Very good game, I've been wanting to try it so much and I was not dissapointed! The animations are nice, the songs are catchy, and the game was fun all around!
I would say my only problem is that there feels like there is a huge spike in difficulty. It feels like the tutorial is easy enough, but immediately when you fight the twins it feels like you're doing the final boss of the first world. Maybe there should be some optional, sidequest fights that are easier than the main story ones so that we can get better acclimated to the mechanics?
Still gonna keep playing this game tho, love it so much!
You can actually play on easy mode if you go to Quick-Groove from the main menu. On the bottom right, there's an option to change difficulty for each of the maps. I hope this helps :)
Really like the game and it's art, but it's kinda hard to play in my opinion. Unless you're ready to fail a couple times. (I mainly play rhythm games, so maybe it's just that part of me talking XD.) Just some things I noticed:
-The game tells you blue is repeat, pink is support, but doesn't tell you that sometimes you'll have to either repeat just a single line, or a double line. Or that a repeat line can quickly turn into a support line out of the blue and mess up your flow. (STIR AND MIX's "I love you" lyric is my example for this one).
-The scratch notes can get annoyingly mushed together too depending on the speed of the song, and playing on controller doesn't help at all, it just makes it feel awkward.
-Sometimes the note placements are weird too, choosing to blank out over notes or lyrics that you can clearly hear and expect and instead are placed for ending sounds. It makes it harder to rely on the music when the notes are placed that way in my opinion. (Again STIR AND MIX on normal is my main example, the other songs don't really have this problem, but I worry this might be a habit for future songs 0-0.)
I know this is only a demo, so maybe it'll improve, but it's still really good as is. Would definitely recommend for anyone who wants to play a nostalgic game like PaRappa The Rapper but with a newer generation of music and humor. (I'm still dying over the butter game over scene-)
Ok so I admit I entirely suck at rhythm games but this game goes way too fast for me to comprehend what I need to do before it feels like I'm straight up failing. Beyond that the notes seem to be off but I don't exactly understand how calibration works. (Might be partly because of the lack of my own skill.) I think I'm just going to stick to Cuphead or Dark Souls. (I'm better at those two games and both these games don't cause as much pain in my fingers as this one has.)
Edit: I can do one song with some problems... (The highest I can get is a C) I have to guess the notes because sometimes they don't even show up when Nami does it.
Beyond that I can't do the baking one at all. Some parts of it seems completely out of line with the song that you can't rely on the beats at all to complete it.
Other issues I have is even if I get it really close to right it will be completely fickled on whether it's right or wrong. Even adding your own spin makes it wrong sometimes even if it's in beat with correct notes and sometimes it will be ok if you completely miss notes. (Which doesn't make sense at all.)
Just out of curisosity, what vocaloids did you use? It sounds kinda like Cyber Diva or Ruby (maybe even sonika?) but I cant quite tell lol. Either way amazing game and good luck getting onto steam :)
How to stay in 3d mode. I made this video because everyone is having a hard time of beating this mode. Also forgive me if you've seen me before. I really love this game, also I will be waiting for the full release.
Obviously this game is overflowing with charm and I was drawn to it!! Extremely adorable character designs, great music, and a great homage to PaRappa. But some game play was a little frustrating:
Is it just me? It's really hard to tell what's going to be next with the faster paced portions when you have to respond to the inputs immediately, especially when playing the level for the first time. Maybe some sort of queue system can be added to see what's next if you're not repeating something? Freestyling was my saving grace, though I can't consistently get that right either. I had recalibrated to what looked right to me as well.
Continuing from above about difficulty, is it also just me, or are the scratch commands too fast as well? I tried both a gamepad (I use a generic Xbox style controller) and keyboard, and the gamepad felt better. It's fine when they're not too close together of course, but with both the joystick and d-pad, I get penalized for incorrect inputs when I try to go too fast. These sections made me fail levels 10s of times. They weren't satisfying and I felt myself scraping by. Maybe it's just me though.
Visibility. It took multiple play-throughs of some levels to notice that I was completely missing some cues. Something to do with the button cues being transparent, plus the bar background being transparent, plus the actual level environment having a pattern? Maybe increase the transparency of the button prompts on the bar if not the whole bar UI? (This would be a great accessibility option in the future!)
