Low End
Low End — 4-string rhythm game
Low End is a compact rhythm game inspired by the feel of playing bass: 4 lanes, tight timing, and a groove meter that rewards consistency.
Hit notes cleanly, keep your groove up, and clear songs to unlock more content.
Features
- 4-lane "string" gameplay (simple inputs, timing-focused)
- Groove + multiplier system (steady play scores higher)
- Song packs + pack select (clear songs to unlock more packs)
- Hold notes and quick repeats
- Practice mode with adjustable scroll speed
- Timing calibration (hit offset)
- Multiple control schemes (dpad / dpad+xo / ox+dpad)
Controls
Menus
- ⬆️⬇️ move selection
- ❎ (X key) confirm
- 🅾️ (Z key) back
Gameplay
- 4 lanes based on your selected control scheme (default: ⬅️⬆️⬇️➡️)
- Hold 🅾️+❎ to restart the current song
- Hold 🅾️+⬆️ to quit back to song select
Note
Updating from older versions: if anything looks off (high scores, unlocks, pack states), try:
- Settings → Delete Save Data → Clear All Data
Patch Notes
v1.3
- Added three new song packs to the live rotation.
- Reworked pack access flow.
- Save/reset system overhaul for multi-cart stability.
- Improved cross-cart startup behavior.
- Small audio mix polish.
v1.2
- Song packs are live.
- Added song pack select with pack names, lock states, and active-pack indicators.
- Clear the base pack to unlock additional song packs.
- Save management is clearer:
- Clear current song pack
- Clear all data
- Updated menu language and flow for pack-based play.
v1.1
- New full menu flow with cleaner navigation and screen transitions.
- Added control layout options.
- Improved results screen with clearer accuracy/rank feedback.
- General UI/UX polish across prompts, hold actions, and feedback.

Comments
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Congratulations on the game, it's really cool.
However, I had difficulty unlocking other songs. I think it would be better if the notes were distributed in the following order: ⬇️➡️❎🅾️.
That way, the position of the notes would coincide with the position of the controller. Currently, when I'm on hard mode and pressing ⬇️ and then a ⬆️ appears, I find it difficult to remember that that note is the ⬆️ and not the ⬅️.
Thanks for the feedback! I've updated the game to include a control scheme setting. Enjoy!
Wow! Played right now and felt so much better. Thanks for the update.

Even got an S in the most difficult song to me.
🥹 Glad you liked it! I've got a lot of feedback/complaints from friends and family that song 2 hard is too hard lol
For me, it was very difficult with the previous layout; I only managed an A because it's possible to press all the buttons and still get a hit (yes, I cheated on my first attempt).
With this new layout, I still need to be careful, and even then I wasn't perfect, but the difference was huge.
Guess what? New songs are out! Try them out if you're interested! Thanks for being the only one in this comments section lol