Description

Rhythm Doctor is a one-button rhythm game that aims to invisibly teach complex music and rhythm theory. The core mechanic is simple: slam your spacebar on the 7th beat to save patients in a hospital. But every level has a twist on that concept: polyrhythms, offbeats, hemiolas, irregular time signatures.. if those don’t mean much to you, don’t worry - it’s designed to make you learn rhythm theory without even realising it!

History

See company presskit (the top-left-most link on this page) for our team's history. In short, Rhythm Doctor was originally a free Flash game inspired by Rhythm Heaven, made during college summer breaks from 2011 to 2012! The first online version was released at the end of 2012. We were still in university for a few years after that, but now we are finally full-time game developers able to work on this again, remaking the whole game in a new engine. The Flash version is still available, linked from our website. We did a little detour making a smaller game called A Dance of Fire and Ice, but that's released and now we are back on track, for real yes indeed

Features

  • 20+ handmade levels, each with their own story.
  • Every level introduces a different concept of rhythm theory in an accessible way.
  • A large cast of doctors and patients feature in an epic overarching storyline.
  • Play solo campaign or grab a friend for drop-in drop-out local multiplayer throughout the whole campaign!
  • Robust level editor with more than 400 community-made levels to play and learn from. Use your own music, place notes snapped to the beat, and use 50+ different visual effects and backgrounds.
  • Challenge levels for the brave.
  • Full visual and audio calibration settings.
  • A millisecond-precise rhythm engine, tested and tweaked over hundreds of hours.

Videos

Greenlight Trailer — YouTube

Gameplay Overview — YouTube

Images

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Awards & Recognition

  • "BIG Festival Best Audio Winner" São Paulo, 2018
  • "Tencent Games Innovation Competition Bronze Award Winner" Shenzhen, 2018
  • "IndieCade LA Finalist" IndieCade LA, 2017
  • "WePlay China Best Overseas Game Nominee" China, 2017
  • "Level Up KL Best Audio Winner" Malaysia, 2017
  • "BICFest Best Audio Winner" South Korea, 2017
  • "Indie Prize: Best Audio Award" Casual Connect, Singapore, May 2017
  • "IGF Student Showcase Nominee" San Francisco GDC, 2014
  • "PC Gamers' Top 50 Free Games of All Time" PC Gamer, 2016
  • "Government Grant Recipient" Intellectual Property Creators Challenge (IPCC), Malaysia, 2015
  • "Peru Startup Government Grant Recipient" Peru, 2017

Selected Articles

  • The base mechanic and premise of Rhythm Doctor are gold for me. Rhythm is in everything, and I'm glad the developers found it in medicine.
    John Polson, IndieGames.com
  • I found it hard to drag myself away from this little gem.
    Colin Campbell, Polygon
  • Rhythm Doctor is a trippy rhythm game that aims to invisibly teach you complex music and rhythm theory (...) It looks cool and sounds great.
    Nathan Grayson, Kotaku
  • A genuine masterclass in rhythm game design.
    Laura K Dale, IndieHaven
  • Even if you've checked it out before, please try this new build. It's deliciously difficult, and that's really what keeps me coming back.
    Dale North, Destructoid
  • A rad Rhythm Paradise-esque browser game (...) sadistically difficult.
    Jeffrey Matulef, Eurogamer
Gamasutra Interview
Interview we gave in 2014 regarding our IGF nomination. gamasutra.com.
Original Soundtrack
Some of the music, uploaded as we go along. soundcloud.com.
Rhythm Doctor Browser Demo
Our online browser demo. fizzd.itch.io.
Rhythm Doctor Greenlight Page
Our Greenlight page (we were greenlit 28th March 2017) steamcommunity.com.

About 7th Beat Games

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Rhythm Doctor Credits

Hafiz Azman
Game Design, Programming, Music
Winston Lee
Artist
Giacomo Preciado
Programming
Alberto Gonzalez
Additional Programming
Jose Cahuana
Additional Programming
Jenny Crowe
Additional Level Designer
Kyle Labriola
PR/Marketing, Community Manager