No Straight Roads - Mother and Child Gameplay Demo

[@sailordarty9032]

"I shall teach you brats a lesson in music!" "But I have a master's degree in fine arts and musi-!" *"SHUT UP"*

[@advanceprismz4689]

"I think we just got scolded by a kid"

[@joemiller9948]

Ain't gonna lie that got me holding my sides

[@azuredragon8388]

Acting’s questionable but that was an amazing moment

[@loganmartinez2439]

No u you ENTITLED PARENT!

[@TheAsylumCat]

Ladies and gentlemen the state of politics

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

Yinu killed it on that piano tho

[@redflame300]

Ikr

[@aravardanyan5448]

@@brentdye1504 CLASSIC??!!!!

[@reminisents]

@@aravardanyan5448 ARA??!!!!

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

Kid: *plays magnificent reprise of a classic song* Protag: let's stop this noise right now *squeaky out-of-sync guitar rift*

[@The8WorldKing]

Vicente isaac Lopez valdez what song is she reprising?

[@froppyfroggo4637]

@@The8WorldKing its a classic Mozart song I believe

[@archanaperera3169]

@@The8WorldKing Pachelbel's Canon in D Major

[@Mystravian]

I really like Yinu and mama seems like shes legitimately defending her daughter.

[@PRchris13]

Caleb Meilink-Smith she is defending the music

[@Mystravian]

@@PRchris13 maybe, but shes nice about it.

[@red1gogo1]

yah and the kid dosent feel like a spoiled brat

[@TornaitSuperBird]

red1gogo1 This is actually really well-thought-out in my opinion. Yinu’s mother being the real boss makes sense- an overbearing, almost slavish parent seems to be the real danger rather than the child prodigy, who in some cases ends up being a victim.

[@grunner7557]

I'd say it's less defending her daughter and more defending her ticket to fame. She escalates the fight far beyond what would be considered reasonable while simply telling Yimu to just keep playing instead of actually caring about her safety.

[@velvetalabaster5178]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the godly amounts of smug on Yinu's face when she dropped the beat on Mayday at 3:22 ?

[@H05H1_STAR]

The fact that it got removed makes me sad, lol

[@LePeachy2024]

@@H05H1_STAR yeah It got replaced with a face of murderous intent 😰

[@WannabeWryter]

Yeah, I would have kept the smug.

[@nikojutsuowo847]

Its still in the original You just need to look at mayday the whole time But it remove fast so make sure to focus only on mauday

[@mooniera2810]

I actually liked the zipper frames around Mayday and Zuke. Shame they took it out of the final product.

[@WIT_Boudicca]

My only problem with this is that the soundtrack is great, and i love how the enemies sync to it. This is a problem because the player doesn't, all the attacks are loud squeaky riffs or drum rolls that totally ruin the music, which seems to be the point of the game.

[@codebracker]

Maybe your attacks could be stronger if on the beat?

[@WIT_Boudicca]

@@codebracker i would suggest rather that your attacks just come out on beat, whenever you pull out your guitar or drums your character riffs with the stage music, even the turrets should probably fire in time.

[@arsontheaverage8821]

i think they should be removed from the game. They ruin the music

[@WIT_Boudicca]

@@arsontheaverage8821 Well it's probably inadvised to completely remove how the player interacts with the stage, nor the auido feedback for them doing so, as a rythm game i think it's an interesting concept of how to interact, that interaction, i believe, should just compliment the score, rather than contrast with it.

[@rav1n393]

Broddiccus In Mario odyssey, they did something like that when Mario enters the electric lines; the arpeggios matches the stages music.

[@Distant13ocean]

sooo we are the bad guys

[@loganthelil-beast9336]

Well yes but actually no.

[@motodin4210]

@@loganthelil-beast9336 well no but actually yes

[@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450]

Well, apparently they are the ones to enter worlds that are totally functional and destroy beautiful music, maybe out of jealousy.

[@ewandikoalam3505]

from what i can remember the story is the city is run by NSR which only let their artists (like Yinu) and only their artists to play and create music idk

[@itzfroggi22]

@@vicenteisaaclopezvaldez2450 well in the DJ's level mayhem did say that they were using alot of electricity, so that might be the problem

[@STUMPED122]

I like yinu's voice that's what's getting me and her outfit is so cute and her music and that smiget of cocky attitude

[@ToxicognathHugs]

Her hair's super cute too, looks like a bouquet of roses.

