Friendship Melody - Winter Wrap Up!

[Adariousmist 124]

Dunno of EQG tunes are out of the question, but there are quite a few of their's that are super good too.

[Auroraderp 627]

12 minutes ago, Adariousmist said:

Dunno of EQG tunes are out of the question, but there are quite a few of their's that are super good too.

That is an AWESOME idea!!

 

Yeah, they really do have some excellent music as well.

[Adariousmist 124]

16 minutes ago, Aurora876 said:

That is an AWESOME idea!!

 

Yeah, they really do have some excellent music as well.

My favorite is Shine Like Rainbows, seems to have the right stuff for the game too.

[Rikifive 24,125]

1 hour ago, Tacodidra said:

As woeful as my playing is, this is seriously addictive! I have no idea how far I am from two stars, but I finally got a completion rate of more than 50%. Not sure how much more I can improve, but I'm still learning a lot – it was only a few games ago that I finally got the long notes right.

Quite an improvement from the first game where I got a negative score (I was too ashamed to post that).

It's not bad, no worries! It will take few tries to get better at this. 

You're not too far from two stars, Coco believes in you! 

Hah no worries, you're not the only one who got negative score at first. It's understandable if you're just starting and not being sure what to expect. 

 

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Gotta go for now, give me some time everypony, I'll reply to further replies soon. 

[Lunaholic 898]

My hooves hurt! 100% is way too hard for me to get! I tried but failed 

[Rikifive 24,125]

4 hours ago, Aurora876 said:

Also had a thought-- I think maybe this might have been voiced previously and I just glossed over it or something, but @Rikifive or @Princess Silky or whoever's in charge of this, maybe other songs could follow after this one? 'Cause I would be TOTALLY down for playing a rhythm game based off "The Rules of Rarity" or "The Magic of Friendship Grows" or anything like that, honestly. 

That would be me 

If there will be enough interest in this, I am already considering a potential re-run of this event with new additional song(s) in the future. ~Maybe adding one by one to keep stuff fresh. That said, I'm very happy to hear you'd be interested.  These two songs would indeed be epic.

 

2 hours ago, Adariousmist said:

Dunno of EQG tunes are out of the question, but there are quite a few of their's that are super good too.

Of course EQG could be a part of it! There are many great bangers, and I like the series overall. 

 

1 hour ago, Adariousmist said:

My favorite is Shine Like Rainbows, seems to have the right stuff for the game too.

Ooooo I think this is my favorite EQG song as well! 

 

35 minutes ago, Lunaholic said:

My hooves hurt! 100% is way too hard for me to get! I tried but failed 

[ZiggWheelsManning 9,920]

Still confused by the guitar strings.  

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,691]

9 hours ago, Rikifive said:

Aww sure, thank you for feedback! Your testing on different browsers really helped with that! 

It's been tough 3-4 weeks for me, but it was so worth it.  Thank you very much, I really appreciate that!

Also ayy it's a pretty decent score actually! You're getting better at this!

 

Awesome! 

@Aurora876 on his way to get 100%:

 

Not bad!  With enough practice I'm sure it would get better. 

Thanks for playing!

 

Oooh that changes everything. I looked online for more information about this and I've bumped into Huawei website. They talked about introducing this feature for security reasons, with this absurd explanation:

Yeah, steal by taking a screenshot that will be saved locally on the device. 

I guess they assume the "someone" will have a phone they can send the screenshot to afterwards via Bluetooth or something?

So at this point "someone" can just take a photo of information displayed on the other phone's screen. Not only it'd be faster, they also wouldn't leave potential traces, that the phone was being touched, and of course it pretty much defeats the purpose of this rather annoying limit.

So yeah, I don't understand that either. Considering how this information really angered everyone in the comment section, I assume it is not something you can disable, otherwise they wouldn't flame Huawei like they do there.

