PyWeek - Plectrum Infinitum - feedback

Nice work - the controls need work though.

For some reason it didn't really take any input from me and I didn't hear any music/sounds. Nice and funny idea though.

I really liked this one. The idea of having a key block some strings and then having the strum only play some of the strings is great. Excellent use of theme and very fun game. Except for more content and maybe a little feature here and there (showing ranks on the song list and unlocking songs, maybe), I can't think of anything that can be improved in this game, it's just great the way it is.

<p>Couldn't find a way to make a sound, even following the instructions. Tried clicking over red strings with key depressed, click\ing and presing at the same time, clicking on the letter... no luck

Really nice concept, just a little bit too difficult for us mere mortals!

I didn't get any sound, neither under Windows nor Linux, running the latest stable release of
pyglet and Python 2.5. Since sound is a kind of vital feature for such a game, I say DNW.

A different instrument to play with

Its fun to play. Should be very enjoyable for music lovers. Very high production quality!

Nicely done, although personally I didn't find much fun in it. Someone who's more a fan of
DDR-style games might enjoy it more.

nice polish. nice game, but i cant play it. im not worthy. i have no rythm. my only strategy was hitting everything and trying to hit the correct key. but that was not music.

this seems really hard. maybe i haven't played enough guitar hero.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "run_game.py", line 3, in <module>
from gamelib import main
File "/home/xxxx/projects/pyweek7/judging/ajhager-plectrum/gamelib/main.py", line 5, in <module>
from pyglet.gl import *
File "/home/xxxx/projects/pyweek7/judging/ajhager-plectrum/gamelib/pyglet/gl/__init__.py", line 423, in <module>
if _pyglet.options['debug_texture']:
KeyError: 'debug_texture'

I have no idea why this didn't work - maybe it was picking up my install of pyglet? Anyway, sorry I couldn't try it.

too hard for me!

That was fun!

Some suggestions:

I think I would have an easier time playing the songs if I could first hear what they are
*supposed* to sound like. Having an option for the autoharp to play the song on it's own would be
nice.

And... it took me a while to figure out that the active part of the cursor is in the bottom left.
Maybe give some feedback when you hover over the buttons?

Beautiful simulator -- I had a lot of fun playing with it, but it was very tough to figure out. I think the coolest thing was feeling like I was really learning how to play the instrument -- some more instructions on the theory behind it would have been cool, though I did learn some of it through jamming. All told, beautiful game, and I'd love to see a more polished version of something like this. Any chance we could have a keyboard-only version, for laptop users like me? The strumming was just too hard to create a recognizable tune on the trackpad. Keep up the great work! This was a really impressive game.

I did not hear any sound, which I bet took some fun from it, and the score never increased, even if I matched the note with the key...

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Personally, I find the required dexterity totally of the mark.<br>
If you can put an 'extra easy mode', with only mouse or only keys ( and not so much keys ) probably you can get to a lot more people.<br>
Nice graphics and sounds, very polished.<br>
FYI, at startup I got a black screen, it will not show anything until I clicked with the mouse, at wich point I see the menu screen. It is suposed to show the help screen?<br>
Glad to play your game !

It was a fun game but playing it was hard. Maybe i should try it with a mouse next time :D

Cool concept.

Weird, it didn't feel much like a game. Good though.

This is a neat idea with good potential. I like the harp sounds.

Just plain cool =)