Scratchin' Melodii [DEMO] by LJ LephemStar (2025)

Scratchin’ Melodii is a rhythm game about self expression!

Inspired by the classic roots of the rhythm game genre, repeat or remix beats to find your own groove in a radical Funk & Hip-Hop adventure! Join Melodii, a young DJ, on their ridiculous journey to pay off their community service debt.

Most Recent Devlog: Progress Checkup! (Aug. 2024) | Scratchin' Melodii Devlog

Most Recent Demo: Christmas SAGE 2023Demo V1.033 (Jan 19, 2024)
Please note that this is the last demo of the game while I work on finishing the full game. The contents of this demo may not represent the final game, as this demo was released mainly for testing and feedback purposes. Many things are more or less finished than others, in no particular order.

You can get the soundtrack here!:https://lj-lephemstar.bandcamp.com/album/scratchin-melodii-ost

Official Website:https://www.scratchin-melodii.com

This demo features:

6 playable songs
If you played the last version of the demo, you'll notice that the Vocaloid tuning and/or vocal mixing has been redone for the returning songs!

Cream Cheese Icing(Kinda new! Completely redone since the last demo)
Nami.WAV
Stir & Mix
Grease Poppin'
Supastar Tennis(New!)
Sidechain Fever(New!)

The first Act of the game's Story Mode
Story Mode has been almost completely redone since the last demo! Now taking place in a new more cinematic 3d environment.

How To Play

All of the gameplay happens on theRhythm Tracks.

When the line is blue, you'll see your opponent's icon start moving as they lay down a beat. After they're done, it's your turn to respond to that beat using the available buttons shown on the Rhythm Track. The start of your turn will be indicated by a controller rumble and Melodii's icon beginning to move,

When the line is pink,Melodii will have their own unique set of available buttons to press. The start of your turn will be indicated by a controller rumble and Melodii's icon beginning to move.

At the start of each turn, only Rhythm Tracks being used for that line will light up.
For example, this is aDouble Line, so both the top and bottom tracks are lit up. Double Lines use both Rhythm Tracks and are played from top to bottom.

Scoring Meters

Rhythm- This will increase every time you gain points from being on-beat with the song. To stay on-beat, line up your button presses with the beat dots and stars on the Rhythm Tracks.

Expression- This will increase every time you gain points from remixing the suggested line using the available buttons.

Obedience- This will increase every time you gain points from following the exact button order and timing of the suggested line.

Expression is much more valuable to your score than obedience, so really try to mix things up when you can! Have fun!

TROUBLESHOOTING

"How do I freestyle/How does the Expression meter work?"

Here's a full guide!https://lj-lephemstar.itch.io/scratchin-melodii/devlog/653636/scratchin-melodii-...

"Why isn't my controller working/mapped right?"

This usually either happens because another program is interferingwith the game's native controller support or because you're using an unsupported controller.

Other possible solutions:

(If playing natively)

Make sure Steam, DS4Windows, or any other program that affects controller input isn't running in the background
Make sure your controller is player 1
If you're using an NS Pro Controller natively, try using it wirelessly

If none of that works, you may be using an unsupported controller. In that case,try adding the game to your Steam Library as a non-Steam game.

(If added to Steam as a non-Steam game)

Make sure DS4Windows or any other program that affects controller input isn't running in the background
Make sure your controller is player 1
Make sure you have the config for your controller enabled in your Steam settings.

"Why aren't my controller vibrations working?"
This game has vibration signals, which serve as warnings to help with being prepared for things such as upcoming lines. If yours isn't working, possible fixes are:

Make sure Steam(if running game natively), DS4Windows, or any other program that affects controller input isn't running in the background
If you're using a NS Pro Controller, try adding the game to your Steam Library as a non-Steam game and playing it from there.

"I'm experiencing some or a lot oflag."
I'm not sure how low I'll be able to get the minimum system requirements for the full game, but at the moment if you don't have a decent enough PC, it's unfortunately going to have a hard time running the game, especially if your system can't run the game at its intended framerate (60fps).I'll do my best optimization-wise, but please keep in mind that there will always be a certain point where weaker systems will just not be able to run the game properly. Lag also increases the chances of certain bugs/glitches happening.

	Minimum System Requirements (Estimation)	RecommendedSystem Requirements (Estimation)
OS:	64-bit Windows 10	64-bit Windows 10
Processor:	2 Ghz	3.59 Ghz
Memory:	8 GB RAM	16 GB RAM
Graphics:	8 GB VRAM	8 GB VRAM
Storage:	2 GB available space	5 GB available space

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Scratchin' Melodii [DEMO] by LJ LephemStar (2025)

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