[@harveycustodio2625]

It's cool that when the boss is embracing her daughter the instruments change to guitars.

[@victoriagonzalez1889]

Did you guys notice that on 8:48 in Yinu/her moms concept art it looks like Yinu’s shadow is locked behind bars as “Mama” prevents Mayday and Zuke from reaching her. Also during the demo a gate and lock is what originally prevent our protagonist from fighting her, plus it seems like in all of Yinu’s promos her mom or aspects of her mom are always around her. I theorize that “Mama” has become so overbearing over Yinu’s talent to the point where it’s become an obsession. Maybe Mayday and Zuke will help Yinu break free or show “Mama” the error of her ways.

[@zacharyr666]

I hope so.

[@averagesnatcherenjoyer7272]

in a way you were right

[@noahwilson3809]

I can't help but wonder, WHY are Maday and Zuke going after the other musicians again? I mean, yeah they seem quite arrogant, but Yinu seemed to be minding her own business until her performance was crashed.

[@kellis9351]

something something evil EDM organization? which makes no sense as yinu is classical but whatever

[@noahwilson3809]

@@kellis9351 I think EDM is like some form of Auto-Tune to them.

[@nebulosity7266]

The story goes that an evil corporation is trying to take over vinyl city using computer generated music like EDM and stuff like that. These bosses are the main creators of this and they’re trying to stop them from destroying Vinyl City.

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Nebulosity It can also be a good allegory for the soul being taken out of music, or how these large corporations usually step on smaller acts...

[@BunPrince]

so people like yinu's mother and not yinu herselfm

[@Waterrd]

This game's got style, passion, roots, a bopping ost and awesome boss design from what this demo shows. Definitely on my radar now

[@SkullHavoc7]

I dunno, at first glance it does seem like the mom is protecting her child, but there are a couple times where the pianist sounds afraid of her mom's behavior, perhaps the pianist is a sort of willing slave to her mom's ambitions for her?

[@MasterSorez]

Look at how shes holding him with strings, like a puppet for her own ambitions, seems like it.

[@leevkop8229]

Well the mom is raging whilst the child is quite calm, so that's why she sounds worried. Not out of fear but out of concern.

[@Metalguy40]

Definitely needs more polish gameplay wise, but aside from that the music is absolutely awesome!

[@colinmckoy4445]

Agreed

[@manicpanic1]

It is a demo so things probily be polished out by release

[@CrimsonNeo]

People from Sonic After / Before the Sequel and Spark the Eletric Jester amde the soundtrack of this game.

[@tonywizdard1531]

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[@manofsauce5667]

The smirk that yinu gives when she starts the fight is better than the frown she gives in the final product.

[@LouiSwagula]

This game looks very ps2-ish in gameplay and presentation so I’m definitely going to keep this on my radar because games like this rarely appear nowadays

[@zerotodona1495]

Luiswagula agreed! I got a psychonaughts feel from it

[@reefslider1]

why did they take away the smug face and mama's glowing eyes hjhjjhghjgg

[@brokenman4414]

The music is incredible, however aspects of the gameplay do still need work. Along with the story.

[@alicepetyablackburn1498]

Keep Ashly and Anthony Birch away with this game (preferably via a blacklist)

[@evanallaire2829]

Mem

[@brimbo7306]

I think we just need context for the story it is just a demo but it looks like it has a lot of potential

[@wilfur3077]

@@alicepetyablackburn1498 who?

[@alicepetyablackburn1498]

Apocalyptus Official Ashly and Anthony birch are a brother-sister duo on youtube. They’re known for making Borderlands garbage and gamergate.

[@xtrafries123]

Yinu: Piano The Mother: Dubstep The Father(unseen but speculated to be on Yinu's trailer): ???

[@exile_kzk]

that is titania i guess

[@HorrorLover98]

Mayday: Wueghhh, you gotta be kidding me. I've heard this a craptilion times... *music intensifies* O_O Yinu: *Uh huh and what?*

[@joyfulvision]

The fact that they finished this game IN A YEAR is SO impressive to me! Like I feel like it would take much longer than that!

