Rhythm Doctor is a minimalist rhythm game that turns your spacebar into a life-saving defibrillator. You treat each patient by hitting the spacebar precisely on the seventh beat of their heartbeat, navigating ever more elaborate rhythms—polyrhythms, hemiolas and odd time signatures—to restore them to health. Despite its deceptively simple controls, the game gently introduces you to key music theory concepts without ever feeling like a lecture.
Key Features
- Twenty-plus handcrafted levels, each carrying its own narrative and musical challenge
- Gradual introduction of rhythm theory concepts in a playful, intuitive way
- A colorful cast of doctors and patients woven into an overarching, character-driven storyline
- Drop-in, drop-out local multiplayer for two players across the entire campaign
- Powerful level editor: import your own music, snap notes to beats and apply over fifty visual effects and backgrounds
- “Night Shift” versions of every level that offer an extra dose of challenge for veterans
Whether you’re a seasoned rhythm-game fan or completely new to musical timing, Rhythm Doctor offers a unique blend of storytelling, education and gameplay. Please note that the game features flashing lights and colors—use caution if you are sensitive to strobe effects. Rhythm Doctor is available now and can be downloaded to start saving lives one beat at a time.
Version 1.0.4: Fixes and a New Accessibility Feature
Hello interns! First of all: a huge thank-you to all of you for the support and kind words we've received since our 1.0 launch! It's been great, and surreal, to see everyone's reactions to the end of the story and the very ambitious final boss that we worked on for a long while.As you might imagine, most people on the team have been taking a well-deserved rest and getting back to work at their own pace. Aside from some quick bug fixes, we haven't really made any big changes to talk about.Although we're done making Acts of Story Mode, there are still some standalone levels that we're working on. One of them is a collaboration with Beatblock, which we recently posted a teaser of.Today's update includes a new Accessibility setting, various fixes to Story Mode, and a bunch of new options in the Level Editor. We look forward to supporting Rhythm Doctor bit by bit throughout the year with smaller updates like this! New Accessibility Setting: Reduced FlashingIn this patch, we've added a Reduced Flashing setting in the Accessibility menu. It weakens and reduces the amount of flashy effects across Story Mode, like full-screen white flashes. This will hopefully make the game much more comfortable to play for players with photosensitivity.To be clear: this setting reduces many instances that may cause eyestrain but does not remove every effect that may cause eyestrain entirely. If you've played the game, you'll know how intertwined some of the effects are to the overall experience and concept of some of the levels. Our goal is to reduce overall eyestrain while still retaining animatio...
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