Rhythm Road Trip

Hit the road in Rhythm Road Trip, a high-speed rhythm game where you're driving through a vibrant, summer-themed world. Dodge oncoming traffic, switch between three lanes, and tap along to the beat of hi-hats, snares, and kicks. Land lane switches or beat hits on time to rack up points and build stylish combos. 

Controls:
- A and D or left and right arrow keys to switch lanes
- W and S or up and down arrow keys to increase and decrease speed
- Hit Spacebar on the beat to score more points!
- Beat changes every 1000 points!
-Don't hit a car!

Key Features:

• 🎵 Rhythm mechanics inspired by Guitar Hero & Rock Band

• 🚗 Lane-switching infinite runner gameplay

• 🏖️ Summer-themed environments!

• 💥 On-beat visual effects, combo streak bonuses, and chill music

• 🎧 Built using custom beat-building tools and sample-based audio design

• 🧠 Created in Unity 6 with URP, using AI-powered tools for scripting support

This is my submission for the Bezi 2025 Rhythm Game Jam!  I joined the jam with only 3.5 days left before the submission deadline. Naturally, I spent a little too much time experimenting with Bezi itself — testing its strengths and learning how it integrates with Unity.

My Thoughts on Bezi:

What worked well:
Bezi is super helpful, especially for early development. It integrates cleanly into Unity and acts like a very smart rubber duck — great for debugging and brainstorming. It helped me prototype ideas quickly and get systems off the ground.

Limitations I noticed:
Like other AI tools, Bezi sometimes hallucinated or offered off-base advice. I found it shines best when creating new scripts from scratch, but it can struggle a bit when refactoring or tweaking complex existing systems. Still, for fast iteration in a jam context, it was a big help.

Future Plans

I may continue to work on this project in my spare time, as there were a ton of things I wanted to add to this game but was unable to due to time constraints. These ideas include, but are not limited to:

• Scoreboard - I really wanted to get in a basic save/load scoreboard system, but I honestly spent too much time playing with Bezi, making my own beat creation system, and finding assets.
• Better NPC Car behavior! The other cars on the road currently have a very basic avoidance system, but there are still occasions where a traffic jam occurs, and the player is forced to crash. 
• More sounds and beats!
• Support for uploading a song and it generating the beats shown on the road. 
• More landscapes and scenery 
• Power ups that you collect and then choose to use whenever, like Mario Kart "?" boxes
•  Multipliers for hitting space bar on the beat consecutively
• Better lighting and add particle FX!

🙏 Credits & Special Thanks

• 💖 My beautiful wife Sherill, the love of my life! Thank you for always supporting me!

• 🎧 Sam — Thanks for Unity audio advice and great playtesting feedback!

• 🧠 The Bezi team — Thanks for building a powerful AI tool and hosting this jam!

• 🧰 Asset Credits:

  • PolyPerfect: Universal Low Poly Asset Pack

  • Boxophobic: Polyverse Skies

  • LayerLabs: GUI Pro Casual Game UI Assets

  • Dusty Room Free Casual Game SFX Pack

  • Other SFX are from my personal audio library.
    
    

A Game by Nicholas J Carlson