"I shall teach you brats a lesson in music!" "But I have a master's degree in fine arts and musi-!" *"SHUT UP"*

Yinu killed it on that piano tho

Kid: *plays magnificent reprise of a classic song* Protag: let's stop this noise right now *squeaky out-of-sync guitar rift*

I really like Yinu and mama seems like shes legitimately defending her daughter.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the godly amounts of smug on Yinu's face when she dropped the beat on Mayday at 3:22 ?

My only problem with this is that the soundtrack is great, and i love how the enemies sync to it. This is a problem because the player doesn't, all the attacks are loud squeaky riffs or drum rolls that totally ruin the music, which seems to be the point of the game.

It's cool that when the boss is embracing her daughter the instruments change to guitars.

I like yinu's voice that's what's getting me and her outfit is so cute and her music and that smiget of cocky attitude

sooo we are the bad guys

I dunno, at first glance it does seem like the mom is protecting her child, but there are a couple times where the pianist sounds afraid of her mom's behavior, perhaps the pianist is a sort of willing slave to her mom's ambitions for her?

Did you guys notice that on 8:48 in Yinu/her moms concept art it looks like Yinu’s shadow is locked behind bars as “Mama” prevents Mayday and Zuke from reaching her. Also during the demo a gate and lock is what originally prevent our protagonist from fighting her, plus it seems like in all of Yinu’s promos her mom or aspects of her mom are always around her. I theorize that “Mama” has become so overbearing over Yinu’s talent to the point where it’s become an obsession. Maybe Mayday and Zuke will help Yinu break free or show “Mama” the error of her ways.

why did they take away the smug face and mama's glowing eyes hjhjjhghjgg

This game's got style, passion, roots, a bopping ost and awesome boss design from what this demo shows. Definitely on my radar now

Definitely needs more polish gameplay wise, but aside from that the music is absolutely awesome!

I can't help but wonder, WHY are Maday and Zuke going after the other musicians again? I mean, yeah they seem quite arrogant, but Yinu seemed to be minding her own business until her performance was crashed.

Yinu: Piano The Mother: Dubstep The Father(unseen but speculated to be on Yinu's trailer): ???

This game looks very ps2-ish in gameplay and presentation so I’m definitely going to keep this on my radar because games like this rarely appear nowadays

The fact that they finished this game IN A YEAR is SO impressive to me! Like I feel like it would take much longer than that!

The smirk that yinu gives when she starts the fight is better than the frown she gives in the final product.

The music is incredible, however aspects of the gameplay do still need work. Along with the story.

You have no idea how hard it is to find classical music and EDM mashed together in complete Harmony on and off KZfaq. Music like this is extremely rare.

i think it would be better and more simple if the second character was not present. hes awkwardly sitting there while you attack and takes no damage for the sake of not turning this into an escort game.

oh so this is where the 1st track on the approach mix from the ost plays interesting to see an older build... nice audio quality for a lot of the sounds /s yinu looks pretty dead inside with those eyes lol also fun fact: the unfinished animations are actually still in the files today

I hope they make the combat more advance in this game, like unlockable moves or combos

Mayday: Wueghhh, you gotta be kidding me. I've heard this a craptilion times... *music intensifies* O_O Yinu: *Uh huh and what?*

So, the sound design with the protagonists is pretty at odds with this being a music-themed game. Random sounds and riffs keep you from enjoying the score, when the protagonists should be complementing or outdoing it with their own. Could stand to learn from Crypt of the Necrodancer and DOOM

OK im glad other ppl see the samething about the gameplay. I thought I was just hating. Music is cool though

No Straight Roads, developed by Metronomik Studio, Wan Hazmer is the CEO, ex-SquareEnix and Lead Designer of FFXV

Good heavens, I didn't expect Yinu to be so, *meme worthy* I mean just look at these: 2:41 and 3:27

I really like this version of her intro more, the fact she just opens her eyes with a sinister smile gives me goosebumps

this game got style and awesome music, but i wish they showed more teamwork in this demo, for now second character just seems useless. also both of them are really annoying and honestly it looks like they are the bad guys.

I like how yinus's hair looks like a flower bed while her mother's is legit a dying red tree

I know it's still in development so i won't bash on it to hard but that animation and voice acting needs some improvement

THIS GAME LOOKS SOO DOPE!! But ngl the voice acting needs some work. Definitely going to check this game out tho.

Imagin if a kubo and the two stings game was made by these guys

Holy shit that music though. I love it!

the songs, they gave me goosebumps

5:36 really got my blood pumping! Awesome!!

I demand a Bassist

This game looks like it was inspired by that one bit in Scott pilgrim where he goes into a battle of the bands

I'm not going to lie. I wish they kept the raining part Its still good without it,but imagine how cool that'd be if they kept it

I'm glad ppl are acknowledging that Mayday and Zuke seem more like bullies than protagonists. Cause how they acted toward Yinu, calling her music boring... how am I supposed to root for someone who talks trash towards a kid and her entire genre? Isn't that what the villain in a basic film like Trolls World Tour was doing?

people complaining about the gameplay dont seem to realize its a callback to a different time for games. It feels very classic arcade/ something double fine wouldve made way back. Good nostalgia vibes 4me

Does anyone else just like watching the notes bounce along?