My current phone is Huawei, that I bought over 5 years ago, and to this day it runs just as well as it used to, and the battery is still in a really good shape, considering I game on it often - this is infinitely better experience than I had with any Samsung phone. My device doesn't have such limits, and it also supports Google - many things have changed in Huawei since then. Unfortunately if they are like this nowadays, I probably won't buy any of their devices again, even though I love my current phone.

Uh-I spam too much again.

Anyway, if you happen to have a Huawei phone, this might be the case, and if not, maybe something similar, and I'm afraid it probably is what it is.

 

While using Discord is probably a plausible workaround, I'd hate to trouble anyone with overengineering this that hard. My priority is to make others have some fun, struggling with getting a screenshot like this would probably bring the opposite experience. 

 

If you're concerned about getting the badge, then no worries, I'll make an exception and give you one anyway. It's not your fault after all.  I honestly didn't expect such screenshot restriction to be a thing.

Though if you'd be willing to, for the sake of the event rules, you could write down the results you've got (all the statistics displayed there) along with the UID, and just type it here in reply, so that there wouldn't be any doubts. But this is entirely up to you, I don't want to trouble you with this.  You'll get your badge regardless.

That inconvenience aside, I hope you had fun.

@Rikifive Thank you for putting so much trust into me! I'll play again tomorrow and get at least one star so I can be proud of myself! Rhythm games aren't my cup of tea! I really don't listen to music often. I prefers games where you pretend to be the guy or the girl and just survive. Anyway, it doesn't stop me from finding your game very well made! Maybe there could be a place in the MLPF where we could put it definitively after the event! I can't imagine removing this game after all the work you did to make it! Plus, it's a really cool game! Of course, nopony will be able to get the badge after the event but those who will wish to play will still be able to! What do you think? 

Anyway, I'll send you the results tomorrow! 

Edited May 5, 2023 by Shiny Silvermoon

[Adariousmist 124]

1 hour ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

@Rikifive Thank you for putting so much trust into me! I'll play again tomorrow and get at least one star so I can be proud of myself! Rhythm games aren't my cup of tea! I really don't listen to music often. I prefers games where you pretend to be the guy or the girl and just survive. Anyway, it doesn't stop me from finding your game very well made! Maybe there could be a place in the MLPF where we could put it definitively after the event! I can't imagine removing this game after all the work you did to make it! Plus, it's a really cool game! Of course, nopony will be able to get the badge after the event but those who will wish to play will still be able to! What do you think? 

Anyway, I'll send you the results tomorrow! 

You should be proud of yourself regardless.  The only real shame is not trying to begin with.  That having been said, the game type you described sounds like some favs of mine.  7 Days to Die, Subnautica, Valheim etc.  Like the idea of game preservation.

[Rikifive 24,125]

3 hours ago, ZiggWheelsManning said:

Still confused by the guitar strings.  

We do be playing some Winter Wrap Up heavy metal over there, so grab your guitar and rock!

 

22 minutes ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

@Rikifive Thank you for putting so much trust into me! I'll play again tomorrow and get at least one star so I can be proud of myself! Rhythm games aren't my cup of tea! I really don't listen to music often. I prefers games where you pretend to be the guy or the girl and just survive.

Aww you're welcome. c: One shiny star it totally okay. 

Honestly, I'm not too much into rhythm games myself and I'm not an expert at these either. I do like to play some occasionally, and in general I like when music nicely accompanies the gameplay, but I don't actually play these typical dance games and the like for hours. Occasional rhythm minigames in games or an event (like here) is totally fine though.  Personally I love survival sandboxes the most.

58 minutes ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

Anyway, it doesn't stop me from finding your game very well made! Maybe there could be a place in the MLPF where we could put it definitively after the event! I can't imagine removing this game after all the work you did to make it! Plus, it's a really cool game! Of course, nopony will be able to get the badge after the event but those who will wish to play will still be able to! What do you think? 

Anyway, I'll send you the results tomorrow! 

