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BPM - Bionica Pro Mortis by FLOWERFIELD Games

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made by FLOWERFIELD Games for Ludum Dare 59 (JAM)

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:warning: The embed version doesn't work well on this website. You can either play on itch.io or download the executable for windows. :warning:

:videogame: This game is best played with a GAMEPAD :videogame:

BPM, Bionica Pro Mortis, is a cyberpunk rhythm duel game built around two asynchronous biometric signals. The player controls a cybernetic fencer whose survival and actions are governed by an ECG signal.

Read the enemy’s heartbeat to defend, follow your own to strike, and survive as both rhythms accelerate toward chaos.

https://youtu.be/uN-3dwoz9HM

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GAMEPLAY

In this game, the signals control everything. When a signal reaches the center marker, you must act.

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The blue signal influences your strikes. The red signal influences your parries.

Every time you get the right input at the right time, you score points. Survive and reach your highest score possible!

CONTROLS

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TEAM

  • Jeremy: game design and game art
  • Justin: art direction, animation and integration
  • Simon: game dev and integration
  • Valentin: documentation and publishing

All graphic assets have been produced during the 'jam. No Generative AI has been used.

Sounds from the Freesound community

Music by Sonovore - https://linktr.ee/studio_sonovore

itch.io https://flowerfield-games.itch.io/bpm
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/59/bpm-bionica-pro-mortis

Ratings

Overall 235th 3.848⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 240th 3.67⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 312th 3.554⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Theme 417th 3.759⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 134th 4.321⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Mood 254th 3.926⭐ 56🧑‍⚖️
Given 47🗳️ 89🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 312900
Apr 20th · 15:05 UTC
itch.io doesnt exist?
Strainer
Apr 20th · 17:26 UTC
umm cool page
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 20th · 17:58 UTC
Hi, the game is being polished. We'll be uploading it very soon. Brace yourselves :smile:
rezonanc
Apr 20th · 19:34 UTC
where is the game?
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 20th · 21:13 UTC
We're about to upload it. Stay tuned :v:
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 20th · 23:06 UTC
Guys, the game is online. Enjoy and share your feedbacks! (and score :smile: )
Whiteowl4399
Apr 20th · 23:07 UTC
Cool battle! I like the design of this cybernetic fencer and the sound effect of sword impact.
Yueyao Wang
Apr 20th · 23:57 UTC
OMG The art look so great!! luv it
alexey_bobrovskiy
Apr 21st · 09:30 UTC
I scored 17k points, sometimes it seemed like you had to press attack and parry at the same time, I would like a more meaningful order of attack and parry, sometimes it seemed like you could just randomly press attacks and parry to complete the game
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 21st · 09:39 UTC
Hey, thanks for the sincere feedback! :heart:
Character's animations are almost instant, so you can press both parry and strike at the same time, they would work if the input is detected in the window of the signal.
Actually, if you randomly press actions and fail, they would go on cooldown and you might miss the next one or two inputs (depending on the pace of the combat you're on).
Thanks for playing! We plan to add more variations and interactions if this prototype is to your liking :v:
jajalecapouet
Apr 21st · 09:53 UTC
It works well ! Very good potential here :) Good job
hotdog
Apr 21st · 10:45 UTC
Really cool game, very polished, the art and graphics are very impressive!
Pavlo
Apr 21st · 11:54 UTC
Looks great!

But I have problems:
Invalid binary data file size! (offset=347, size=19995397, file length=5075039)
LDJam user 0
Apr 21st · 12:21 UTC
Art is good, but I cant see it if I have to look at the monitor at the top.
Alex O
Apr 21st · 12:36 UTC
What a nice rhytm game! The graphics and the music are amazing, as well as the gameplay
Aashen
Apr 21st · 13:34 UTC
I agree with the guy above


If only i had game pad..... Addictive game with cool art direction and simple visuals, just the right type for the ludum dare. Wish we had more movement like left/right directions and jumping!
Ekopeko
Apr 21st · 13:41 UTC
Love the visuals
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 21st · 14:40 UTC
@pavlo, do you get this error on the web version on itch.io?
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 21st · 14:49 UTC
@alex-o @ekopeko thank you very much!

