Well it has been a long time coming, hell took me long enough to hunt down this thread, can't believe it was that long ago that we came up with the initial concept and produced the Flash prototype, heck I've worked as a contract artist on 3 released games since back then.

But finally the full version of Ongaku is out there to download for PC, head over to the Smashmouth website and check it out, the game has lots of interesting additional features such as the facility to use your own music and imagery to generate levels which have really added a lot of bells and whistles to the old girl since the initial concept. Download the demo and check it out, if you like that buy the full version and add a few pennies to my royalty cheque.

http://www.smashmouthgames.com/Webpages/Home/Home.html

http://www.ongakugame.com/

I really liked the idea that the background gets colored in with the more you complete each song. Really I just saw it on there and checked it out on my own without even knowing this.. I did vote it 5 though. Anyways congratulations on winning.

I do have a question though, who comprises of "we"?

I need a joypad option (kind of like Guitar Hero in a way).

Thanks to all those who took the time to play it, and of course naturally gave it a 5 star rating.

Cheers.

As far as how this version was built you'd have to ask The-EXP as he's the guy who developed the Flash version for us, I just provided him some assets from the original game.

But as far as the original game is concerned we wacked out the concept, made a non-playable demo which showed the gameplay (most of which we did in Flash funnily enough), and then we got a great programmer to develop an engine specifically for us designed to allow us to do all the things we showed in the non-playable in game, and giving us the facility to add lots on next gen graphical bells and whistles.

This Flash game really only shows the gameplay not the graphical polish we're planning for the final game. But it serves as a great tool to see if the gameplay works in a public arena, and judging from how popular it seems to be, it looks like we hit the nail on the head with the gameplay.

Even though simplified the game mechanics are essentially in there, so check it out and let me know what you think.

The final product is aimed at being an Xbox Live Arcade game, or the PS3 or Wii equivilant.

Here's the link.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/387592#

Enjoy.