Keep the beat alive by Dukes
Keep the beat alive is a minimalist, osu! like rythm game with some Shoot 'em up elements.
Your goals are simple : - Chase the white circles - Avoid the red enemies

The game is very rought but quite fun to play, I hope you enjoy it !
The game was made with pico8.
| Youtube | https://dukes.itch.io/keep-the-beat-alive |
| Youtube | https://dukes.itch.io/keep-the-beat-alive |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/46/keep-the-beat-alive |
Ratings
| Overall | 82th | 3.978⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 15th | 4.239⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 338th | 3.522⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 502th | 3.696⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 422th | 3.587⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 5th | 4.435⭐ | 25🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 146th | 3.727⭐ | 24🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 21🗳️ | 7🗨️ |
Good job!
The music is super catchy! As a fellow maker of chiptunes I really appreciate the vibes and sounds you got into this!
Art style is minimalistic but still looks great, very consistent!
I need to play more :notes: :musical_note:
I think the enemies make the game pretty difficult. It's easy to play but very difficult to master.
I love how the difficult curve was balanced. At the beginning there's no enemies so the player can learn the rhythmic mechanic. After a short, enemies start appearing and the amount in difficult goes up slowly but faster enough.
Congratulations for such a compo entry. It's really cool.