[@quakerdx5435]

Ikr. The glow up from then VS now is amazing.

[@boomarcus22]

OK im glad other ppl see the samething about the gameplay. I thought I was just hating. Music is cool though

[@zerotodona1495]

OnThatMolly it needs some tightening for sure but it has classic ps2 feels to it

[@sawson9992]

You have no idea how hard it is to find classical music and EDM mashed together in complete Harmony on and off KZbin. Music like this is extremely rare.

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

i think it would be better and more simple if the second character was not present. hes awkwardly sitting there while you attack and takes no damage for the sake of not turning this into an escort game.

[@fel293]

Yeah, if the main character just changed her instrument, i think it would be better

[@kroshokrosho783]

or if the second character actually does sthings other than follow the leader, id like it if he was like donald and goofy in kh or better

[@luiseduardo6861]

you made me remember Nier Automata with your comment. Man the duo really felt like a duo

[@phylippezimmermannpaquin2062]

@@luiseduardo6861 ah, a man of culture

[@nidgithm]

oh so this is where the 1st track on the approach mix from the ost plays interesting to see an older build... nice audio quality for a lot of the sounds /s yinu looks pretty dead inside with those eyes lol also fun fact: the unfinished animations are actually still in the files today

[@baitposter]

So, the sound design with the protagonists is pretty at odds with this being a music-themed game. Random sounds and riffs keep you from enjoying the score, when the protagonists should be complementing or outdoing it with their own. Could stand to learn from Crypt of the Necrodancer and DOOM

[@flngodingo9647]

Gladly, this is now a feature :D

[@cursy_blot]

this game got style and awesome music, but i wish they showed more teamwork in this demo, for now second character just seems useless. also both of them are really annoying and honestly it looks like they are the bad guys.

[@viniciusgabriel10]

I had that impression too because they were ruining the girl's show just because they don't like her music genre.

[@Mcl-cg3jd]

@@viniciusgabriel10 I hope they make the protagonists at least somewhat likable. If both of them are just jerks than it can be hard to actually see them as heroes and not bullies. It would help if we had there backstory and more info about them.

[@leevkop8229]

Worst part is that the two main characters don't make any music themselves, they only interrupt the music that is playing.

[@felipedelrioalvarez6335]

Yep they mayby are the badnes especialy they its literaly atack a tyni boy

[@felipedelrioalvarez6335]

@@viniciusgabriel10 the only music like to that girl its rock they dont respect the anothers Styles of music

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

I know it's still in development so i won't bash on it to hard but that animation and voice acting needs some improvement

[@ale3ser209]

The cutscene animations seems artistically intentional.

[@hoggers3524]

Interesting game, but the voice acting really needs work. Ruins it

[@kajipup7550]

@@hoggers3524 The voice actors are just fine! Just very heavily accented, gives it charm.

[@jbbamboo3782]

i love the voice acting

[@hipten]

Bless-ter Facts I love the voice acting !

[@Jon_Zeku]

Imagin if a kubo and the two stings game was made by these guys

[@AmirAkidMarwilisAmirHakim]

No Straight Roads, developed by Metronomik Studio, Wan Hazmer is the CEO, ex-SquareEnix and Lead Designer of FFXV

[@redwicked9517]

That explains the why I got kingdom hearts vibes from the gameplay footage

[@MercenaryPhase]

That explains the South east Asian English accent

[@lowhp_comic]

I really like this version of her intro more, the fact she just opens her eyes with a sinister smile gives me goosebumps

[@Jack_Aplex]

I hope they make the combat more advance in this game, like unlockable moves or combos

[@qwargly]

I agree, that would definitely be nice

[@chefboyardee4732]

You can upgrade their weapons/instruments so I'm sure that would go hand in hand with it

[@krisgardner4885]

THIS GAME LOOKS SOO DOPE!! But ngl the voice acting needs some work. Definitely going to check this game out tho.

