The game crashed, and now anytime I try to run it, it just opens the unity crash handler, that thing with the icon of the game and the exclamation mark, and then it just closes itself immediately. Is there anyway I can fix it? I've tried deleting all the files and reinstalling, and even deleting everything out of appdata.
this game is amazing! i can't even begin to express how much i appreciate all the detailed, varied and expressive animations, bopping music and tiny details (such as the song selection melody changing based on what song you are hovering over), it's just too good not to get a 5/5! (in fact, i made an itch.io account just to comment on this lol)
one thing though, since i haven't seen any specific section for bug reporting, i'll say it here: on my end, the scoring system seems to be a bit bugged. not mid-song i mean, but when you get an S rank. for normal levels, it locks your highscore at 1650 (which from what i've seen is the threshold for getting an S) and won't save any higher scores afterward. for grease poppin', getting 3500 or more does the same thing, and if you got the 3d ending it also turns any other S ranks into As for whatever reason. it's not the end of the world or anything, but it does make it difficult to keep track of highscores without having to manually edit my save file to work around the bug :/
still, the gameplay itself is really solid and i had a lot of fun getting a feel for each song, even as a non rhythm gamer, and i'm really hyped to see what becomes of it in the future!
This is genuinely the coolest thing it's about time someone made a spiritual successor to Parappa. My only complaint is it's a bit unclear what exactly works and doesn't when adding notes to the song though that is an issue with Parappa as well so idk if that's actual criticism and the lack of indicator when swapping from repeat and add on mode in songs like having the note bar flash like a second or two before you add have to add onto the opponent would be nice. One final issue I had was it was a bit unclear where exactly you were starting a note line sometimes you work your way down to the bottom while others you only do the bottom and I'm not sure if I'm missing a tell for that or if I'm just going insane but other than that its legitimately the most fun so far I've had with a rhythm game
This game is awesome! i hope you finish it.
i love the aesthetic and the style, the animations and the humor. The songs very good too (i loved them, though they could improve on the lyrics side (lacks rhythm and flow)).
The battle animations are incredible!
this game reminds me a lot to parappa in many good ways.
Unfortunately the mechanic is the biggest downside for me. As it is, its pretty much a mess and hardly playable atm (and im a rythm game lover).
I love how there are many different types of interactions (short bars,double bar, is pink and blue) but its extremely confusing, specially to know when is gonna be your turn.
sometimes you wait a bar, sometimes two, sometimes you dont wait and your turn is NOW!!-no-sorry-youve-missed-it.
and it all changes all of the sudden. theres no hint “hey this next bar is your turn”. Also the ui is a bit loaded so i would be careful how to address that.
The tutorial is kinda fun, but the 1st song in story is super hard.
also there are too many buttons. 6 are too much (wasdqe). at least you need a better way to differentiate them than colors (when using kb. Specially since another thing that would help is the ability to map to your own keys (making the letter name unusable). (specially for people with different keyboard layouts like me (i use dvorak yeah)).
mixing it with the 4 arrow keys is just TOO difficult and confusing (for me at least).
On top of that the quantization is too small (ie you need extreme precision).
And the actual keypresses (the .. “tabs” for the song) are too random not sure how to express this, but if you ever played pump it up which has tabs that follow the beat more than “the lyrics” and has more rythm youll notice. Parappa the rapper also staid closely to the beat. you cant really flow while playing which takes away the fun and makes it hard to “memorize” or master a song.
my unwanted suggestion is:
have that (lets call it tab line) all there, full of buttons, as if it were everything already written, but only show 2 bars at a time.
and it scrolls up, so you can always see one line/bar ahead.
every time a bar finishes, the whole tabs scrolls up starting the next bar and revealing one more.
