Wonderful. I am currently stuck on offbeats(1.2x), but I'm getting there. Would be nice though if we could determine the speed (on last levels). Also, music is awesome, makes this game so much more fun.
Reviews for "A Dance of Fire and Ice"
Love it! Love everything about it! Great game here, man. Brings me back to the rhythm dungeon mini-game in Rhythm Heaven. I always felt like that needed a revamp. The part that really surprises me, is how great this game is even though it's only a backbone. Looking towards the future I see a lot of great things from this game (If you continue to update it) and you in general.
If you plan to update it, I'd recommend tweaking the timing a little bit. I feel as if I'm pretty good at rhythm games and I can't help but think that sometimes when I fail, I really should've hit the beat. Then again wind up after 1.7x is pretty much becomes impossible haha.
A few ideas I'm just putting out there:
Checkpoints
Level editor/Song import and play
Having to press certain keys on certain beats (maybe a back and forth to simulate a kick-snare sequence?)
One more thing I've thought of is the way you can spam presses/clicks then wait a few beats then do it again. I'm guessing it only checks for spamming if you do it continuously. Perhaps instead of this mechanic you could have a certain number of misclicks per level?
Of course I'm sure there's even more you can think of! Anyways, overall it's a fantastic game and I can't wait to see what you do next! Cheers!
fizzd responds:
Thank you. And getting to 1.7x is insane just saying. The new update I just rolled out now has fixed the timing so the offset no longer drifts. Great suggestions too, level editor is something i am (slowly) slowly exploring, and i think I'm beginning to have the pieces - realtime on-beat sound generation, saving and loading to php etc - to be able to put it together!
I found this when it was first posted, and managed to beat the (at the time) only song in the game. I added it to my favorites and came back to replay when I was bored. I'm thrilled that there's two new songs, I've passed song 2 but I'm stuck on song 3. I can literally play the first half with my eyes closed, but I keep failing around 75% of the way through. I am determined to finish the song though!
Pros: The songs are great, I enjoy the music, which is key to a game like this. The calibration level helped me a lot, when I played before the update I had a much harder time getting on-beat. The save feature is nice too, it lets me walk away if I get tired and not worry about having to restart. The practice levels introduce the new types of beat without being too overwhelming.
Cons: The flashing colors can get a little annoying. On level 3-X, when I fail it sometimes doesn't display the percentage I completed (usually this happens between about 20% and 70%).
Overall, awesome game! I've been playing on and off for days!
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