#a magic user and their familiar- guy with musical schizophrenia but it's his daughter who can hear into the 4th dimension-

[arkyfox]

Two player rhythm game idea where one person plays the rhythm part and the other person moves the character around to dodge attacks and explore

When there's no danger or puzzles to music at the rhythm player can freestyle

Everything requires (usually simple) rhythm mechanics, cooperating to use the shop is actually hell when the rhythm player doesn't like what the character player wants to get

Rhythm player annoys the shit out of the character player by playing the exact same song over and over again and the character player annoys the shit out of the rhythm player by failing really basic platforming (both unironically and ironically)

There's audio cues for attacks that character player has to listen for with certain musical motifs signaling what sort of enemy or elemental attack while in battle or solving puzzles so they have a very musically driven experience

The rhythm player has to watch for certain visual cues like platforming patterns and color schemes to determine what kind of tempo or surprise rhythms/ mechanics they need to pay attention to and is overall a visually driven experience

By timing specific musical notes with abilities or dance moves the players can perform skills that give health/ stat boosts/ special puzzle abilities/ epic attack

There is no way there wouldn't be a learning curve but by the end of the game, both players learn to cooperate to bring out there full potential (falling into ravines on accident and endlessly playing the Pokemon theme song)

There are several Easter eggs referencing other games such as the character player crouching on a green pipe and the rhythm player playing the first notes of the underground Mario theme and something happening