Edit: (lol at my memory) that’s actually how um jammer lammy works https://youtu.be/1m1O1B-Q1jM?t=1497 (notice how it uses a different color for each character and the icon an the left animates hinting a change of characters)
With that you can get rid of the concepts of blue, pink, single and doubles. and only put the keys for the player. and would give you lots of flexibility. its a major change but thats how i would address it.
also having the face of the playing character moving along will help. and waiting on screen for his turn one bar ahead. if you take a look at parappa, thats how it does it.
i like how each line is only as long as it needs. so you know is a short phrase or longer one. https://youtu.be/UZF67blapFw?t=1591
Also worth noting how parappa uses the same button for same words (every time a word is repeated same button is used) this makes it more intuitive. And also how the difficulty increases very gradually.
Having said that, i really love this game and i really wanna see it published, so much potential!
It is a very good game, I love the musical and artistic section
I just contributed 2 dollars because that's what I can at the moment but the game deserves more support than that, I hope you keep developing it, good luck
i can't get it to go to fullscreen since the window is bigger than my screen due to the top bar. make it so it can be any size and always stay dynamic so i can play better. anyways great game! and when will you ever put the songs on spotify if possible? obvious i have alot to say since such a cool and amazing game yet unfinished.
Loved the 2022 demo! I only have one question at this point. Who is the voice of Nami.WAV? it sounds like a person, but it could be an amazing sound bank. just wondering
Closed steam and it still does not work. I also don't know what things use my controller :/ also I am using a wireless series X controller (if that helps)
when using a dualshock 4 the game messes up for me? as soon as i have to press X the paws menu comes up and no other button but x works, this leads to me pressing X twice on the bar? Pressing X again now opens the settings despite not prompting me to open it then after all that the game freezes or shows a black screen! please fix this or tell me how to fix it :D I wanna play this!
Hello! It sounds like you have Steam running in the background, sometimes its input interferes with the game, so you should either make sure it's not running or go into Steam controller settings and uncheck "PlayStation Configuration". There are other possible solutions on this page's troubleshooting section as well. I hope this solves your problem!
Thank you, that resolved the issue and may i say! out of all the years I've been playing games, I actively avoided rhythm games...but this was the single most charming game I have ever played! magnificent! keep up the great work!!
I cannot properly express how much I love this game. All of the songs are absolute bops, the animation and environments are so aesthetically pleasing. I've been playing the songs repeatedly for the past 3 days, having a blast freestylin'. The story mode is hilarious, I loved seeing the trouble this cute little hoodrat kept getting into.
*SPOILERS BELOW* The story mode is really turning out to be something special. I was having fun just interacting with household objects, then out of nowhere a child gets run over by government agents. I couldn't help but bust out laughing at how casually this game could just throw in dark humor like that. The surreal nature of the NPCs and the world they live in really sucked me in, you have assembled the perfect cast of funky delinquents, and the perfect butter man who knows how to bust a move! Keep up the incredible work!
They are one of the best games I've tried in years, when I played this game I felt that incredibly special feeling because I played a game called PaRappa the Rapper a long time ago and it gave me some nostalgia to play it, I hope the final version arrives later it has too much potential :)
The game has a lot of potential and i´m really excited to see the final product whenever it releases!
A few things that could be improved though:
-The scoreboard that appears after levels needs a different bar with some different colors, as it is right now it looks kind of unappealing
-The overworld, of course it is a work in progress, but a different artstyle that fits more with the character designs would make the game much more pleasant to look at, maybe using low poly 3D or some 2D art with stronger lineart would work
-Dialogues are too long, and the "speaking" sound characters make is wayy too loud to the point it kinda hurts lol, maybe using vocaloid voiebanks with a more jibberish tone instead of an undertale voice would work??
-This is more subjective, but pastel shadows or shading characters with different colors instead of using the darker version of them would really make the artwork pop
The game is looking great so far and i wish you luck with your project!
I've tried playing with my pro controllers multiple times, and I've never gotten past the title screen. Do you know why it might not accept any of my inputs?
A clap of applauses, that was problably hard to make. I hate how people compare this to FNF. This is way more different and has a way better story than just "battle to keep my gf". But keeping that away, its a great game.
