Show HN: An open-source rhythm dungeon crawler in 16 x 9 pixels
a year ago
- #rhythm-game
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- QRawl: Tiny Mass Disco is a 16x9 rhythm dungeon crawler created as part of the Tiny Mass Games project.
- The game was developed in a two-month cycle and is now open-source.
- The official web version is available at https://joshuagalecki.itch.io/qrawl-tiny-mass-disco.
- Designing a rhythm dungeon crawler involves understanding both rhythm mechanics and dungeon crawling elements.
- The Conductor class and rhythm game basics are inspired by fizzd's tutorial on A Dance of Ice and Fire.
- Crypt of the Necrodancer influenced the dungeon crawling aspects.
- Player input can be in eight states: None, Early, Okay, Good, Great, Late, Failed, Missed.
- A beat close-out signal is sent when 25% of the way to the next beat to finalize game logic.
- Time travel is used to handle late-but-valid player inputs by saving and reverting game states.
- The game cheats its 16x9 pixel restriction for credits and reveals a QR code dungeon upon winning.
- Future plans include a QR dungeon crawler that generates dungeons from any QR code.
- The project is licensed under the MIT license.