[@MercenaryPhase]

Sounds like the South East Asian English accent. Either Malaysian or (more probably imo) Singaporean. The "Cheh" at 6:53 seems to me like a dead giveaway. Ngl, I'm SEAsian myself but I hate the sound of it too 😂

[@HeliPotter2000]

@@MercenaryPhase Malaysian voice actor.

[@huh4379]

I think it fits it, really

[@Nitrodino7875]

you mean the audio quality on the voices? It sounds like shit mics from Far Cry 3. Heard that dialogue from npc's lately:? Sounds about this quality.

[@temperpepper]

Holy shit that music though. I love it!

[@bananabased]

the songs, they gave me goosebumps

[@tinygutterimp8966]

I like how yinus's hair looks like a flower bed while her mother's is legit a dying red tree

[@Robochipv8]

This game looks like it was inspired by that one bit in Scott pilgrim where he goes into a battle of the bands

[@thereisnico]

Same, but they said its inspired by FLCL vibes

[@n64central]

People are complaining about these guys being villains but the piano girl is a part of a evil business that involves only Edm in a city that accepts all music. So it makes sense

[@TheNintenfan64]

Okay, I’m getting tired of saying this individually, so here’s the skinny on the context. This girl and 5 other EDM artists are a part of an evil label, which is using up all of Vinyl City’s electricity. Essentially a dictatorship over what kind of music counts a music as well. Mayday and Zuke (Orange and Green respectively) are try to dethrone them and get back the city’s electricity and freedom of music choice. This mother seems to be the one pulling the strings of her daughter, using her for her talent alone to hold her position.

[@guy3480]

people complaining about the gameplay dont seem to realize its a callback to a different time for games. It feels very classic arcade/ something double fine wouldve made way back. Good nostalgia vibes 4me

[@suplexkirby64]

5:36 really got my blood pumping! Awesome!!

[@kori2123]

I demand a Bassist

[@kiweh3792]

@@Drakalfrack Ikr, that's a really good idea.

[@redflame300]

Eww

[@stylinsebastian7427]

Everything is beautiful, but the voice acting...I have a love-hate relationship with it.

[@sarafontanini7051]

i do like how seemingly eveyr character has a unique accent so far, gives the game a unique feel, even if its cause the game is made in another country XD

[@Rinesmyth]

Good heavens, I didn't expect Yinu to be so, *meme worthy* I mean just look at these: 2:41 and 3:27

[@Smoketrees1969]

3:27 menacing face

[@crybabybf1990]

I would love these to be templates

[@zachanikwano]

I'm glad ppl are acknowledging that Mayday and Zuke seem more like bullies than protagonists. Cause how they acted toward Yinu, calling her music boring... how am I supposed to root for someone who talks trash towards a kid and her entire genre? Isn't that what the villain in a basic film like Trolls World Tour was doing?

[@StainedRevenant]

In the final version, they really should have kept the rain effect.

[@naughtynyte3086]

I kinda wish they kept Yinu's devious grin when she derailed from the original melody, gave her a more menacing tone than the grimace she makes now, but still a great boss/character regardless.

[@Smoketrees1969]

5:41 bruh look at yinu and the piano

[@otakon17]

Strong visuals, great music. Gameplay looks passable for now but not bad. Voice work is... odd. I like it myself.

[@marsfab8019]

Oh this is amazing! The trailer had me skeptical, but gameplay convinced me!

[@guidestwave2958]

Bunk Bed Junction Vs. Yinu & Mother Bunk Bed Junction Vs. DJ Subatomic Supernova Bunk Bed Junction Vs. Sayu

[@KelsterLynn]

I absolutely love this rendition of Canon. I keep coming back to this video to listen to it over and over again.

[@yeshwizard7519]

7:20 I like how the mother cuts off from zuke’s sentence

[@justval9055]

This was the first demo, and i noticed that some things had changed, like Yinu's Smirk at the first part, when the mother appeared, even the music! It's still amazing but- Yinu's smirks shows more power- and they changed it to an Angry emotion-

[@loginnathaneugh9412]

Yea, ngl I loved the music in this demo, would love to listen to it.

[@azuredragon8388]

Does anyone else just like watching the notes bounce along?

[@darkstar4511]

did i just see this kid do a piano drop...10/10!