Dood I litterally made a itch.io account to comment about this game, its great! I love melodii's design and personality! The songs are wonderfull man! I love the animations that play through the level. It all just screams SOUL especially the little tinks in the free play section when the song changes to the beat of the songs melodii. its all so charming. I really wish the devs good luck on the game and hope making it is a smooth sail from now to the final product.
this demo has an insane amount of potential! my only gripes are that the scratch inputs can often be fast for a dpad (i sometimes feel like i need two thumbs on the dpad) and certain patterns go by too quickly. all of the battles in this demo have more polish than i expected, and the songs are catchy and adorable. can't wait to see more!
I recently encountered a glitch where I would pass the stage just fine but I can still hear the "game over" audio in the background. Idk if it's because I failed at keeping 3D mode or if it was because of the fact that I almost failed the stage but you might wanna look into this.
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this game is SO GOOD the only problem is that i suck at rhythm games and it's too hard for a baby like me
theres an easy mode i believe
it was still hard for me uh
The game doesn't work for me? Nothing loads
The game crashed, and now anytime I try to run it, it just opens the unity crash handler, that thing with the icon of the game and the exclamation mark, and then it just closes itself immediately. Is there anyway I can fix it? I've tried deleting all the files and reinstalling, and even deleting everything out of appdata.
Any chance of getting a Linux port in the future?
just run it via wine
this game is amazing! i can't even begin to express how much i appreciate all the detailed, varied and expressive animations, bopping music and tiny details (such as the song selection melody changing based on what song you are hovering over), it's just too good not to get a 5/5! (in fact, i made an itch.io account just to comment on this lol)
one thing though, since i haven't seen any specific section for bug reporting, i'll say it here: on my end, the scoring system seems to be a bit bugged. not mid-song i mean, but when you get an S rank. for normal levels, it locks your highscore at 1650 (which from what i've seen is the threshold for getting an S) and won't save any higher scores afterward. for grease poppin', getting 3500 or more does the same thing, and if you got the 3d ending it also turns any other S ranks into As for whatever reason. it's not the end of the world or anything, but it does make it difficult to keep track of highscores without having to manually edit my save file to work around the bug :/
still, the gameplay itself is really solid and i had a lot of fun getting a feel for each song, even as a non rhythm gamer, and i'm really hyped to see what becomes of it in the future!
Can i use a wireless ps4 controller for it?
Yes, that should be compatible
Don't worry, the official website I recieved them from states the exact opposite of that actually. I've properly paid for my license.
10/10 saw new update, played it and it had more drugs than the first demo (the economy!)
This is genuinely the coolest thing it's about time someone made a spiritual successor to Parappa. My only complaint is it's a bit unclear what exactly works and doesn't when adding notes to the song though that is an issue with Parappa as well so idk if that's actual criticism and the lack of indicator when swapping from repeat and add on mode in songs like having the note bar flash like a second or two before you add have to add onto the opponent would be nice. One final issue I had was it was a bit unclear where exactly you were starting a note line sometimes you work your way down to the bottom while others you only do the bottom and I'm not sure if I'm missing a tell for that or if I'm just going insane but other than that its legitimately the most fun so far I've had with a rhythm game
This game is awesome! i hope you finish it. i love the aesthetic and the style, the animations and the humor. The songs very good too (i loved them, though they could improve on the lyrics side (lacks rhythm and flow)). The battle animations are incredible! this game reminds me a lot to parappa in many good ways.
Unfortunately the mechanic is the biggest downside for me. As it is, its pretty much a mess and hardly playable atm (and im a rythm game lover). I love how there are many different types of interactions (short bars,double bar, is pink and blue) but its extremely confusing, specially to know when is gonna be your turn. sometimes you wait a bar, sometimes two, sometimes you dont wait and your turn is NOW!!-no-sorry-youve-missed-it. and it all changes all of the sudden. theres no hint “hey this next bar is your turn”. Also the ui is a bit loaded so i would be careful how to address that.