Aww thank you, I appreciate this!  Hmmm... That's what I was debating on actually.. Technically, I can just leave the game be where it is, because keeping it up isn't a problem at all. I'm planning to remove it after the event, because I don't want the game to stale, so to speak. Not even remove per se, just make it inactive. I'm sure everyone will lose interest in it eventually anyway. It won't be permanent - I may be re-running the event with updated versions of the game (essentially more songs), so that it remains fresh, and so that there will be another opportunities to gather again and have fun together.  

Having it for limited time for events like this makes it more special... Or at least that's what I think.

Either way, I'm not planning to throw it to trash, oh no, no, I indeed have worked so hard on it. 

Sure, no rush. Feel free to just put them here in the topic, so that everything is in one place.  

 

42 minutes ago, Adariousmist said:

You should be proud of yourself regardless.  The only real shame is not trying to begin with.  That having been said, the game type you described sounds like some of mine.  7 Days to Die, Subnautica, Valheim etc.  Like the idea of game preservation.

That's true - nopony should feel bad for the scores they get. That's why you can't actually "lose" in this game, any score works! It's important to have fun. 

Oh these are one of my favorites. 👀

[Tacodidra 61,051]

14 hours ago, Rikifive said:

It's not bad, no worries! It will take few tries to get better at this. 

You're not too far from two stars, Coco believes in you! 

Finally!

This is most likely pretty close to my maximum (though there were still a few places I could have done better), but I got an extra star for Coco.

Art by Leafywind

[Rikifive 24,125]

3 minutes ago, Tacodidra said:

Finally!

This is most likely pretty close to my maximum (though there were still a few places I could have done better), but I got an extra star for Coco.

Art by Leafywind

Awesome! I knew you can do it! 

 

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[Auroraderp 627]

25 minutes ago, Rikifive said:

Awesome! I knew you can do it! 

 

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AgH WhY iS sHe sO fReaKinG aDoRabLe?! 

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,691]

@Rikifive I said that I'd play tonight so I did! I'm not really good at those kind of games so my score is quite embarrassing... I did 14830. My completion rate is 39,04% and I have one star. However, I had a lot of fun. 

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,691]

14 hours ago, Rikifive said:

Awesome! I knew you can do it! 

 

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MOTHER OF LUNA!!! The adorableness it's too much for me to handle! Aaah! I'm melting! Melting! What a world! What a world!

[Adariousmist 124]

3 hours ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

@Rikifive I said that I'd play tonight so I did! I'm not really good at those kind of games so my score is quite embarrassing... I did 14830. My completion rate is 39,04% and I have one star. However, I had a lot of fun. 

Excuse me mam, but my score is half that. Tell me again where this is bad?

[Rikifive 24,125]

5 hours ago, Shiny Silvermoon said:

@Rikifive I said that I'd play tonight so I did! I'm not really good at those kind of games so my score is quite embarrassing... I did 14830. My completion rate is 39,04% and I have one star. However, I had a lot of fun. 

Nah, it's not embarrassing at all, no worries Thank you for playing! 

[StarHeart333 1,763]

Eh, not great but at least the score is decent this time.

[User without a name 47]

not the best w these types of games, but it was fun

 

[Rikifive 24,125]

@Star heart 777 Not bad. not bad! Thanks for playing. c:

 

@User without a name These types of game just require some practice and patience to get better.  Glad you had fun! c:

Edited May 6, 2023 by Rikifive

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,691]

19 hours ago, Adariousmist said:

Excuse me mam, but my score is half that. Tell me again where this is bad?

Wow... I didn't expect that! 

[StarHeart333 1,763]

7 hours ago, Rikifive said:

@Star heart 777 Not bad. not bad! Thanks for playing. c:

 

@User without a name These types of game just require some practice and patience to get better.  Glad you had fun! c:

You're welcome 

[Adariousmist 124]

Star I love your name and your pfp

[Shiny Silvermoon 3,691]

@Adariousmist The key of success is to try again over and over until you reach your goal whatever it is. 

[Adariousmist 124]

I mean, I think it might be more difficult on keyboard than touch screen.  But that aside, those with adhd could find it even more of a challenge, because you have those things coming down all over the screen, and it can get overwhelming trying to keep up.