Cosmic DJ

Music game. The Cosmic DJ has run out of music; generate more for his club scene. Prevent the annoying Steve4 from spreading bad vibes everywhere. Make noise. This isn't a skill game. It isn't even a luck game. It's an "art" game, where you're generating beat tracks using sound sample sets and a four-button beat box. You're presented with situations you need to fix with "the power of music" by generating beat tracks using the sound samples provided. There are no right or wrong answers, there's no beat you absolutely have to stick to, there's no pattern you have to follow. Hit any button on the beat box eight times (even the same one over and over) and you advance the progress toward resolving the situation. It's not skill. It's a participation grade. Once you've resolved the situation, the tracks you generated are mixed into an audio track that you can download as an mp3. You can even generate cover art for it using a limited number of Paint functions. Which I suppose you can print out and stick on your fridge. Finished the game in, according to Steam, 82 minutes of playtime. This includes watching the end credits and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ around with the screen to make it fit in my stream frame. Got it in a Humble Bundle, I think, for hopefully not too much. At this writing it's only listed in Steam for US$3.00, but I still think this is too much, considering it has no replay value or even freeform mixing with the sound samples. It was amusing, if weird, but I wouldn't pay more than a dollar for it. Or I'd be rather annoyed if I had.

Less of a game, more of a music toy. There's just not much here given the price of admission.

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beautiful

6/10

So, I want to start by saying that this is not a "bad game". It's very well put together, the concept is one I find interested, and I want to give full credit where credit is due there. Props to the developer(s) for putting together more of a game than I ever have. That said, Cosmic DJ is...lacking. As a game, well, how do you make a game that judges you on your funky beats? It's not an easy question. Cosmic DJ's solution is to just judge you on how many notes you slap down. Doesn't matter how good they sound, just slap enough down and you win. But, I mean, in a way, this isn't a "game" now is it? It's music creation software. Well, as music creation software, it's also horribly lacking. You get four notes, a two bar 4/4 loop, no note velocity or instrument volume controls, and no way of directly selecting what instruments you'd like to use in the quick play mode (or, at least, none that I can find). As a result, you're already limited in what you can make, though it should be said that the four notes and two bar loop are probably the least bad of its limitations. But, further limiting you, there's no way to directly export the loop you made short of OBS or the analog hole (or, again, not that I can find). Instead, to export, it pumps your loop into a single template (or, at least, one of a few) and that's the only way to get anything out. In conclusion, the game side is made awkward by its success condition and as a music creation tool, it's so limited that many of you would be better off just downloading LMMS. Yeah, it's more complicated. Yeah, it's harder. But it's also far less limiting. I could see this maybe being worth it if three changes were made: 1) Add instrument volume controls at the very least, if not also rudimentary note velocity; 2) Add the ability to properly change instruments in quick play, rather than just being given random instruments; and 3) Allow directly exporting a loop. Until then, I appreciate the concept, I respect the attempt, but I cannot recommend Cosmic DJ in good faith.

É bem humorado, divertido jogar nos primeiros minutos, mas cansa e não há muito desafio na jogabilidade.

Fun

Cool game

THE POWER OF MUSIC!