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Grow with the Flow by jww608

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made by jww608 for LD34 (JAM)
Grow with the Flow

Use the up and down keys to grow and shrink a circle to hit white bars and avoid black bars. The bars adjust themselves based on the music that you choose. This one stretched me technically but it was a fun experience to make it.

Most of the music is by the illustrious Kevin Macleod.

Known unintended "features":
-Some white bars are too wide to hit
-Doesn't work in Chrome - the WebGL build didn't work for some reason (too late for me to dig into now)
-Lack of custom user loaded song - I tried but it was beyond my ability and the time constraints
Web http://jw608.itch.io/grow-with-the-flow
Windows http://jw608.itch.io/grow-with-the-flow
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-34/?action=preview&uid=48845

Ratings

Coolness 37% 1817
Overall(Jam) 3.05 757
Fun(Jam) 2.76 817
Innovation(Jam) 2.95 646
Mood(Jam) 2.90 757
Theme(Jam) 3.67 522

Feedback

nonetheless
14. Dec 2015 · 20:49 UTC
It is kinda innovative and nice. I wished the sounds of hitting white obstacles fit the music somehow. :)
justinooncx
16. Dec 2015 · 16:42 UTC
The music is kinda pointless, seeing as the bars don't really follow the beat nor the tune. And the controls are a bit buggy at times. Still, good effort.
ddr2
16. Dec 2015 · 21:07 UTC
As mentioned by nonetheless, the noise of hitting black / not hitting white (e.g: of failing ;) ) are annoying over the music. You could have tried dimming the music volume to indicate a failure maybe ?

I did try to do some MIR a while back, I would be curious to know what algorithm you ended up using ?
Crosstales
16. Dec 2015 · 21:09 UTC
Nice idea, but the sound has too little impact on the game.
Probably, you could improve it a bit and make it more challenging and entertaining (like moving the ball).
bobismijnnaam
16. Dec 2015 · 21:10 UTC
Nice game! Cool aesthetics, and the music was also ok. The controls were sometimes a tad buggy but were ok overall. The blipping sound fitted the looks of the game. Kudos for including so many songs and the cool menu structure :)
XtremePrime
16. Dec 2015 · 21:17 UTC
The music is not on sync with the bars, which kind of defeats the purpose of having a rhythm game :( Also the shrinking and growing feels a bit ... stiff. With some work, it would be nice!
PuddleOfWater
16. Dec 2015 · 21:24 UTC
The menu system presents your game nicely. :P The volume slider and 'Test' button was blissful.

I didn't feel that the playing field complemented the music. Maybe me version of the game has errors?
A Flat Miner Studios
16. Dec 2015 · 22:25 UTC
Very innovative. The only issue not mentioned in your "features" list was the sounds were a bit jarring because they didn't fit with the music. It works for when you hit the black bars (that SHOULD be jarring, as you made a mistake), but not so much for the white bars. I'd say either make sure it matches up (which is very tough, I know) or get rid of the sound when you hit a white bar.
Pantoufle
04. Jan 2016 · 19:27 UTC
Good idea! Too bad the music doesn't influence the patterns of the bars.