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 ⬅️.

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Thanks for the feedback! I've updated the game to include a control scheme setting. Enjoy!

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Wow! Played right now and felt so much better. Thanks for the update.
Even got an S in the most difficult song to me.

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🥹 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.

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Guess what? New songs are out! Try them out if you're interested! Thanks for being the only one in this comments section lol