@aashen, without a gamepad, you can still enjoy it with the main controls on the mouse, but you get limited access to the critical mechanics, which were kind of a pain in the ass to design for the keyboard. Any suggestion about a better binding?

About the movement. Well, at first we were designing a versus fighting game, but with the first prototype we realize the signal was useless, so we pivoted and looked for something more about rhythm where the signal is th main character :smile:
Xiao Duye
Apr 22nd · 02:10 UTC
Super cool game! The artwork and mechanics are very well developed. Great job!
Artur Hawkwing
Apr 22nd · 06:02 UTC
I really enjoyed this -- it reminded by of Infinity Blade in a way. I feel like it would definitely have been better on a controller, but mine is a bit finicky at times, and I could not get it to work.

The design and aesthetic was great, and the music fit very well. Great job overall!
Danibeve
Apr 22nd · 09:03 UTC
I really love the art of the game! So cool and fun to play! Congratulations!
HexStart
Apr 22nd · 09:45 UTC
Hey, I'm getting this error trying to run the game, both on firefox and chrome:
![err.png](///raw/aed/44/z/723df.png)
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 22nd · 12:16 UTC
@xiao-duye, @danibeve, thank you guys :heart:

@artur-hawkwing, great reference that we had no idea it even exists! thanks for the feedback!
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 22nd · 12:17 UTC
For everyone having issues with the **_invalid binary data file size error_**, I suggest you download and try the .exe version. Some of our assest are very heavy and we didn't have time to optimize it for the web version.
Pavel Goncharov
Apr 22nd · 13:36 UTC
I wish I could make cool itch.io pages like this! 🥰 The visuals, sounds, and overall idea are very interesting. Maybe adding more enemies with different attacks would make it even better, but that’s probably too much to ask for a jam game! Keep it up!
Pavlo
Apr 22nd · 13:38 UTC
@flowerfield-games Yes
Andrey Angaev
Apr 22nd · 14:40 UTC
Interesting way of combining bpm and fighting genres. I like the game much, it was pretty fun to play it. Good job, guys!
500
Apr 22nd · 15:41 UTC
The sound effects and art are both very impressive!!
MuzzLove
Apr 22nd · 16:26 UTC
good idea, nice art and sound! i liked it!
LDJam user 235915
Apr 22nd · 17:25 UTC
I really enjoyed playing on the gamepad. I didn't immediately notice the health level, I was concentrating on the signals) Very active gameplay!!
Pavlo04
Apr 22nd · 17:28 UTC
I couldn't get it to work in the browser, so I downloaded it. The game is great and I'm happy with everything, but there’s one thing: when I first opened it, the volume was extremely loud and actually hurt my ears. I went straight to the settings, but the volume slider didn't seem to work, so I had to lower it through the Windows Volume Mixer.
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 22nd · 17:40 UTC
@pavlo04 Thanks for the feedback. Yes, unfortunatly, we rushed the settings at the end and realise after publishing that it didn't work. sorry for you're ears :grimacing:
MaxBluePanda
Apr 22nd · 18:11 UTC
The visual is awesome! I love the idea, though managing 2 signals coming from 2 opposite directions was kinda difficult
LDJam user 240296
Apr 22nd · 18:31 UTC
Fascinating art and music with sound are picked well. Gameplay is prety smooth. Great work!
One thing I found strange - tutorial windows that close by mouse click. As the main gameplay is about clicking the mouse on time, I think it would be better to close tutorial windows with another key or by button in ui so you won't accidently close tutorial (as i did several times haha).
Also agree with a guy in the comment above - it's hard to click on 2 opposite signals in one time with one hand. Maybe there is no problem when playing on gamepad, but on PC it would be better if you could use keyboard instead of mouse. But still a good entry! :smile_cat:
Jacky San
Apr 22nd · 19:48 UTC
Soooo cool ! Love this game, mood is excellent as well as art direction and audio :two_hearts:
THe game is well designed with a really cool concept that is working well ! It's beginning difficult a bit too soon for me though :sweat_smile:
NiceKot
Apr 22nd · 21:37 UTC
Wow, that's impressive. You did one thing, but really nailed and polished it. Mad props, great entry.
Perovic2018
Apr 22nd · 22:57 UTC
Very cool visual
BigDippers
Apr 22nd · 22:57 UTC
Very cool, not seen too many rhythm games so far, nice job
braktheman
Apr 23rd · 02:11 UTC
That was a great coordination exercise! Gets challenging after a while. Really enjoyed. Solid rhythm game that felt like it worked pretty well. Great visuals and felt polished for a jam game.

