Guitar Run is a rhythm-based platformer that combines learning guitar with fast-paced gameplay. Players can use a real guitar to control the game by playing specific notes to jump, crouch and avoid obstacles.
The project was inspired by my own experience learning guitar and by watching my little brother play Geometry Dash. My goal is to make guitar practice more engaging by combining repetition, timing and muscle memory with the feeling of playing a game.
Hellooo, I shiped my project on Monday and then went on a youth trip. I got a review and they reminded me to make a own readme, because mine was still AI written. But the problem was my laptop is still at home and I will return home after deathline. A very very good friend of mine saved me: I wrote the readme in my notice app and sened it to him and he copied it on my laptop and in my projects readme. I called him so he can add all the tags I wanted, where I wanted them. I really love him! He sended my this screenshot as a part of the new readme I wrote myself:
Heyyy, I added coins to all levels and created a difficulty ranking to each level. I also changed to note catalog style on phone. I think I’m finished now and I will do my ship yayyyyy (:
Heyoooo, I finished snow level 2 and 5 (: But now my eyes really hurt, because of these many little numbers
Heyy I finished snow levels 1,2,4 and still have to do 3 and 4 tomorrow anddd I have to add coins the my levels. But in general I would say I’m nearly finished. Good Night, I have to sleep now (:
Helloooo, I finished the first snow level with all necesarry notes you need and created a falling snow animation. I also locked some levels you have to unlock by finishing the previous ones
I finished the country road levels yayyyyy!! Next I want to do the Snow riff, but I’m already sure my game can not handle the speed. But I can not handle the speed too so i don’t think it would be a problem if it’s a bit slower. Here is the last country road level on the preview screen:
Heyyy I created a chord catalog where you can see the chords you need in each level. I drew the chords myselfs but it looks poorly so I’m doing it more professional
I finished level 1 to 3 with the 7 Nation Army riff and of course redisined level 1 to 3 so that the obstacles match the rithm of seven Nation Army. I also started with a level with chrods, but first I want to make a chord catalog where you can look how to play each chord you need for the level or, respectively the song. Here is one of the levels preview (it’s level 3) :
Heyooo, as I promised or said I created three levels for a riff to a real song. It’s the well known seven nation army riff (: The first level has just the notes you need for the riff, already in the correct order, but you have muchhh time to play them, so you get familar to where they are on your guitar. I have already plans to desing level two and three, but I have to sleep. So I will do it tomorrow or another day. I am very exited to do this and later show it to you!
Here is the array with the obstacles for level one, you can see which frets and strings I used for the riff:
Hello I changed the size so it is more playable on phone and made a preview to every level which is personal designed for each level… or it will be. I also testet a lot and made preview screenshots. Then I had the idea to use popular guitar riffs for my levels, so that you can actually play a song in the end, which I think would be muchhhh cooler than just some notes. I hope this will work!!!!! I don’t know what to show so here is one of the preview screenshots
I worked on the desert theme an nearly finished it, but I wantet to change how the game displays the notes and did it. But at first I ran into many issues. I desided to show one here. I first completely destroyed my layout and had to figure out what hapend and how to fix it. In the end I did it and also designed level 4! So here my broken layout…
I got the design showing up and it looks okay for now. Tomorrow I will try to get cleaner animations. I also aranged level 2 and 3. And did a looottt of testing
I’m designing my levels at the moment and rearanged level 1. Then I wanted to add different themes… I started with a desert theme. I implemented it just like my arcade theme but it did not really work and I can’t tell why… But I guess I will figure it out
I finished the chord detection!!! But I’m not satisfied because it does not work as good as I want it. You have to play the chords very clear and loud so you need to use an amplifier if you play on electric guitar. I wanted the detection also to detect quiet chords, but I just don’t get it so I added this information at the beginning. At least it does work :)
Began to implement a chord detection, to extend my existing note detection, but ran in tooo many problems so I will continue tomorrow. And I designed one level (level 11) that means I rearanged the obstacles.
Stardance has extended, so I took the time to build some small features, like a loading screen, which is displayed when starting the game so thath the images can load before and not while playing. I also added a function which brings the game on full screen when starting and flips the screen if youre playing on phone (works with google on my phone). Annddd I added a note which only pops up, if you open the game for the first time (you can see it in the screenshot). I also cleaned the code, it’s the worst work and nobody really notices…
I made my game ready to ship. It is now fully playable!! I’ve added some basic funktions… You can take a look at the full game in this video!!! I will add some levels to round it up and then finally ship it
Hellooooo, I created a pause and a startscreen menu (: I also build the first level!
I tinkered a bit with th enote detection, but is hasn’t really improved much. The most visible result is probalby that I’ve improved - or at least changed - the design. I’m currently working on a pause menu and have laid the groundwork to create a tutorial soon. I definitely need to lock in over the next few days because I still have so many ideas - even though I have a math exam in four days and haven’t done a thing for it yet. But come on, it’s only math.
I’ve tidied up my code a bit - adding comments and organizing it into logical sections. I still habe a lot of work ahead of me there, but once that’s done, I’ll ve albe to continue working effectively.
Hey there! I’ve expanded the game in a few small ways and focused ont the basic design - adding a few animations here and there. And acuteally (to my surprise) everything is finally working so far. So, here is a video at last!
I’ve made the game largely responsive now and as you can see I experimented a bit with the backgrounds. I’ve added two more types of obstacles to provide more variety, but unfortunately, I still don’t habe a fully functional level ready - so, once again, just a screenshot:
I intergrated the note recognition with the game logic and my first test run was succesful: the player jumps when the right note is played at the right time and crashes into the obstacle if not. I also experimented with a few simple designs and had the idea of making the game responsive - I messed that up a bit, but I#m fixing it. Unfortunately, the game logic isn’t working quite right again yet, so here is just a screenshot
I’ve been working on pitch detection and ran into a few issues, but my program can now identify which string is being played based on its frequency. Unfortunately, it insn’t precise yet, because some strings share the same frequency as other strings at certain frets. Nevertheless, you can see it in my console here!
I created the fundamentals for my game and also a first very very basic animation
