That lucky break led to the IGF nomination which then led us to seriously considering continuing developing this game after we graduated.” “Literally one refresh after I submitted, the page updated to say that entries had closed. “It was one of those moments where I can look back and know that if I had woken up 5 seconds later, I would not be a game developer today,” said Azman in an interview with GamesBeat. He threw something together, and a mere second after he turned in Rhythm Doctor, the submissions closed. Azman says that he woke up from crashing after an all-nighter and realized they needed a trailer to be eligible for the showcase. They submitted it to Independent Games Festival’s student showcase and was accepted - though they almost didn’t make it. Programmer and musician Hafiz Azman came up with the idea when he was a university student, and he partnered with his friend and classmate, artist Winston Lee. The one-button mechanic draws inspiration from Nintendo’s touchscreen-based Rhythm Heaven, as well as the desire to make the game accessible to folks who are visually impaired. The concept is straightforward, but the gameplay gets its hooks in fast, especially as 7th Beat has just added co-op play. Then the system begins acting strangely, infected by a virus that glitches out the screen and even affects the music. The visuals echo the theme as the song dances along a line, pulsing like a heart monitor. While the music plays, you press the button on every seventh beat. You play as an intern who’s in charge of a remote defibrillator. Now it’s nearing completion, with plans to release its debut for PC, Mac, and iOS and Android devices in the first half of 2018.Īs the name might imply, Rhythm Doctor’s story takes place in a hospital. Though these particular accolades are recent, it’s been a six-year journey for 7th Beat Games, the three-person studio behind the innovative rhythm game. It also won the award for best audio at the Indie Prize Showcase in Asia, the Busan Indie Connect Festival, and more. It was an official nominee at IndieCade and earned a spot at Double Fine’s Day of the Devs festival. Rhythm Doctor‘s catchy riffs and clever one-button gameplay have mesmerized a few notable indie game events this year. You can even make and share your own levels.We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Summit Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of "Playing the Edge." Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. Add to this the way the game introduces different concepts of rhythm theory in an accessible way and this is works very well for families. The combination of this unusual approach to gameplay, some great music, an overarching story to follow and the inventive distractions result in a completely joyous experience. At one point there's a song about overworked doctors and the politicians who are turning the public against them. It's fun and funny in a bonkers kind of way. There are patients with an irregular time signatures or unexpected remixes of the songs. There are patients suffering from wi-fi jamming bacteria that mess with your connection and glitch out the beats you can see. Unlike other rhythm games that make things more challenging by adding more buttons and more beats to match, Rhythm Doctor ups the difficulty with unusual timing and various methods of distracting you from your task. It sounds simple but each level has a unique illnesses based on complex music theory: polyrhythms, hemiolas, irregular time signatures. You press a single button on the 7 th beat to defibrillate each patient. Rhythm Doctor is a rhythm game about shocking patients' hearts back in sync with their heartbeats to save their lives.
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