Nice work to the whole team!
el_chivo_vivo
Apr 23rd · 03:56 UTC
12268! fun rhythm type game!
HDVR02
Apr 23rd · 05:17 UTC
The game looks fantastic! I really like how the theme is integrated into the gameplay rhythm and how it ties into the visuals. The only downside is that the controls feel a bit overloaded, though it’s something you can get used to
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 23rd · 08:40 UTC
Thank you all for your messages! :hearts:
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 23rd · 08:46 UTC
@el-chivo-vivo Good one! In another universe this game would have a leaderboard so you could compete against other players score! One player just got 127 552 points :scream:
Akanephobia
Apr 23rd · 09:24 UTC
Love it. One of the best.
Faust_Mi
Apr 23rd · 10:30 UTC
Interesting gameplay mechanic. It feels unusual at first, but you gradually get into it! The art and animation don’t distract you from paying attention to the signal and give a sense of impact from the attack.

Great job!
Gecko64
Apr 23rd · 11:21 UTC
I loved this game so much! From the artstyle to the gameplay of it. It was all really great. Sometimes I could get overwhelmed by the signals landing at the same time from mine and the enemies but didnt really take away from the game. Good job this is up there with my favourites this ld jam!
Noodonge
Apr 23rd · 15:26 UTC
Realy cool game i love the animations and the art style the rythm mechanic
RIBOUT Horace
Apr 23rd · 15:32 UTC
Cool idea! I like how it run, but the fact that the signal are not on any "beat" of the music feel so strange to me (especially since the game is name "BPM") but it's more of a detail.
Cannot beat the 5th guy, I got lost in the input. Which is cool ! There not that many input but you still find way to make the game feel difficult but not unfair, and all of this in a game jam ! Congrats!
JerryWest
Apr 23rd · 15:43 UTC
Very cool graphic design! It would be even better if there were more obvious feedback indications when the attack/defense is successfully strengthened.
IRKAR
Apr 24th · 11:22 UTC
Very cool game and fun to play, i love parry mechanic also great visual. Great job!![Screenshot_20260424_142030.png](///raw/25b/76/z/72903.png)
Igor Korobeinikov
Apr 24th · 17:56 UTC
Interesting project!
I'm not a big fan of rhythm games, so gameplay didn't quite hit me. Though I really liked the art and overall game feeling
Good job
🎤 FLOWERFIELD Games
Apr 25th · 17:11 UTC
@irkar, great job! Thank you all, we're so happy you like it. :smile:

Here we wrote our first devlog if you wanna know more: https://flowerfield-games.itch.io/bpm/devlog/1497616/bpm-devlog-1-pivoting-after-day-1
Paulsams
Apr 25th · 19:00 UTC
It's simple, but it's an exciting game for just a few minutes. It completely copes with the task.
VenomousMouse
Apr 26th · 10:50 UTC
Very nice fighting. I like the music, rhythm and the flow of animations. Good job.
LDJam user 423693
Apr 28th · 16:18 UTC
Awesome art and concept, sound was a bit too high though !
Really nice to see via the devlog how you made the game from scratch.

Not surprising how cool the game is coming from you :)
LDJam user 424326
Apr 29th · 08:45 UTC
A great battle system, with pleasant art and a good difficulty progression
AO-85
May 07th · 03:15 UTC
I really enjoyed playing on the gamepad. I didn’t immediately notice the health level, I was concentrating on the signals) Very active gameplay!!
NuclMe
May 07th · 11:31 UTC
Really decent work here. The game is fun to play and everything seems to be in its right place. Great job on the submission! Feels better than new Mortal Combat
Annette
May 08th · 17:05 UTC
Wow, I’ll be honest — I really enjoyed the game. I love rhythm games and PvP, so thank you for combining them!