Battle of the Five Man Bands
Battle of the Five-Man Bands
This visual novel is for 18+ players only due to adult language & situations.
There's only one thing that matters in this world - the statewide collegiate Battle of the Five-Man Bands competition! The band at Upper Lake River University is the worst in the league - but can a brand new lead guitarist pull them through to victory?
Note: If you're having trouble beating the boss battle, try changing up your strategies! Watch the enemy team, and see which moves they like to use. In your next attempt, figure out a way to counter them with your own skills!
Submission for GitHub Game-Off 2022!
The game plays off two common cliches - the "Five-Man Band" trope seen in many stories across media, and "Battle of the Bands" competitions that show up in tons of music-related movies, shows, & games.
All feedback is welcome - though keep in mind, I won't be able to fix anything until after judging ends!
Programming, Art, & Writing: snuffysam
Battle Band Music: RK Studios
Other Music:
"Sugar Plum Dark Mix" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Sugar Plum Breakdown" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Loping Sting" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Fanfare for Space" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Carpe Diem" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
SFX from Shapeforms on itch.io
Backgrounds from potat0master on itch.io, and pexels.com
Fonts from Google Fonts & Levi Szekeres
Comments
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This was actually really fun to play! I love the idea!
It took me 2-3 play throughs to totally get what was going on but I got there eventually. I think the game could greatly benefit from a tutorial for sure!
The mechanics themselves were very engaging! I love the shields, the attacking, the ability to win on two fronts, either health or vibe lmao.
I see you said that the music and bacground are temporary but I honestly loved the classical music more than the other song that was playing! I always wanted to kind of be in a weak state just so I could listen to it. In the future being able to choose what your band plays would be nice! And for the background and other elements I think this game would greatly benefit from some animations of the characters!
I really hope to see this project take on more!
Thanks!
Yup, a tutorial is totally planned, my hope with asking for feedback was to figure out which thing needed a tutorial. There's also gonna be some simple animations.
I don't think there will end up being a way to select which song your band plays, because the final game will ultimately be focusing more on the visual novel aspect rather than the battle aspect... like, the story will be the main draw, the battle system is just the part I finished first to make sure the mechanics were working!