SneakBeat by Carraka

made by Carraka for LD 41 (JAM)

Agent Tree, we have a new mission for you. The world is (once again) under threat of invasion, and we need your inhuman agility to seize the invasion plans from a poorly guarded file cabinet.

Use the arrow keys or WASD to tap the blue arrows when they reach the top of the screen and line up with the gray guide arrows.

Whatever you see or experience, DO NOT be distracted.

All graphics and audio created in 68 hours. DDR emulator created in 16 hours. Somehow.

Remember to comment so we can give you feedback in return! Thanks!

But just who is Agent Tree? And what makes Agent Tree so agile?

Play and find out!

This game has been tested in Firefox, Chrome, and Microsoft Edge. If you are having lagging problems, refresh. If you are having lagging problems still, or have resolution problems, try the latest version, which you can either play in your browser or download.

HTML5 (web)	https://carraka.itch.io/sneakbeat
HTML5 (web)	https://carraka.itch.io/sneakbeat-latest
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/sneakbeat

Ratings

Overall	882^th	3.136⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Fun	820^th	3.045⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	1006^th	2.818⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Theme	844^th	3.227⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Graphics	502^th	3.591⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Audio	213^th	3.682⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Humor	346^th	3.31⭐	23🧑‍⚖️
Mood	580^th	3.295⭐	24🧑‍⚖️
Given		29🗳️	10🗨️

Feedback

HKoisumi

24. Apr 2018 · 00:39 UTC

Freaking amazing! Excelent work, wanna check ours too??

https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/41/hype-time

GeroX

24. Apr 2018 · 03:39 UTC

I like the Music, but I am not good at these types of games.

gamesplusjames

25. Apr 2018 · 03:06 UTC

I liked the rhythm element to the game but it was a little hard to work out what my goal was as nothing seemed to be changing much. This may be down to the web build though, I tried the game in Firefox and Chrome and it looked different in both. Here's what it looked like in Chrome ![SneakBeats.png](///raw/c66/2/z/13cf4.png)
At least in Firefox I could see the scrolling arrows :) I'd love to check out a downloadable build

🎤 Carraka

28. Apr 2018 · 00:07 UTC

@gamesplusjames

Those resolution bugs are tricky! I was able to play it fine in Chrome and Microsoft Edge, but it looks like every browser (on every computer) is different. We've uploaded a new version that hopefully fixes resolution problems, but if that doesn't work, I also created a stand-alone Windows build, just because you requested it! Let us know what you think!

tweedle

28. Apr 2018 · 17:45 UTC

am i a sneaky dancing chicken? :chicken: i sure hope so! nice work, ending choices were cool!

torcado

30. Apr 2018 · 00:22 UTC

oooh this was really cool! it's rare that i see rhythm games made for ludum dare, i really enjoy them. and this is no exception! Music was good and beats were on time. I feel like there could have been a bit more to incorporate the rhythm game portion with the other parts of the game, because it just felt like i was playing ddr. but i really liked the alternate endings!

Lex

07. May 2018 · 04:07 UTC

Great music!

PTSnoop

07. May 2018 · 08:12 UTC

At first I was like "These arrows don't relate at all to the sneaking-around. It'd be much better if up/left meant 'you move up and left, out of the way of some guard or whatever.'"

...and then I found out what the red arrows were actually for, and now I like the game a lot more! :P

Budaniel

07. May 2018 · 15:16 UTC

Fun little game. I loved the music, and nice idea putting the replay at the end so you can see your spy did while you focused on not getting distracted during play.

been

09. May 2018 · 06:13 UTC

I liked this, and I usually hate DDR-style games because I'm so terrible at them. This was much more sedate though, and I really liked the slower pace making you choose which colours to react to rather than just desperately mashing all the buttons.

Didn't realise there were multiple endings at first, wondering if there's supposed to be a way to ask the question about the bracelet that I see pop up, but nothing seems to be working. I definitely appreciate the secret behind the red arrows though.

🎤 Carraka

09. May 2018 · 11:04 UTC

@been Glad you liked the slower pace! I requested that from the programmer @sheldonzs since I'm terrible at DDR games too. (Meanwhile he used to play DDR until 4 in the morning go figure.)

You can follow a different route and unlock a second ending if you go for only the red arrows. If that doesn't work on your compouter, you can also try the latest version, although when we tested, it was possible to get all three endings in the submission version.

ChromeOrange

09. May 2018 · 15:20 UTC

I think the beginning is a little confusing, the tutorial has too much information but I laughed a lot in the end! I love it.
![photo_2018-05-09_12-15-21.jpg](///raw/c7b/1/z/14bb1.jpg)

SimianLogic

09. May 2018 · 17:36 UTC

took a couple of tries to figure out that i just need to pay attention to the blue arrows on the right side and can mostly ignore the left side. cute but i wish the stealth part had some gameplay instead of just being a visual progress bar for the rhythm game. overall it was cute! and you got quite a bit done in a short amount of time!

terryg

14. May 2018 · 01:54 UTC

Wow. Great game. I loved the music and concept. I am not good at these games so I wasn't able to get very far. But congrats on pulling off a very polished work!