The tutorial is kinda fun, but the 1st song in story is super hard. also there are too many buttons. 6 are too much (wasdqe). at least you need a better way to differentiate them than colors (when using kb. Specially since another thing that would help is the ability to map to your own keys (making the letter name unusable). (specially for people with different keyboard layouts like me (i use dvorak yeah)). mixing it with the 4 arrow keys is just TOO difficult and confusing (for me at least). On top of that the quantization is too small (ie you need extreme precision). And the actual keypresses (the .. “tabs” for the song) are too random not sure how to express this, but if you ever played pump it up which has tabs that follow the beat more than “the lyrics” and has more rythm youll notice. Parappa the rapper also staid closely to the beat. you cant really flow while playing which takes away the fun and makes it hard to “memorize” or master a song.
my unwanted suggestion is: have that (lets call it tab line) all there, full of buttons, as if it were everything already written, but only show 2 bars at a time. and it scrolls up, so you can always see one line/bar ahead. every time a bar finishes, the whole tabs scrolls up starting the next bar and revealing one more. Edit: (lol at my memory) that’s actually how um jammer lammy works https://youtu.be/1m1O1B-Q1jM?t=1497 (notice how it uses a different color for each character and the icon an the left animates hinting a change of characters)
With that you can get rid of the concepts of blue, pink, single and doubles. and only put the keys for the player. and would give you lots of flexibility. its a major change but thats how i would address it.
also having the face of the playing character moving along will help. and waiting on screen for his turn one bar ahead. if you take a look at parappa, thats how it does it. i like how each line is only as long as it needs. so you know is a short phrase or longer one. https://youtu.be/UZF67blapFw?t=1591
Also worth noting how parappa uses the same button for same words (every time a word is repeated same button is used) this makes it more intuitive. And also how the difficulty increases very gradually.
Having said that, i really love this game and i really wanna see it published, so much potential!
I love this game it's so fun and I love Melodii, she's so cute and her expressions are so fun and add so much charm! Can't wait to see more!
i can tell this is gonna be my favorite game ever when the full version comes out
(doodle attached because why not)
It is a very good game, I love the musical and artistic section
I just contributed 2 dollars because that's what I can at the moment but the game deserves more support than that, I hope you keep developing it, good luck
i can't get it to go to fullscreen since the window is bigger than my screen due to the top bar. make it so it can be any size and always stay dynamic so i can play better. anyways great game! and when will you ever put the songs on spotify if possible? obvious i have alot to say since such a cool and amazing game yet unfinished.
Loved the 2022 demo! I only have one question at this point. Who is the voice of Nami.WAV? it sounds like a person, but it could be an amazing sound bank. just wondering
Nami is voiced by Meggie-Elise!
What can I do if it does not detect my controller?
The troubleshooting section of this page may be able to help!
Closed steam and it still does not work. I also don't know what things use my controller :/ also I am using a wireless series X controller (if that helps)
The battles are awesome, the songs are groovy, THE WHOLE GAME IS A VIBE! Looking forward to seeing this game progress to a full release!
when using a dualshock 4 the game messes up for me? as soon as i have to press X the paws menu comes up and no other button but x works, this leads to me pressing X twice on the bar? Pressing X again now opens the settings despite not prompting me to open it then after all that the game freezes or shows a black screen! please fix this or tell me how to fix it :D I wanna play this!
Hello! It sounds like you have Steam running in the background, sometimes its input interferes with the game, so you should either make sure it's not running or go into Steam controller settings and uncheck "PlayStation Configuration". There are other possible solutions on this page's troubleshooting section as well. I hope this solves your problem!
Thank you, that resolved the issue and may i say! out of all the years I've been playing games, I actively avoided rhythm games...but this was the single most charming game I have ever played! magnificent! keep up the great work!!
This game looks promising, but does it have viruses? I don't want to damage my computer, but I'll still give it 5 stars.
