Can you escape from this surreal arcade reality? Survive the attacks of a boss battle and come out alive.

Sound Waves is a sound based evasion game where you have to dodge incoming waves and notes. Use your wits and don’t pass out!

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This is a retro arcade pixel style game made for Game Off 2025, with the theme ‘waves’. 

Controls: WASD or arrow key. Click to continue dialogue.

Credits:

Programmer : ViyWolf (https://viywolf.itch.io/)

Artist, story, and music : clov3r_leaf(https://clov3r-leaf.itch.io/)

Inspired by Undertale and Deltarune

Font : Byte Bounce by HipFonts: https://www.1001fonts.com/bytebounce-font.html

Music made with BeepBox.

Game made in Godot.

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Aside: I'm pretty sure the game works best when downloaded (sorry to the two mac and linux users) Idk why but whenever I export the camera is not where I set it to be? Ngl help would be very appreciated if someone explained to me why this is (probably bad coding). Wait, are you asking why there are random audio glitches? Not sure, you must have bad wifi.

Anyways, heres some lore justification on the glitches in this game:
Why do some of the waves not enter the circle? GrimGuy has bad aim.

Why is it not pixel perfect despite being a retro arcade game? It was a badly made game (in both ways but let's say I meant in lore).

Why are there random rocks everywhere? Isn't that a hazard? Yes, it is a hazard, the last eight players who entered all died from falling rocks even before GrimGuy showed up. 

Why is there no diagonal movement? Because the spritesheet only has four directions, obviously. And uh, something something joystick? Actually I've never played an arcade game so I wouldn't know. I'm like, the opposite of an unc. 

What is up with the flying rectangles and lines anyways? It's kinda random don't you think? It feels like forced justification into the wave theme right? It's very colourful.

Why is the game named Sound Waves? Isn't that very cliche? Answer: Do I look like I'm creative?

Why does the screen flicker randomly? ...No it doesn't. Must be because of your bad wifi again.

Is this game a virus? Answer: No, why would it be? Unless this is reverse psychology, of course. Which it isn't.

Why am I writing all of this even though only 5 people will read it? Idk I just finished and I'm taking a break or something.

Why doesn't the artist know that you're writing all this instead of polishing the game? Uhhhhhhhhhhhh. If you're reading this, I was bored okay? And I took the liberty of naming the grim reaper, hope you like the name. Also, please play the game for once, I'm like 90% sure you have not played the game yet. Also, if you want me to change something, be clear with it please. And don't ask questions without using a question mark and one of the 5 Ws and H.