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Post-Jam update:
http://www.wyattcheng.com/games/ZookeeperDJ/index.html
Theme: 2-Button Controls
Help Z4KM4STER the Zookeeper DJ feed all the animals while breaking some tasty tunes.
GOLD Trophy - 100% on a level
SILVER Trophy - Completed level with less than 100%
Development Blog for this game here:
http://wyattcheng.blogspot.com/2015/12/zookeeper-dj-dec-game-jam-ludum-dare-34.html
Developed in Unity 5.3 with LMMS and Photoshop Elements
Development Jam was streamed at http://www.twitch.tv/candlesan
You can follow me on twitter @candlesan
Post-Jam changes:
-> Added Trophy explanations and trophy hookup
-> Display % complete of each level
-> Added "5-year old mode" which is enabled by hitting cheat key "H"
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 84% |
| #8 | Fun | 4.24 |
| #13 | Audio | 4.25 |
| #26 | Overall | 4.11 |
| #131 | Innovation | 3.76 |
| #150 | Humor | 3.23 |
| #161 | Theme | 4.09 |
| #202 | Mood | 3.41 |
| #693 | Graphics | 2.69 |
Comments
Wow awesome music game! I watched your stream some and it's awesome to see how it all came out. The art has a lot of charm. The bouncing mechanic is more interesting to play than I thought it would be. And of course my best level was the zombie one! lol!
good fun, this made me laugh while playing, and had pretty good mood.
Great work! I found the game very fun and was also impressed with how well the musical aspect worked.
Super unique! :)
I really like this. It's fun, has a good level of challenge, and sounds nice too. I think it would be nice if the 3 zones you can stand in were marked off in some way, so you had a visual reference for how many spaces you need to move to catch the notes.
Very creative. I was afraid the notes would be repetitive after a while, but it works really well. It's a good idea to change instruments from level to level, and they all fit their environment quite well!
Wow that was really fun! I love the idea of making this classic game into a rhythm game. Also I guess now I know where the protagonist of my game went after it ended^^
Nice music, nice art, simple yet challenging enough gameplay. It's a nice game you got there!
This turned out even better that it looked on your stream. The difficulty curve was perfect - I felt like I was improving very quickly. Even tho the levels were getting harder, my score kept going up. Awesome idea!
Hi everybody - by request I uploaded a post-jam version that adds a hotkey "H" which makes the game easier for kids.
Post-Jam update:
http://www.wyattcheng.com/games/ZookeeperDJ/index.html
Got all 5 gold trophies, BOYEEEE! I love how each level has a distinct feel both visually and aurally. The last level is my favorite of course! ;)
This is really cool, particularly when it dawns on you what is happening, I enjoy the call / response in the music with the panda.
This game is amazing. I love how everything is so perfectly timed.
I could get gold in first and silver in others on the first run and felt pretty proud :P I think the mechanic is really challenging and fun but graphics could be much better. I liked how music worked, though I cannot say I liked the type of music you used. Still great job, keep it up!
The music worked great, nice re-invention of the classic "Pancake".
Really enjoyed your game, and loved how the music was directly integrated into the gameplay.
Exceptionally good interactive music that doesn't break if you miss something. Very nice. Only the bananas were a bit dim.
Looks can be deceiving... That was actually a very well-made rhythm game! I'm pretty damn impressed!
LOVED it - such a unique game, difficulty ramped up too fast for me (poor elephant nearly got nothing! :D), but was fun till VERY frustrating. :) The concept was quite well done, and the music/beats fit so well together.
Very nice game! Lots of fun and cool tunes. The sounds on the monkey level were kinda low-volume compared to the rest :)
You rock, isn't the original idea, but the game-generated-music made it very fun!
Penguin is my favourite level :-)
Amazing use of sounds/music. Very well executed. Visuals are a bit Spartan though.
Very pleasant!
There were old skool handheld Nintendo games before they got into hi-tech that mechanics a lot like this, except the ones I remember used falling items and not a curve bounce.
And it's nice because I am a casual LD gamer, so I liked not getting crushed on level 1! And I'm terrible at most speeds of DDR type games so I could mostly pass this one at least the silver trophy within a few tries though I had to work a bit at the last one.
And really clever music note placing, that had to take work!
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Loved it, really impressed with how nicely the beats come together