ALGORHYTHM

A keyboard-based rhythm game made in pygame!

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Lose yourself in rhythmic delight as you jackhammer the keyboard to the beat!

Why have the lanes and keys be static? Algorhythm takes a spin on traditional lane-based keyboard rhythm games, with shifting lanes and changing keys to unlock an intense and dynamic new experience.

Features

• 6 unique note kinds to discover
• ? songs, including ? original tracks
• Up to 4 charts with different difficulty levels for each track
• ? meticulously hand-crafted charts (with more being added!)

Upcoming Features

• Just more charts (for now)

Installation

Availble for download as an .exe file (soon).

Alternatively, download the source code and execute it yourself!

Dependencies

• Pygame 2.5
• Pillow
• Librosa 0.10

Requirements

QWERTY keyboard recommended. Mouse or touch required for navigation (keyboard navigation support is in development).

The following keys are used in charts:

• A–Z letters
• 4 arrow keys
• Space bar
• Enter key
• Backspace (optional, only for Mastery Mode)

Credits

This was entirely a solo project, with the intention of challenging myself to finally create a proper, finished game!

Game

• Much inspired by Phigros, as well as various other rhythm games (Ryceam, rote²).

Code

• Coded entirely by yours truly, from scratch.
• Made in Python 3.11 with Pygame 2.5.

Assets

• Cover art for some tracks were generated using DALL-E 3.

Fonts

• Geologica (available on Google Fonts)

Sounds

• Only the tracks in the Xenos series are by other artists.
• All other soundtracks and sound effects were created by yours truly, in GarageBand (iPadOS).

Charts

In the unlikely scenario that you would like to create a chart... it is not easy, but would be hugely appreciated. See Charting.