Other stuff I noticed:
When you recalibrate in story mode overworld, it restarts the story from the beginning tutorial. It remembered my progress with me opening the music box, but I still had to go through the opening cutscenes again.
When paused in the middle of a battle, if you go into the options menu and press start again, the battle will continue with the options menu still up.
It's kinda sad that a lot of the comments here are unrelated memes instead of constructive criticism (although there are a lot of positive comments too!) and I'm also aware this is still a demo, but I hope this helps!! I am really looking forward to how it develops and I can feel the heart and passion oozing out of this project, and it's incredible to be able to make a game like this by yourself. Best wishes.
Hi! So ive had this thing where everything in the game is BRIGHT like the whole screen is saturated,
it is not my brightness level i checked obs ( a recording platform) and it looked perfectly normal, but when I play it its super saturated and hurts my eyes.
yes. At the part where Jamtine has a rival battle with Melodii, Mellodii says that baking cookies was how their mom and dad fell in love until they had Melodii. which does mean they have a dad but their parents most likely got divorced
so it like comes in a zip folder u extract it and then u open the extracted folder then you just open the "Scratchin' Melodii - SAGE 2022 Demo" (also labeled as application on the side so you'll prolly know which to open)
you can either play it like that OR you can add it to the library of ur steam before you play it (idk what difference does adding it to steam makes but its cool to add it in)
This is overall a really good game demo, but I have experienced a lag. When I am about to play a line, the NPC just lays out the actions at the beginning of their line, which leaves me hanging with no actions to do.
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Cross-platform when?
when the full game is out
The game is still in a demo stage and we have no clue when it could come out, it could 6 months, it could be 10 years, we dont know
lol 10 yrs
Very good game, I've been wanting to try it so much and I was not dissapointed! The animations are nice, the songs are catchy, and the game was fun all around!
I would say my only problem is that there feels like there is a huge spike in difficulty. It feels like the tutorial is easy enough, but immediately when you fight the twins it feels like you're doing the final boss of the first world. Maybe there should be some optional, sidequest fights that are easier than the main story ones so that we can get better acclimated to the mechanics?
Still gonna keep playing this game tho, love it so much!
You can actually play on easy mode if you go to Quick-Groove from the main menu. On the bottom right, there's an option to change difficulty for each of the maps. I hope this helps :)
mac port when?
same I'm wondering too
Really like the game and it's art, but it's kinda hard to play in my opinion.
Unless you're ready to fail a couple times.
(I mainly play rhythm games, so maybe it's just that part of me talking XD.)
Just some things I noticed:
-The game tells you blue is repeat, pink is support, but doesn't tell you that sometimes you'll have to either repeat just a single line, or a double line. Or that a repeat line can quickly turn into a support line out of the blue and mess up your flow. (STIR AND MIX's "I love you" lyric is my example for this one).
-The scratch notes can get annoyingly mushed together too depending on the speed of the song, and playing on controller doesn't help at all, it just makes it feel awkward.
-Sometimes the note placements are weird too, choosing to blank out over notes or lyrics that you can clearly hear and expect and instead are placed for ending sounds. It makes it harder to rely on the music when the notes are placed that way in my opinion. (Again STIR AND MIX on normal is my main example, the other songs don't really have this problem, but I worry this might be a habit for future songs 0-0.)
I know this is only a demo, so maybe it'll improve, but it's still really good as is. Would definitely recommend for anyone who wants to play a nostalgic game like PaRappa The Rapper but with a newer generation of music and humor.
(I'm still dying over the butter game over scene-)
cool game
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I actually found a glitch or bug that if you press shift while making melodii move in story mode she goes to the oppisite direction.
I think that's a feature.
a pretty cool one too lol its a little easter egg for players
Linux build when
Ok so I admit I entirely suck at rhythm games but this game goes way too fast for me to comprehend what I need to do before it feels like I'm straight up failing. Beyond that the notes seem to be off but I don't exactly understand how calibration works. (Might be partly because of the lack of my own skill.) I think I'm just going to stick to Cuphead or Dark Souls. (I'm better at those two games and both these games don't cause as much pain in my fingers as this one has.)
Edit: I can do one song with some problems... (The highest I can get is a C) I have to guess the notes because sometimes they don't even show up when Nami does it.
