hates the songs of the forest and has unleashed his super secret weapon: the Voice Stealing Technique. However, you are immune and your voice can be used as a weapon against the silence. Break the Seals of Silence to restore the voices of the forest!

Everything you need to know will be explained in game. If you have questions get in touch with me on Twitter @rojomojogogo.

Hint: if you're having trouble figuring out the order to play notes in, remember to listen for the snap - it indicates the beginning of the loop. Also try looking at the middle of the screen. It may help you see the order in which forest critters are emoting.

I created the game solo.

Contact:
www.youtube.com/gameswithrojo
www.twitter.com/rojomojogogo

Tools:
Unity 5, Photoshop, Audition, Audacity, FL Studio, sfxr

Font:
Eskargot by Apostrophic Labs

Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/8pond6py8gqqskn/rojo_ld32_hush_win.zip?dl=0
OS/X	https://www.dropbox.com/s/b7tky2p9emqmy2g/rojo_ld32_hush_osx.zip?dl=0
Linux (untested, universal)	https://www.dropbox.com/s/pjardarvw7nt0cx/rojo_ld32_hush_linux_universal.zip?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=29998

Ratings

Coolness	46%	1436
Overall(Jam)	3.48	291

Audio(Jam)	3.67	127
Fun(Jam)	3.41	253
Graphics(Jam)	3.57	373
Humor(Jam)	3.06	423
Innovation(Jam)	3.78	112
Mood(Jam)	3.43	257
Theme(Jam)	3.67	301

Feedback

Paulozz

21. Apr 2015 · 20:24 UTC

Classic, but fun.

HotBoxGames

21. Apr 2015 · 20:31 UTC

Cool idea! Played to the end and was quite fun figuring it out, good job

Wertle

23. Apr 2015 · 01:43 UTC

I like how you incorporated a tone matching game into the theme, it was a nice little story accompaniment. The tick to start the measure was helpful, but I wish there was also a visual cue in addition (something simple would work. Screen flash, perhaps?) mostly because it was sometimes easy to confuse the order of animations because I wasn't watching properly at the right time, especially if things were on opposite sides of the screen. I had a really hard time discerning the different pitches in the cows due to the very low sound. Dunno if this is my speakers or just an issue with my own hearing and difficulty detecting low frequency, but I unfortunately got stuck on the cow section x_x Nice work overall!

crazyninjamofo

25. Apr 2015 · 02:13 UTC

Wow! I loved the idea. The setting in the forest with the animals was a fun and charming way to express the simon-says type music player. The tunes you got to create were catchy too. I could totally see this becoming a really popular mobile game. My only complaint is having to keep moving the mouse between animals and waiting for their turn so I could hear their tone; maybe try some other methods of showing the user what each animal plays? Otherwise, I can't really see anything wrong with it.

Jajo

26. Apr 2015 · 18:15 UTC

I'm very bad at puzzle games, but this was an amazing game. Very hard for me though...

AlcoTk

28. Apr 2015 · 06:51 UTC

Cool idea, dude

jtpup0

04. May 2015 · 19:04 UTC

I love it, reminded me of OoT and melodisle

Crowbeak

06. May 2015 · 09:03 UTC

My favorite graphical bit was the treble clef hairdo. This was a really interesting game to come out of the theme.

geekdrums

09. May 2015 · 01:36 UTC

I liked musical mechanics of this game, good job!

I think there should be some musical progress during a level(ex. add part when its finished).

Xanjos

09. May 2015 · 18:00 UTC

Very fun and unique mechanics and the puzzles were very well thought out (the snap definitely made things a bit easier) plus I liked the enchanted forest setting.