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Polytonia Music by Robinerd

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made by Robinerd for LD28 (COMPO)
Ever dreamt about composing a masterpiece?

Use your great sense of timing to progress the music. Don't get a single key wrong as you keep on adding new instruments.

Instructions:
Use left and right mouse buttons to click or hold the yellow targets, as shown by the in-game guide.
Click a target when a ball is inside to play the note.
Play all notes in a streak without any single miss to unlock the next instrument.
Complete all instruments to finish the masterpiece.

Edit 2013-12-17 14:30 GMT:
Changed two glitchy notes in the drums which were very hard to pass.

Edit 2013-12-21 8:40 GMT:
Fixed a bug that caused incorrect note timing on some computers.

------ More music by me: ------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UevKO2A1Ukc&list=PL8A7AA96C850C5E3B
Web http://www.kongregate.com/games/Robinerd/polytonia
Windows/Mac/Linux http://robinerd.com/application_files/Polytonia_Download
Soundtrack http://robinerd.com/music_files/Polytonia_Original_Soundtrack.mp3
Source (mercurial) https://bitbucket.org/robinerd/polytonia
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-28/?action=preview&uid=4187

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 3.65 105
Audio 4.20 4
Fun 3.72 47
Graphics 2.92 504
Humor 2.76 298
Innovation 3.30 237
Mood 3.37 157
Theme 2.66 613

Feedback

DJLad97
15. Dec 2013 路 16:16 UTC
Really, enjoyed that. Not sure if you're adding it but a scoring system would be cool. (Did you make the song your self - I like it)
馃帳 Robinerd
15. Dec 2013 路 23:46 UTC
Hey, glad to hear you like it, and thanks for trying it out! Scoring system could be an option, but so far I'm thinking of it more like an experience rather than a competitive element. But who knows!
And the song is my work, started to work on it at the right beginning of this ludum dare, and recorded in musagi. And I'm still working on more parts.
Thanks again!
Cosrnos
16. Dec 2013 路 04:00 UTC
I love that song! I couldn't get past the drum sounds though because I would click too quickly D: I like it though and I like the idea of playing all instruments and just looping them!
Masadow
16. Dec 2013 路 04:30 UTC
Very good ! The masterpiece is great ! I really enjoyed going through the end :)

