BACKACHA is a game about rhythm and symmetry. Catch blocks that your friend sends over to keep the volume alive.
CONTROLS:
Q A Z: Change Color
W S X: Throw Catcher
SPACE: Build Combo during warm up bonus
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Dec 07 2014 10:30pm PST: Uploaded a fix to a bug that would cause the player to get indefinitely stuck in the tutorial, +Minor tweaks to difficulty so everyone can enjoy!
Soundtrack Download: https://soundcloud.com/npaavo/all-this-noise-is-ruining-my-haircut
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 57% |
| #4 | Audio | 4.33 |
| #48 | Mood | 3.81 |
| #68 | Fun | 3.79 |
| #73 | Overall | 3.82 |
| #147 | Innovation | 3.79 |
| #248 | Humor | 3.00 |
| #324 | Graphics | 3.48 |
| #626 | Theme | 3.55 |
Comments
Nice! Cool to see a game with rhythm. I lied the graphics, and the sound also. This was a little addictive which was cool
Nice take on a rhytm game. Quite challenging for my single track mind.
Cool music and sounds, Graphics are really good too. Good job :)
Very cool game. A little light on the theme, but I don't blame you for that. The gameplay was very solid and challenging.
This game was really funny, the graphics were amazing and the sound was funny. I really loved it.
Awesome game. =)
Fantastic idea. Well-executed learning curve -- even though I'm a numpty and can't keep a rhythm to save my life, I didn't feel too lost.
Good work!
(The Mac download seems to be corrupted, by the way -- none of my unzipping programs can open it.)
@rjhunter thanks for the heads up, I'll look into re-exporting it.
Felt really challenging. One hint: In some regions, the 'Z' key on the keyboard is swapped with the "Y" key. So playing the game get's harder.
Loved the take on the rhythm game genre, and the music and voice acting is really good. :)
Very interesting rhythm game, but the controls are a bit complicated. Especially because on other countries keyboard layouts, the "Z" is not below the "A".
I really liked this game. It took me a while to memorize which color is under which key. The controls are a bit uncomfortable though. I would prefer for example an s,d,f and j,k,l combination.
Hi there. Interesting idea. Found it too tricky personally, would have coped if colour selection was in right hand instead of everything under one hand. Nice looking and good sounds. Good job!
Pretty nice game! It looks very well done for its simple gameplay! My mind got tired, though, haha! Good job!
Very fun and innovative! Loved the soundtrack and the voice, and the game-play was very addictive once you got into the rhythm
Great game! Difficulty curve was spot-on. Took me a minute to get the hang of what I needed to do, but very very fun after that! Great job!
Amazing entry! One of favorite games of the jam :D I found the controls to be a challenge though...
It tooks me 2-3 games to get the hang of it but after it was ok . I love the background voice and the music. But the fact you dont have to follow the rythm to spawn cube take a lot of fun away.
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Cool variation on a rhythm game. very entertaining