[@youcantbeatD]

I still come back to this every now and then, because I really like this edm version more then the final one, as well as the rain in the penultimate phase.

[@DelusionalMinds808]

You're not the only one, I wish they kept most of the visuals, vfx, and certain design choices they made during the Demo versions and the trailers. I loved Sayu and 1010s visuals on their fights. Yinu and DJ had the most impactful fights with the environment changing. EvE and Tatiana were not shown due to eve being a very hard character to design and Tatiana due to spoilers. But I just wish they kept most of the choices from earlier stages of the game.

[@youcantbeatD]

@@DelusionalMinds808 glad someone else agrees

[@TeamIcarus1]

i have to say it at 3:25 the music suddenly reminded me of Kingdom Hearts music. If you dont believe me wat the clip and see

[@Mystravian]

I think its the beat and that zoom out along with the tempo change. Also those triplets/quintuplets were raw af

[@TeamIcarus1]

@@Mystravian So true. I feel like this game has potential and can't wait to play it. Also the battle between rock and EDM will be decided finally

[@hipten]

Javier PrD I was thinking the same thing when I heard that part

[@SkinNYmini1819]

Omg yes, it reminded me of roxas and xions theme a little bit.

[@mattno100]

Its canon d major if not mistaken and the transition on point i like it a lot

[@Tyro_Dos]

I'm not going to lie. I wish they kept the raining part Its still good without it,but imagine how cool that'd be if they kept it

[@kwon4806]

I'm not sure but maybe they removed it because it made the game glitch ? Since they improved a lot the animation and all??

[@Tyro_Dos]

@@kwon4806 Ah,that's pretty reasonable.

[@marellycapetillo2932]

I STILL CAN'T STOP LAUGHING AT THAT FACE XDDDDDDDD (3:27)

[@tkhero7045]

This seems very promising but I feel as of there should be a system to encourage playing to the beat just as the bosses do (something that would allow you to gain extra damage or something).

[@corduroimelido4536]

I think the closest thing that the developers did add was the purple attacks, which go exactly with the beat and you could parry them to do extra damage to the boss. At least that’s what they showed in the gameplay preview.

[@RuRuRupert]

Yinu's smug face 3:27

[@FemboyJoe]

The peeps saying the va is bad Are TECHNICALLY calling Malaysians cringey. Which they are. Majority of em are. But still tho. Its rare for them to actually voice in games.

[@leevkop8229]

It is kind of weird because MayDay sometimes sounds perfectly normal and sometimes has a thick accent.

[@magicalmess6255]

Voice acting has nothing to do with race of the voice actor. People are calling it cringey because they don't like the voices of the characters, not because the voice actors are Malaysians. I bet no one even knew they were Malaysians either until you mentioned it or they recognize the accent.

[@eb-the-gamer6287]

I like this version a tiny bit more than than the more recent one. Having the phases playout in front of you feels better and it just seems more challenging with the more frequent notes

[@shadowmusicgamer7353]

Damn. I knew the mom looked weird in the thumbnail

[@Level80Seven]

This reminds me of bitrunner 2/3 and furi smashed together somehow 😝

[@multirole4137]

The only thing I wish they kept from the demo is the smug Yinu face, the glow effects from Yinu's mom, and the rain effects

[@Dtgray12]

I like the smug look better. Her new angry expression is too much.

[@lipucd]

A year later, and there's been a LOT of refinement towards the HUD and elements towards the game from this demo it's pretty shocking at that! This fight alone got a lot of touch ups and better animations! The Zipper cuts for the images was a cute touch, but how they went about it for the final I think just fows and looks a lot better and smoother!

[@arsontheaverage8821]

i can see this becoming like hat in time once the combat, animations, and voicelines are fixed and improved tbh

[@hyperentity114]

Ok can I just say how much I frigging love Zuke? It’s like he doesn’t even know what what kind of crap he’s gotten into

[@NuclearBucketMan]

i love the voice acting in this game so much, especially as a malaysian. it's nice to hear people speak in your country's accent in games since that's a big rarity for malaysians

[@DawingmanT900]

Im a Malaysian and I thought the voice acting was rubbish

[@NuclearBucketMan]

@@DawingmanT900 aight

[@calypsowhaleshark3669]

This game is funky. I'd play to hear the music.