Okay, I’m getting tired of saying this individually, so here’s the skinny on the context. This girl and 5 other EDM artists are a part of an evil label, which is using up all of Vinyl City’s electricity. Essentially a dictatorship over what kind of music counts a music as well. Mayday and Zuke (Orange and Green respectively) are try to dethrone them and get back the city’s electricity and freedom of music choice. This mother seems to be the one pulling the strings of her daughter, using her for her talent alone to hold her position.

I kinda wish they kept Yinu's devious grin when she derailed from the original melody, gave her a more menacing tone than the grimace she makes now, but still a great boss/character regardless.

I still come back to this every now and then, because I really like this edm version more then the final one, as well as the rain in the penultimate phase.

Everything is beautiful, but the voice acting...I have a love-hate relationship with it.

I absolutely love this rendition of Canon. I keep coming back to this video to listen to it over and over again.

In the final version, they really should have kept the rain effect.

i have to say it at 3:25 the music suddenly reminded me of Kingdom Hearts music. If you dont believe me wat the clip and see

Oh this is amazing! The trailer had me skeptical, but gameplay convinced me!

Strong visuals, great music. Gameplay looks passable for now but not bad. Voice work is... odd. I like it myself.

7:20 I like how the mother cuts off from zuke’s sentence

This was the first demo, and i noticed that some things had changed, like Yinu's Smirk at the first part, when the mother appeared, even the music! It's still amazing but- Yinu's smirks shows more power- and they changed it to an Angry emotion-

I’m liking what I see so far.

I STILL CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT THAT FACE XDDDDDDDD (3:27)

5:41 bruh look at yinu and the piano

Looking at this now and looking at the full release of the game is actually pretty damn good progress if I do say so myself

2:39 When I forget there’s a test the next day but it’s 11:59

i love the voice acting in this game so much, especially as a malaysian. it's nice to hear people speak in your country's accent in games since that's a big rarity for malaysians

did i just see this kid do a piano drop...10/10!

I like this version a tiny bit more than than the more recent one. Having the phases playout in front of you feels better and it just seems more challenging with the more frequent notes

The only thing I wish they kept from the demo is the smug Yinu face, the glow effects from Yinu's mom, and the rain effects

"Entitled parent: THE GAME"

5:38 “Listen to this.” *aaa* Epic beat drop ever

wow wow - really love the art

this already looks really good, i can’t wait to see it finished😊😊

I love how yinu fell in a t-pose

her sudden look of "you were saying" when the tone changed is great

OMG! This is gorgeus! Is only a demo and I got goosebumps! This is music with gameplay and I love it! Who is working on the music? His or her work is kind of familiar to me.

"No straight roads" Tutorial: +Straight Road+

Damn. I knew the mom looked weird in the thumbnail

Yinu's smug face 3:27

I already wanna download the soundtrack XD got me wanting the game!

That music... smells like Funk Fiction... *_Looks it up_* Yup. It's Funk Fiction. And he's making music for the bad guys. You're gonna make me kill what I love

i can see this becoming like hat in time once the combat, animations, and voicelines are fixed and improved tbh

This is my kind of game, can't wait for the full version when it comes out, thats some kickass music btw

I don't know why buy I'm get tim shacfer vibes from the visual style. And i absolutely love it

I like the art style

8:53 I love this type of music.

I WANT THIS SO MUCH I LOVE ROCK N ROLL EVER SINCE I WAS A KID AND THIS JUST LOOKS AMAZING!!!

The peeps saying the va is bad Are TECHNICALLY calling Malaysians cringey. Which they are. Majority of em are. But still tho. Its rare for them to actually voice in games.

The newer demo is out and they improved a lot in many aspects. Although, I think the music in this version is by far the best one out of the two.

This game is funky. I'd play to hear the music.

I didnt wanna watch this clip as to avoid spoilers but I finally caved and I did not expect Yinu to sound like that

Darn this game is so dope and the sound track is amazing too

the mothers voice acting + the effects on it are KILLER

2:34 me after my slumber

A year later, and there's been a LOT of refinement towards the HUD and elements towards the game from this demo it's pretty shocking at that! This fight alone got a lot of touch ups and better animations! The Zipper cuts for the images was a cute touch, but how they went about it for the final I think just fows and looks a lot better and smoother!

3:18 that smirk had me dying. Lol. She knew what she was doing!

i do love you can tell it is malaysian voice actors, try as we might we can never get rid of that accent

I think I going to get this game for the music...

I've been looking for this game for a while. Got to chat with some of the people working on this at a certain convention. Managed to voice out my concerns for the game, mainly the voice acting. Told them it looks freaking awesome tho.

Back again. it's like tradition

Okay, this game looks absolutely amazing, finally something very unique we haven't seen for a long while.

This is actually a interesting boss, can't wait to see more.

Does anybody notice the music shifts more towards EDM in each phase?

This is a great concept I been waiting to see for so long

This seems very promising but I feel as of there should be a system to encourage playing to the beat just as the bosses do (something that would allow you to gain extra damage or something).