TYPEROPE by Piturnah

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made by Piturnah for Ludum Dare 49 (JAM)

In Typerope, you are a tightrope walking professional, perhaps the best in the world! Now you must perform your most dangerous stunt yet, balancing in the clouds themselves!

How to play: - While a key is displayed on screen you must hold it down to maintain balance - Once another appears you will earn a point, however, you can't let go of the key until it has disappeared - There is no end to the game, you are simply trying to get the highest score possible - If you hold down an incorrect key (which will subsequently be displayed in red) or don't hold down any key at all, you will begin to lose your balance (As indicated by a shrinking bar on the screen) - If this bar becomes empty you will fall and the game will end

(Warning: There is an issue were certain keyboards will not work with the game, most keyboards should be fine)

Ratings

Overall 725th 3.542⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Fun 863th 3.32⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 42th 4.208⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Theme 47th 4.42⭐ 27🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 1125th 3.146⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Humor 575th 3.208⭐ 26🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1005th 3.174⭐ 25🧑‍⚖️
Given 12🗳️ 8🗨️

Feedback

LDJam user 250905
04. Oct 2021 · 22:30 UTC
Once I get to the fourth button press, I can't seem to press any of the buttons? I don't know if I'm misunderstanding it though! My favourite thing about this game is that when you fall you go ragdoll... XD
🎤 Piturnah
04. Oct 2021 · 22:35 UTC
@sephowepho Some keyboards were having this issue... we have no idea why. What type of keyboard do you have?
commentaccord
04. Oct 2021 · 22:37 UTC
This was a lot of fun! Figuring out how to move your fingers when the max letters are on the screen was pretty brain-breaking haha
LadyMeow
04. Oct 2021 · 22:39 UTC
It worked very well with my keyboard. I haven't seen anything like this game before! Very nice!
SamDemaine
04. Oct 2021 · 22:40 UTC
this game was pretty good, I liked the concept and the art was pretty good, well done!
SpaceGuinea Productions
04. Oct 2021 · 22:43 UTC
Really nice and graphics and a fun (and new) idea!

My issue (along with others evidently) is that my keyboard, and other's, can only have so many buttons being pressed at the same time, so it becomes unplayable for me at some point. If you added the ability to change the max amount of buttons that need to be pressed at one time I think that would help a lot.

Good job!
LDJam user 250905
04. Oct 2021 · 22:46 UTC
@piturnah I'm actually not sure!!! But I'm glad it isn't a problem with everyone!
vasher
04. Oct 2021 · 22:47 UTC
Really fun and innovative! This is like twister on a keyboard!
MistaGiggles
04. Oct 2021 · 22:47 UTC
Great idea for a game, although my keyboard struggled with inputs past 5 keys. Tapping keys didn't help :/
🎤 Piturnah
04. Oct 2021 · 22:50 UTC
@vasher Exactly what we were going for! Hahahaha
Isaac Winkler
04. Oct 2021 · 22:54 UTC
Keyboard twister, not something I knew I needed until now...
publicidadeba
04. Oct 2021 · 22:58 UTC
I was going to the whole walk on the line thing, but yours is so much better. Thank god I went in another direction :D Great job! You had me going crazy with my fingers!!
TheGrandpa
04. Oct 2021 · 23:00 UTC
Challenging yet fun to play!
Toma Allary
05. Oct 2021 · 00:13 UTC
OMG, this is soo perfect. The idea is neat and the graphics too. The only things i would say is to add some sounds.
pesky12
05. Oct 2021 · 01:18 UTC
Great idea! Stylized, simple yet very fitting graphics. Gameplay is a very original idea. Just needs some sounds
datadazer
05. Oct 2021 · 02:10 UTC
This was fun! I loved the concept and great execution. Unfortunately my keyboard was having the 5 keys block issue as well (I have an older keyboard), but I still liked the game a lot! Very fun mechanic!
MEGA Marlon
05. Oct 2021 · 04:49 UTC
Really simple idea, but really well executed. I can't think of another game that I have played that is similar. Great job!
Whysguy52
05. Oct 2021 · 05:18 UTC
let me let go of the keys!!! QQ LOL

great job
Denhette
05. Oct 2021 · 06:21 UTC
I was laughing at how all my fingers were playing twister on my keyboard haha, hilarious.
nshbae
05. Oct 2021 · 06:30 UTC
Nice game but every time i try pressing fourth button it does not work...
But I love your concept!
squirmonkey
05. Oct 2021 · 06:31 UTC
A clever idea, but sadly many keyboards can only support 3 or 4 simultaneous keypresses, which made me lose when playing this game, unfortunately.
kodepo
05. Oct 2021 · 07:22 UTC
It's a Twister for fingers. Nice design for a jam game.
Yotamco
05. Oct 2021 · 07:29 UTC
Cool game, felt like finger version of Plonter :laughing:
Really challenging and makes you want to keep trying.
Good job!
Colbymakesgames
05. Oct 2021 · 10:06 UTC
its good but really needs music for good atmosphere
Terabyte
05. Oct 2021 · 10:23 UTC
So hard game play=) I can get the score:5 after 25 reset.=) One minus: no music