Scratchin' Melodii [DEMO]

does this game have a virus?

I'm playing the Windows version of this game, and already encountered some problems.

The Cancel button doesn't respond when I tried to exit the Option menu by pressing the indicated button (I did toggled On/Off the Windowed mode before trying to press the Cancel button. It might have something to do with that as the Cancel button still functions before changing that Mode). Also, I changed the Controller Layout by untoggled the Cancel button, choose another Controller Layout, and leaving it at that (the "Auto" button still toggled off.). When I wanted to change the Controller Layout again, the "Auto" button is still off but the controller options are greyed out (just like in the image).

After closing the game and reopening it, the Cancel button works again. I wondered why.

Other than that, this game is great!

Absolutely loved playing this! There's a small error though. I could be wrong with how I read the textbox, but for PS4 controllers when melodii uses their hoverboard the instructions say to hold X when its actually the Square. Just letting you know

The songs are really cool, specially Stir & Mix, the art style is cool too, however, there are 3 bugs that are very annoying,

-when you don't move yourself in the free map at story mode, the camera just moves down, I don't know if this is due my own controller but seems odd

-After you finish Nami's rival challenge, the dialogue doesn't load, so you can't progress in the game, you can't move or even press pause, I reseted the game and even the computer but the bug stills there, so I can only play in quick groove mode

-I noticed that if you open the game, but minimize the game window, the game stills thinking you're playing it, so if you press the space bar or s key (i don't remember which one I pressed) the game recognizes the command, so you can play the game even with the window minimized, that is...annoying to be honest

So my review for the Sage Xmas 2023 demo is...6.8/10, a really cool game that is deeply affected by bugs

Its way too laggy for my ASUS laptop. I would much rather have 2D backgrounds than 3D backgrounds. Even with simple graphics, its still too laggy

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if this game does not add easy mode to story mode by release, i am not buying the game. this game is harder than cuphead

me waiting for a reply (impossible mode)

Amazing update, I personally really like the remasters. And with the old demos available I can go back to the old mixes and the older version of the first song. But...
I found a Bug. Make sure you don't have your headphones or speakers on.
If you clear all saved data in options then go to Quick Groove, it will BLAST you with One Terrible Scream. Destiny 2 style. I wonder if there's any code savvy people that could explain how those two interact.

I know there must be a lot of comments and feedback to consider, but I feel it is EXTREMELY urgent to get across, as someone that really really really REALLY likes and appreciates this project, that the introduction to this game for a new player is GOD AWFUL.

The fact there's no mention of Remixing and how Expression works, so one third of the scoring system that is entirely just not mentioned to the player is completely unacceptable. It is a CORE MECHANIC, you can't describe the game as "press the buttons in time" and have them find out there's a whole third of the game they're doing wrong. Even a person that plays rhythm games is completely hopeless to actually understand why they get a D rank on the very first stage after hitting every note correctly if they happen not to know about freestyling in Parappa. It's an entirely broken onboarding, they CAN'T figure it out.

That's before even mentioning that completely honestly, the first song is EXTREMELY DIFFICULT for the very first moment of gameplay a player gets. This is not a skill issue, think SINCERELY of a player that has never player a game like this, and now think of what the first song of this game is like. There's a good reason Parappa starts with just verses of one button. Playing these sequences is REALLY HARD ACTUALLY. As it stands, this game doesn't seem to have a difficulty curve at all which is REALLY BAD ACTUALLY.

It is tremendously disappointing to see this after waiting this long for a demo.

i  love the new update but im not sure how to feel about some of the remade songs and melody's voice kinda hurts my ears just a tad. the old one imo was a lot more soothing to the ears

Edit with more clarity: This game appears with a lot of contrast with hdr monitors. You can fix this by turning it off in your system settings, but that's a bit annoying. 

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Here's my feedback:

This was probably the first rhythm game I've played after like 10 years so I have no muscle memory or expertise when it comes to them pretty much. 
I had a lot of difficulty with the game and I didn't realize there was an easy mode for the songs until I beat the story mode (although I'm not sure if I could've changed the mode in the story anyways). There's a lot of things that aren't really well explained, like how expression works or the double tap (?) input that's needed for the final part in Cream Cheese Icing. As someone else pointed out the character icons kind of get in the way of the beat instructions when they pass over them.
I also had some issues with the double line timing, as in not having a visual indicator as to when the top line ends and when the bottom one starts Without looking at the end of the top line directly as that wouldn't let me see the inputs needed inmediately as the bottom line starts.
After I set the game to easy mode I couldn't notice any major differences in difficulty, at least not with the only song I tried it on (CCI).
There were some parts when I would make a correct input to the beat and even though it would play the beat sound, Melodi wouldn't sing and it was left to chance if it registered as a correct note (especially in the first CCI double line part).
CCI felt really difficult considering it's right after the tutorial, and all the other songs felt around the same difficulty.
I didn't have any problems with the overworld, although it kind of felt empty being so big but having only buildings for important areas with a couple of exceptions. 
I liked the songs themselves, none of them sounded off (without taking into account me being horrible at rhythm games thus ruining Melodi occasionally).
Animations were really charming too, although it's a shame I couldn't look at them in full since I had to be constantly looking at the notes. 
Take all of the gameplay criticisms with a grain of salt since as I've said I haven't played rhythm games in a while and as such, it's possible all of them are skill issues on my part. I hope the rest of development goes well for you.

the story mode map its really glitchy, you should patch that (i cant even see melodii