Fumobeats - Neuro Rhythm (browser) game

[odd wave]

Hello neurons. I've been having fun the past month.
I have anticipated the project here:
#1235327123527565364 message
And as @storm peak suggested me I've made it into a Rhythm game, the same way I envisioned it on my follow up response

If you want to jump into it, here's the ip grabber provisional URL:
https://saantonandre.github.io/projects_dist/typescript_build_0/index.html
(jk btw, there's no analytics, shady backends or whatsoever)

This is still a WIP suggestions for features are very welcome!

.NUERO file extension
The game works kind of like OSU, there is an editor, a collection of songs, and a custom file type. the .nuero file extension represents a Fumobeat (song map), you can import them in batches by dragging them into the game, they will carry the song file, the beats timing/direction and some metadata like creation date, author name, etc..

Fumobeats persistance
The Fumobeats you see on your playlist will stay there when you leave the browser, they are saved on disk (managed by your browser's IndexedDB).

How do i create a Fumobeat?
Drag and drop any .mp3 file into the game, you will then be moved into the Editor mode.
In the editor mode, you can:

• Change the name of the song (by clicking on top-left text)
• Change your name (defaults to "Anonymous mapper")
• Play/pause the song, change volume and playback rate
• Clicking on the soundwave will change the time precisely
• Pressing Z or X will create a fumo
• Holding the right mouse onto a fumo in the soundwave will delete it
• You can also delete previously placed fumos with CTRL-Z
• The [arrow pointing backward] button will reset the playback rate to normal
  Once you're done editing, you can save the fumo to your playlist, or export the nuero file.

Please, let me know what you think and of course I'd like it very much if you shared any Fumobeats you've made

Here's an example .nuero file if you wanna try importing. Mind that I'm terrible at creating fumobeats... just drag it onto the game to import, or in the editor to edit it

@cunning condor

[cunning condor]

👍

[rich cosmos]

Fumobeat but no fumo harm

[odd wave]

just don't ask my evil fumo, AKA sound FXs co-producer

[odd wave]

Published the prototype to itch https://saantonandre.itch.io/fumobeats

[arctic cairn]

I've mildly looked forward to playing after seeing the occasional gifs you posted of this game.
The fighting+rhythm combo is pretty fun. I especially like feel of the super punch that you can do it you time a punch just right. The expanding silhouette, sfx and the speed at which the plush gets yeeted makes me feel very strong, which is fun. It's also quite when you get into the rhythm and have this constant stream of plushies basically flying helplessly into your fist.
I found the rockerfeller street map hard, but I haven't sunk much time into rhythm games. I feel like I get stunlocked during the barrage segments - it seems like getting hit by a plush stops you from punching briefly? Perhaps there is no stun lock and I'm just consistently missing the timing.

[arctic cairn]

pretty funny how many fumos you can spawn

[odd wave]

Thanks a lot for your time and feedback, glad you had fun
Yes getting hit stuns you briefly for a couple frames (and also breaks your current punch), the same as not hitting a fumo, this is the intended risk for trying to get a perfect hit but yeah..
I agree that this makes streams of fumos pretty hard. I'll reconsider as soon as I find a better alternatives
True, it's not new player friendly... I will make a couple more maps but I feel like I'm musically challenged, I have suuuuch an hard time catching the rythm of anything that's not the main melody

[odd wave]

oh and yup, there's no limit to how many fumo per frame it can spawn
g-g-g-g-g-gymbag

[arctic cairn]

this is the intended risk for trying to get a perfect hit but yeah..
yeah i guess it might be needed given that a hit still counts even if very poorly timed
perhaps just a quirk of the game

A baby's first beatmap done in one pass.
Maybe a quick way to give more tools to fumbobeat makers to let them pass a text list of timestamps to the editor? Like an srt file?

[static wing]

i've been having fun so far, but i need to be careful not to hold my clicks as that prompts the file import loading screen

[odd wave]

thanks for your fumobeat first one I didnt made to add to my collection

hmm, yeah maybe I can work on that. You have a way to automate the making?
If that's so you can actually already do it by opening the .nuero files (rename to zip lmao)
and the beats file is what you are referring to. It is a Uint16 binary array representing timestamps in milliseconds, the fumo will spawn from left or right depending if the number is odd

[arctic cairn]

ah so if I unzip the folder, edit it, then rezip the folder and change it to .neuro, it'll be accepted? makes sense
I noticed i could unzip it, but didn't know if i could rezip it.

[arctic cairn]

nah i don't have an automatic timestamper, but chances are something exists out there

maybe you could even decompile osu maps and get timestamps 🤔

[odd wave]

sure, I just check for the extension both for .neuro and mp3, also if you change the name of an mp4 to an mp3 and drop it, it should be accepted and working well
of course if there is something missing it may throw an error during the import

[arctic cairn]

nice guess that's one less ffmpeg command to do

[odd wave]

hmm I don't know, maybe doable but you'd have to scrape the timestamps in between a ton of other data. May I'll check about their structure out of curiosity, but I don't expect it to be as simple as .nuero files... so much stuff you can do in the osu editor

[arctic cairn]

yeah you wouldn't be able to translate all of the details/semantics of the osu maps
I was thinking you could copy over the timestamps of circles. Make all circles that are in the same streak appear as fumos from one side. Then the next streak of circles will appear as fumos from the other side. Continue to alternate.
This will probably produce predictable fumobeats maps, but it might be a quick way to get a library of well-timed maps

[odd wave]

thanks, yeah happened to me too randomly when playing on itch.io, don't know why it happens but it's an easy fix 👍

[odd wave]

could be a cool idea, it'd be actually crazy if people were able to import osu files directly

this game gonna become a file manipulation library
already has more non-game logic than a game should

[odd wave]

maybe taiko maps probably those could translate pretty well

[thorny jackal]

I made a simple fumobeat which should be helpful for people new to this kind of game

I had to tone down the last bit because even i couldn't do it lol

[odd wave]

thanks! I'm planning to make a small tutorial (or add some notes here and there) and rework the ""survival"" mode so that it can ease the players in
maybe I'll also lower a bit the fumos travelling speed