However, it was a bit frustrating to wait until the end of the instrument when you missed the first note ^^
SilentBunny
16. Dec 2013 路 04:47 UTC
great tunes
mcgraw
16. Dec 2013 路 04:47 UTC
That was cool! Great work!
WhoaConstrictor
16. Dec 2013 路 04:55 UTC
The most beautifully frustrating game I have played yet. Oh, the slow decent into madness upon missing an early note. I laughed. I cried. I nearly threw my mouse. A-, I get the theme tie but I don't feel it is that strong.
Bloated Hippo
16. Dec 2013 路 04:59 UTC
I really enjoyed this as well!
mactinite
16. Dec 2013 路 06:05 UTC
Oh my, this game was awesome. For me it was very hard. But I couldn't stop playing because the tune was so wonderful. Excellent job. :)
ashen
16. Dec 2013 路 06:05 UTC
Very clever and tailor made for a mobile/tablet version. When the accompanying music starts it gets really addictive and relaxing. Excellent.
Artguy
16. Dec 2013 路 09:39 UTC
Damn, this is possibly the most fun rythm game I've ever played. Please do continue working on this, I'd love some more songs. Also a mobile version would be fantastic.
jamiedoughty
16. Dec 2013 路 09:40 UTC
Great fun!
Tao
16. Dec 2013 路 09:49 UTC
Thoroughly enjoyable.
kookoon
16. Dec 2013 路 09:53 UTC
Feel like to be Rob Hubbard.
You and your game are awesome!
Thein
16. Dec 2013 路 10:01 UTC
As a big fan of rhythm games, I really enjoyed this! The controls were challenging and fun. Good work!
feizenbara
16. Dec 2013 路 11:05 UTC
Nice game, really frustrating sometimes, but in a good way. I wish you put some real music notes on the blue/pink circles :-)
TheCze
16. Dec 2013 路 16:16 UTC
Excellent game! I really like the idea, artstyle and audio. Pretty tough song though!
Diamonde
16. Dec 2013 路 16:17 UTC
This is perfect. Super polished and quite challenging gameplay. The song is indeed a masterpiece :D
Lustdante
16. Dec 2013 路 16:55 UTC
Simply marvelous.
theholychicken
16. Dec 2013 路 17:07 UTC
Oh jesus I have no reflex...
Took me forever to get past the second level. Very satisfying to get it right, but right after the purple ones just murdered me.
Awesome game!
scriptorum
16. Dec 2013 路 17:21 UTC
Very nice! Really enjoyed this. Good tune. The level of challenge ramps up very well. Great job.
anvoz
16. Dec 2013 路 17:45 UTC
Interesting game. Nice sounds.
Gravedrinker
16. Dec 2013 路 18:27 UTC
What a nice idea. I love rhythm games and this feels very nice when you pull it off. The challenge also ramps up well.
ossah
16. Dec 2013 路 18:37 UTC
Cool idea. Really enjoyed this. Nice and tough! Loved the seamless music integration.
LatFoued
16. Dec 2013 路 18:41 UTC
I love rythm games, and this is pretty good. Good job sir
jillytot
16. Dec 2013 路 19:31 UTC
Cute. I think it would be good to add different input alternatives to the mouse, unless mouse movement had more to do with the way you interacted with the notes.
stenol
16. Dec 2013 路 20:13 UTC
Awsome game. I enjoy it. It's hard sometime but it's a pretty fine game. GRatz.
Nick Weihs
16. Dec 2013 路 20:46 UTC
Pretty cool, programmatic music works really well. I had some trouble click on things though, even in the first couple of segments
ThatGuy
16. Dec 2013 路 23:02 UTC
Fun choice of music and excellent difficulty progression, well done!
Arkrothe
17. Dec 2013 路 12:25 UTC
I liked the gameplay, and the 8 bit music is also pretty nice, but i think the difficulty is quite unforgiving, and the high iteration between two plays of the level disengaged me from the game.
JALgames
17. Dec 2013 路 15:00 UTC
Like that game. But graphics are a bit pixelish (not bad in general, but it doesn't look pixel-artish eigther but just rendered in low-resolution). Sound and music are nice, although i didn't make it through the second level
馃帳 Robinerd
17. Dec 2013 路 20:50 UTC
Thanks everyone for your good feedback and suggestions! I hope to keep on working on this and add more songs and a hotkey to restart the current level. Will also experiment with alternate input methods and improved graphics. Thanks!
Hyde Wyvern
18. Dec 2013 路 02:05 UTC
WOAAAAAA I the funniest game I've played so far!! I loved it, it's like nothing I've played before! fantastic, I got really involved on my masterpiece
JavadocMD
18. Dec 2013 路 05:49 UTC
Loved the quill-and-parchment aesthetic!
gmfk07
19. Dec 2013 路 01:40 UTC
Quite an interesting and fun music game! The one-life system makes it difficult, but because you start at the beginning of the short little tune, it doesn't take long to catch up :3
AtomicVikings
19. Dec 2013 路 08:13 UTC
Verry Cool and much fun to play it! It's raining stars for you :)
ian_snyder
19. Dec 2013 路 12:49 UTC
Awesome entry, very original. I'm a sucker for music games, and even though I'm terrible at this I think you've done a really amazing job here. Well done!
michail
20. Dec 2013 路 20:37 UTC
Awesome! Great concept and execution, very hard at the end but the final song was worth it. The best entry I have played so far :)
Zerkruemler
21. Dec 2013 路 11:28 UTC
Really great game! I like it very much. It also seems to be very solid developed and stable.
Some ideas from my side:
I would like to have keyboard control. Mouse clicking (and moving) is not my idea of a rythm game
I don't understand the difference of up and down. At least the music does not reflect different pitch levels.
The difficulty is quite hard, but I think this is ok to have a challenge.
Really good work!
Muciojad
21. Dec 2013 路 17:16 UTC
It's pretty cool and challenging, but is frustrating when bullet escapes me even though I click without interruption ;)
Overall it's very good music-based game, great job ;)
radmars
22. Dec 2013 路 03:24 UTC
This is awesome! I love it when people do rhythm games for LD. Pretty brutal that you have to get it perfect though :P
Jgpicatoste
22. Dec 2013 路 11:03 UTC
It's really really cool (I liked the graphics and presentation a lot), but I think you could have worked some more on the concept. I can't rate this the highest of all rhythm games in this LD edition, but it's surely the one who has the most potential.
Diptoman
24. Dec 2013 路 07:32 UTC
Cool rythm game, enjoyed it. Though a restart button would have been really nice :|
The art's cool too. And of course, I liked the music very much!
GFM
06. Jan 2014 路 00:12 UTC
My main complaint about this is game is that it felt random to me.
The notes were indeed on the right time, but being a long or a blue/purple note didn't seen to matter, nor the stave on which the note was. Being a LD game, I can see many reasons for those... but since it's a rhythm game, with great focus on it's music, I felt annoyed by those facts...

The song was nice, though. :)
VanhaVihtahousu
06. Jan 2014 路 20:07 UTC
Nice Idea! Really challenging and a bit frustrating... especially after the second round! Sometimes i thought i was sure that i got my clicking right but still the notes just went by...