Jazz It Up by Elyaradine

Join a quartet of fuzzy animals as they play some relaxing jazz!
Featuring: - Soulful tunes - Adorable animals - All around, smooooooth times
Team: - Jonathan Hau-Yoon - Mayur Vallabhjee - Sabrina Becker
| Youtube | https://elyaradine.itch.io/jazz-it-up |
| Youtube | https://elyaradine.itch.io/jazz-it-up |
| Youtube | https://elyaradine.itch.io/jazz-it-up |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/jazz-it-up |
Ratings
| Overall | 50th | 4.234⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 165th | 3.969⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 71th | 4.141⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 738th | 3.677⭐ | 33🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 98th | 4.422⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 4th | 4.672⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Humor | 164th | 3.793⭐ | 31🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 9th | 4.547⭐ | 34🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 27🗳️ | 41🗨️ |
I thought the subtle touches in this were really clever like the single screen tutorial which completely introduces all the controls with very little friction. The spotlight that suggests a solo is great at gently suggesting a way to play without ever forcing anything. And the audience clapping intro really helps sell the mood for me.
Visuals were perfect, so warm and hyggelig as the danish would put it. I particularly loved the sloth, felt like everything I made him play on his double bass sounded superb.
As great as it is, I do believe there must be a way to improve the logic even further, so players can both feel like the music being played is more spontaneous while at the same time cheating a bit on the timings so they are always a little more to the beat (tho that may just be my bad tempo honestly). I think keyboard and guitar would sound better with chords rather than notes possibly?
Anyway these are just nitpicks to consider if you take this idea further (which I'd love to see!).
Really stunning.
Great work!
The only thing I wished is it didn't snap my inputs to the beat, or at least an option to turn it off.
Also, check our game, it's a bit different take on a music loop! I think you will enjoy it!
Being not great at music, I did not feel I have a lot of control, I merely played along, pressing buttons semi-randomly.