Sax Rat and the Universal Song Contest
Tip: For those struggling to hit the combo's. Press the buttons on the offbeat, not the downbeat
Controls: The game is made with controller in mind
Use the Analog stick to walk around. Use the Face buttons to produce saxophone noises. Doing this on the beat nets you a combo, which in turn will get you more fans!
Keyboard controls are WASD to walk around IJKL to use your saxophone.
Sax Rat and the Universal Song Contest:
It's time to figure out who is the best musician in the entire universe!
Play as Sax Rat, a rambunctious rodent who wants to become a well known musician.
Gain fans with your impeccable tooting skills and win the right to represent the whole planet in the Universal Song Contest.
This game was made for the Pirate Software GameJam #14.
The theme was "It's Spreading".
Credits:
Art/Audio/Design - Ravensa
Art/Development/Design - Rensmens
Audio Software - Bandlab/Cakewalk
Art Software - Blender/Clip Studio Paint
Development Software - Godot
Font - "Willkids" by Khurasan
Download
Comments
Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.
had great fun making so much noise. a star. really love the art style/aesthetic!!
Great proof of concept! The art style is sick, the idea is fun and the music is on point.
I didn't have the trouble others were having with keeping the rhythm, I actually would have liked more complexity in that element, but I am a drummer, so that might be a factor. The player sax was a little bit overpowering the track to play along with, though.
Awesome work :)
I love it! My highest combo was 50, though I'm not saxy enough to know what a downbeat is. Could use a visual aide, like how DDR arrows flash to the beat you're stepping to. I played the browser version with a keyboard. I hope you continue it!!! These characters are adorable. I'm rootin' for this rat to be tootin' around my Steam library.
I think the art is awesome. Good job
it's funny calling this a rhythm game when it's more of a lack-of-rhythm game
Fun game, It was a bit difficult to understand the controls off at first until I read the description and whipped out the xbox controller. Unfortunately It froze when I got to the giraffe. Interesting concept. The art is nice! good luck on the jam ^_^
Fun game. Love the art style and music. Really well done! Took a bit to get the pattern, but eventually got it. High score 223. Cool concept. Did y'all build the rhythm aspect your selves? Would be interested in seeing how that works!
Interesting idea, first impression I like the design. I think I understand the difficulty others are having with maintaining the combo. The crowd sounding louder than the music would throw me off. What I found help me is to listen to the snare drum. Also hitting the same key...
I think this would be easier if the song had a more noticeable distinct beat? This is a wonderful but very complex song so hitting it on beat is fairly difficult especially while trying to control a character and look at the beautiful art.
everyone the rhythm is on the off-beat, not on the down beat!
I love the idea and the art style, I agree with the others, its really hard to understand how the combo system works, it seems to follow its own set of rules and there's no clear instruction
The art style is lovely!
I can't figure out how to play. It needs instructions!
Love the art style!
But I'm to bad at rythm to procceed :( easy mode would be cool
Seconding the opinions that it feels impossible to figure the rhythm out. Very cute art on the other hand.
But perhaps it's not in the spirit of jazz to be so adherent to a strict rhythm? Or maybe I am just bad at jazz.
oh and the soundtrack is a jam
good but so hard
Really good art! But it's broken, playing in the correct rythm doesn't work, you actually have to find a different pace from the music to start making combo. It made it totally unplayable for me at least on the browser version.
Love the art style!
Loved the concept.