Skip to main content

Indie game storeFree gamesFun gamesHorror games
Game developmentAssetsComics
SalesBundles
Jobs
TagsGame Engines
A jam submission

CenterStageView game page

Balance the stage and the soul!Help a graceful dancer hold the correct poses under the spotlight.
Submitted by iediziv — 7 hours, 6 minutes before the deadline
Add to collection

Play game

CenterStage's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Theme#1293.4763.476
Audio#1363.0483.048
Overall#1603.0483.048
Innovation#1792.9052.905
Graphics#2063.0003.000
Gameplay#2212.8102.810

Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Leave a comment

Log in with itch.io to leave a comment.

Comments

Submitted(+1)

interesting take on rythm-games

Developer

Thank you for playing!Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

Nice!

+1 to the contrast issue as others have mentioned.

Also, it seems really difficult to lose? Around 100k points, I just let go experimentally and it took quite a while before she fell. I think if you gradually increased the penalty for wrong keys, you’d get a better difficulty curve.

Developer

Thank you very much for playing and for the feedback! 

Submitted(+1)

Intersting rhythm game! I wish I can see what is the upcoming move so I can make a perfect switch

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you so much for playing and for the feedback!!That s a nice idea!

Submitted(+1)

Great vibe and relaxing music! I really liked the concept the way the screen reacts when you're off balance is such a clever touch.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you very much for playing and for the feedback!I m glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

Very neat, relaxing game. The instructions are a bit hard to read and blend in a lot with the background though. In fact I didn't even know there were instructions at the top until I adjusted my angle to my monitor, so you might want to put in a bit more contrast between the instructions and the background. Other than that, great work!

Developer(+1)

I agree with you and i ll need to fix that when the jam is over.Thank you very much for playing and for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

Good game with a nice take on the theme!

Nice music as well. Overall a very relaxing feel.

I wish there was a better contrast between the instructions and the background.

Developer(+1)

I agree with you and i ll need to fix that when the jam is over.Thank you very much for playing and for the feedback!

Submitted(+1)

The silhouette of the dancer sometimes hide a bit the instructions ^^' They're fortunately quite simple!
(and please think about players having a non-QWERTY keyboard :D)

A little more feedback would be great: I've tried to hold anything but good keys and it I didn't loose, I only had some screen shaking ^^' I also didn't undersant what the progress bar is supposed to mean.

That's said, when playing it seriously the game is very relaxing: the music, the dancer peforming great and the effects when we're doing right are very nice!

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for playing and for such a detailed feedback!Indeed the character will not die very easy till 20000 score and i have to fix that.The progress bar is meant to be a visual indicator of the balance of the ballerina,when you re not holding the right keys the bar shifts from the center and shows you that you re off-balance,once the balance bar reaches the left/right margin you lose.

Submitted(+1)

Interesting mechanics and nice graphics. However, I would have liked the instructions to be more visible.

Developer

I ll try to fix that.Thank you for playing and for the feedback!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

You could attach each hand or body part to a button prompt and make us keep the balance with physics or custom physics. I can see your vision and idea, but the gameplay part is lacking too much that it's hard to call it a game, I didn't feel any feedback or feel like anything is happening, the line below is not telling me what is happening either. Idea is nice, execution needs more work, good job none the less.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you for playing and for the feedback!The line below is meant to be the balance bar of the ballerina showing you that you are not holding the right keys and that you are off-balance(along with the screen shake and the sound distortion).

Submitted(+1)

I think some sound effects would’ve made it more effective, but the mechanic’s pretty unique. Nice submission, God bless :)

Developer

Thank you very much for playing and for the feedback!I agree with you and maybe overlooked the sfx in the game.:)

Submitted(+1)

Made me feel as close to being a ballerina as I will ever be.

Developer

A dream come true indeed:)))Thank you so much for playing!

Submitted(+1)

beautiful art style)

Developer

Thank you very much!

Submitted(+1)

Nice game, but I think the difficulty rises a little too slowly.

Developer

Thank you for playing!That means you re really good at it:))

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Very nice interpretation of the theme. This is a smart idea, great job! 

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much for playing!Glad you liked it!

Submitted(+1)

I can FEEL me losing balance when I lost balance. That and I think my dancer died. Cool game, reminds me of a bop it :)

Developer

Thank you for playing my game!Glad you enjoyed it!

Submitted(+1)

What a solid entry!

Very fun, and definitely fits the theme of balance! The way you made the game “feel” unbalanced when you don’t hold the right keys is really clever, and the calm circles when you’re doing well is a very nice touch.

Very clever and fun little game.

Love it, amazing job.

Developer(+1)

Thank you very much!I m glad you liked it!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

the music gets a little repetitve after a while but the idea is really interesting! i wish there were more combinations to make the game more challanging. anyway, it's fun to play so good job!

Developer

Thank you so much!Glad you liked it!