[@ashmanchester2611]

I don't know why buy I'm get tim shacfer vibes from the visual style. And i absolutely love it

[@Arzamol5]

Same here! Reminds me of the inside of Milla Vodello's mind in Psychonauts. Even the characters look like smoother looking versions of characters that could be in Psychonauts.

[@dfx5886]

I didnt wanna watch this clip as to avoid spoilers but I finally caved and I did not expect Yinu to sound like that

[@austinmorrison6953]

I’m liking what I see so far.

[@DoctorObjection]

I like the rebelliousness of the whole thing. Like fighting for what you feel is right but not necessarily something others will understand or empathize with you for. Using music as a motif is kinda brilliant too for that sort of message since it's often associated with rebellious people. Side note: I'm greatly influenced by music, even on this channel i have like 20 or so playlist of just things I find here on youtube that I listen to on the way to work, in classes, etc. I usually listen to music to make me feel a specific way so when I hear the main character strumming on her guitar real fast to make that turret- it feels like weaponized rebellion in music. Idk, I'm a fan.

[@ogogogogogog]

the mothers voice acting + the effects on it are KILLER

[@trshbgs]

I like the art style

[@smileyboy2021]

This is my kind of game, can't wait for the full version when it comes out, thats some kickass music btw

[@MrBlizzetta]

> protagonists crash a little girl's concerto > makes fun of her speech problems > afterwards beat up their angry mom Why are we supposed to root for these guys again?

[@stevenee-san6201]

The newer demo is out and they improved a lot in many aspects. Although, I think the music in this version is by far the best one out of the two.

[@joyfulvision]

8:47 dubstep 8:53 disco 9:00 digital. Other forms of music that will probably or definitely be in this game: • classical (as shown in this video) • rap • country • pop • remix? • Jazz • hip hop? • EDM since rock is the main style of music that this game focuses on, there's no need to list that. rock

[@sadayukinaga9363]

Looking at this now and looking at the full release of the game is actually pretty damn good progress if I do say so myself

[@sonnystar6227]

this already looks really good, i can’t wait to see it finished😊😊

[@franklinbadge1215]

That music... smells like Funk Fiction... *_Looks it up_* Yup. It's Funk Fiction. And he's making music for the bad guys. You're gonna make me kill what I love

[@dsadler97]

Ik I wasn't the only one that felt that too.

[@Sunbreaker7]

Okay, this game looks absolutely amazing, finally something very unique we haven't seen for a long while.

[@nebulosity7266]

I WANT THIS SO MUCH I LOVE ROCK N ROLL EVER SINCE I WAS A KID AND THIS JUST LOOKS AMAZING!!!

[@karlsnilsson]

wow wow - really love the art

[@MarMar5654]

This is actually a interesting boss, can't wait to see more.

[@Tsukasamimi]

Gameplay and music looks and sounds amazing! Love it! Not sure why the main characters are bagging on such an awesome piano performance. Guess they just don't like classical music? I'll definitely be watching for this game!

[@TornaitSuperBird]

They hate anything related to NSR, apparently.

[@redflame300]

3:18 that smirk had me dying. Lol. She knew what she was doing!

[@peachdoesart7175]

I was googling jet grind radio and this came up so uh. My expectations are quite high now lol

[@matrinyer]

Great work from Wan Hazmer and his game studio company,Metronomik. I hope this game studio company will continue to be bigger and better,just like CD Projekt Red.

[@kareem-247]

Darn this game is so dope and the sound track is amazing too

[@MemoriesGamer612]

why the mother sound like Alex mom from wizards of waverly place

[@aareon9910]

her sudden look of "you were saying" when the tone changed is great

[@Property_Theft]

2:39 When I forget there’s a test the next day but it’s 11:59

[@khailtacular]

I've been looking for this game for a while. Got to chat with some of the people working on this at a certain convention. Managed to voice out my concerns for the game, mainly the voice acting. Told them it looks freaking awesome tho.

[@RainbowStray]

I wish I could have a video of just the music with the little sound effects in rythem, it's a really well done soundtrack