Beyond that I can't do the baking one at all. Some parts of it seems completely out of line with the song that you can't rely on the beats at all to complete it.
Other issues I have is even if I get it really close to right it will be completely fickled on whether it's right or wrong. Even adding your own spin makes it wrong sometimes even if it's in beat with correct notes and sometimes it will be ok if you completely miss notes. (Which doesn't make sense at all.)
Just out of curisosity, what vocaloids did you use? It sounds kinda like Cyber Diva or Ruby (maybe even sonika?) but I cant quite tell lol. Either way amazing game and good luck getting onto steam :)
yes! they did use Cyber Diva and many people have said they did. very nice : D
i want this as a new week
mac port when
use Wine
LOVED THIS GAME SO MUCH!!!!
i hope jamtine gets rejected
same (OMORI FAN???
when will this be ported to mac? if at all.
use Wine to run it gosh darn it
How to stay in 3d mode. I made this video because everyone is having a hard time of beating this mode. Also forgive me if you've seen me before. I really love this game, also I will be waiting for the full release.
free style better
This game is rad.
The download is not working...
So, whenever I try to open the mod it doesn't work. It always crosses out the download and says "Removed". Please fix this so I can play the mod.
What mod?
this game, they just called it as a mod
AAAAAAA MAC SUPORT!!!!!
USE WINE
This game has so much charm! I really love the animations the character designs the lyrics, keep up the great work LephemStar!
Here the gamerplayer of Youtube
Hey dudes, when I use the calibrate option, the game restarts to tutorial. What can I do?
Obviously this game is overflowing with charm and I was drawn to it!! Extremely adorable character designs, great music, and a great homage to PaRappa. But some game play was a little frustrating:
Other stuff I noticed:
It's kinda sad that a lot of the comments here are unrelated memes instead of constructive criticism (although there are a lot of positive comments too!) and I'm also aware this is still a demo, but I hope this helps!! I am really looking forward to how it develops and I can feel the heart and passion oozing out of this project, and it's incredible to be able to make a game like this by yourself. Best wishes.
Its saying the game is 111 GB even though it says its 385 MB on the page is this an error?
Nvm it just downloaded
Hi! So ive had this thing where everything in the game is BRIGHT like the whole screen is saturated,
it is not my brightness level i checked obs ( a recording platform) and it looked perfectly normal, but when I play it its super saturated and hurts my eyes.
One of the most charming games I've seen in a while! Please continue making this!
game "Recommends using controller"
Me: Uses controller loses every boss battle "Fuck it ima use Keyboard" magically Wins all A Rank
relatable
I wonder.. can you use keyboard instead of controller?? i'm a poor gaymer (insert sad emojis here)
I play on keyboard and in my opinion Keyboard is better. (Answer to question Yes you can use keyboard)
guys. i got the screen protection pop up and i accidently click don't run. any solutions?
are you on windows 10 or 11
Yes why?
dude he meant what os your in
I Cant Get It On Story Mode Cause I Clicked A When It Was 0m
What are the controls for pc? it shows me w,a,s,d,q,e but not the scratching notes button
The arrow keys are used for scratching
Bro I am wondering, does Melodii have a father?
(I got this question from a user on Youtube.)
yes. At the part where Jamtine has a rival battle with Melodii, Mellodii says that baking cookies was how their mom and dad fell in love until they had Melodii. which does mean they have a dad but their parents most likely got divorced
how do you open the game i downloaded it but im not sure how to open it
so it like comes in a zip folder u extract it and then u open the extracted folder then you just open the "Scratchin' Melodii - SAGE 2022 Demo" (also labeled as application on the side so you'll prolly know which to open)
you can either play it like that OR you can add it to the library of ur steam before you play it (idk what difference does adding it to steam makes but its cool to add it in)
thank you so much
Bro Cant play games
how do you play the game its not letting me play
When I try to download it, after it completes downloadinf it delete
Probably anti-virus. Turn it off firs
does anyone know how to restart the story mode??? Do you have to complete it to let you restart it over again??
In the settings there’s an option to wipe your save. Forget which tab it’s under, but you’ll find it if you look.
It doesn't work for me, after i restart the game.
This is overall a really good game demo, but I have experienced a lag. When I am about to play a line, the NPC just lays out the actions at the beginning of their line, which leaves me hanging with no actions to do.