Octave

Octave is a rythm game that utilizes two ways of communicating the notes you are supposed to play to indicate what part you take in your fight against the invading evil force. You take on the role of a troll defending your magical forest from the evil fey queen, and the aestethic setting is medival fantasy. By changing the music, aestethic and gameplay between each phase the player feels part of the fight by defending/dodging the enemys notes and then attacking with their own. By having the villian center stage Octave puts great emphasis on reaction, animation and visuals to make the player feel like they are actively taking part in a musical duel.