Sorry for my english, i speak more spanish.
(Spanish) No tiene, si windows te salta una ventana de advertencia no es porque tenga virus, es porque el juego fue creado hace relativamente poco.
I cannot properly express how much I love this game. All of the songs are absolute bops, the animation and environments are so aesthetically pleasing. I've been playing the songs repeatedly for the past 3 days, having a blast freestylin'. The story mode is hilarious, I loved seeing the trouble this cute little hoodrat kept getting into.
*SPOILERS BELOW*
The story mode is really turning out to be something special. I was having fun just interacting with household objects, then out of nowhere a child gets run over by government agents. I couldn't help but bust out laughing at how casually this game could just throw in dark humor like that. The surreal nature of the NPCs and the world they live in really sucked me in, you have assembled the perfect cast of funky delinquents, and the perfect butter man who knows how to bust a move! Keep up the incredible work!
The game looks interesting, what I saw of the gameplay is not bad at all.
They are one of the best games I've tried in years, when I played this game I felt that incredibly special feeling because I played a game called PaRappa the Rapper a long time ago and it gave me some nostalgia to play it, I hope the final version arrives later it has too much potential :)
mi unica queja es que porfa que se pueda editar los controles de window a tu gusto
I will only say one thing, this game is awesome... I love it <3
The game has a lot of potential and i´m really excited to see the final product whenever it releases!
A few things that could be improved though:
-The scoreboard that appears after levels needs a different bar with some different colors, as it is right now it looks kind of unappealing
-The overworld, of course it is a work in progress, but a different artstyle that fits more with the character designs would make the game much more pleasant to look at, maybe using low poly 3D or some 2D art with stronger lineart would work
-Dialogues are too long, and the "speaking" sound characters make is wayy too loud to the point it kinda hurts lol, maybe using vocaloid voiebanks with a more jibberish tone instead of an undertale voice would work??
-This is more subjective, but pastel shadows or shading characters with different colors instead of using the darker version of them would really make the artwork pop
The game is looking great so far and i wish you luck with your project!
Found another glitch: do not spam the fast forward button after you lose 3D mode because it will fast forward the entire level.
when is it gonna be ported to mac :C
Try using wine.
I absolutely LOVE this.
A bit hard at first, but after a day of practice I can easily breeze through it.
Also the artstyle is stellar and I love the little gags and funny details.
too many buttons you don't need them all
I've tried playing with my pro controllers multiple times, and I've never gotten past the title screen. Do you know why it might not accept any of my inputs?
Could it be that you're trying to use them wired instead of wireless? It seems when running the game natively it only detects it if it's wireless.
DUDE IT'S MODERN PARAPPA!!!
I thought the same lmao.
Is like if Parappa and Wario Ware had a child.
A clap of applauses, that was problably hard to make. I hate how people compare this to FNF. This is way more different and has a way better story than just "battle to keep my gf". But keeping that away, its a great game.
I also don't like how the comparison feels, but it kinda comes naturally thanks to the type of game. WAY better than fnf tho.
I Completly agree.
Dood I litterally made a itch.io account to comment about this game, its great! I love melodii's design and personality! The songs are wonderfull man! I love the animations that play through the level. It all just screams SOUL especially the little tinks in the free play section when the song changes to the beat of the songs melodii. its all so charming. I really wish the devs good luck on the game and hope making it is a smooth sail from now to the final product.
this demo has an insane amount of potential! my only gripes are that the scratch inputs can often be fast for a dpad (i sometimes feel like i need two thumbs on the dpad) and certain patterns go by too quickly. all of the battles in this demo have more polish than i expected, and the songs are catchy and adorable. can't wait to see more!
I recently encountered a glitch where I would pass the stage just fine but I can still hear the "game over" audio in the background. Idk if it's because I failed at keeping 3D mode or if it was because of the fact that I almost failed the stage but you might wanna look into this.
is there like any possible ways to change the keyboard settings? Like turn it into only arrows?