A Dance of Fire and Ice
A Dance of Fire and Ice is a strict one-button rhythm game. You control two orbiting planets as they travel down a winding path.
If you like the browser demo at the top of the page, you can scroll down (or check Steam) to get the paid full version with remastered art and lots more features and levels!
Note that the itch.io version here is cheaper than the Steam version because it does not come with Steam Workshop support (Steam doesn't allow it!). Level editor and custom levels are still totally available, you just have to load the levels manually from a URL.
Play our IGF nominated other rhythm game, Rhythm Doctor!
Use whichever key you want on the keyboard. The [ and ] keys adjust the offset.
- Remastered Art: Soar through each genre of music in a variety of colorful fantasy landscapes.
- New angles: Triangles are triplets, skewed verticals are swung notes.. when you're not limited to cardinal directions, there are a lot of new interesting rhythms to play with!
- Post-game challenges: Speed Trials for each world and blisteringly fast bonus levels for the brave.
- Play new levels for free: The full version contains more than 15 worlds. Tackle new songs and new rhythms as we expand the game with free level patches over the coming months.
Steam reviews - >90% positive.
Click the "Buy Now" button below to get the full version. Let us know what you think in the comments! Please note: the itch version does not come with a Steam key.
Having technical issues? Email support questions to: giacomo@7thbe.at or leave a message in the #adofai-bugs channel on our Discord!
Legacy Changelog:
v0.4.2 (5/12/18) Ported to WebGL! Only took four years
v0.3.1 (27/10/14) Calibration minigame!
v0.3.0 (4/10/14) Third level pack!
v0.2.0 Second level pack!
v0.1.2 Mashing guard!
v0.1.1 Added tutorial levels!
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3.99 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Comments
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i made it to wind up 1.2
I CAN'T BEAT THE WIND-UP!!!
This is great, but maybe you should add a practice mode to get a feel of some of the harder levels.
fizzd i wanna tell you that your the best at making rhythm games I especially like Rhythm Doctor but I finally beat THE WIND-UP (3-X) The music is awesome I love your games, Just keep doing what you do best fizzd.
Will you reply? I dont know but if you see this, Your awesome. (Play Rhythm Doctor in a new tab here!)
Edit: So far I'm on 3-X (1.4x) [Insane+(+)]
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooodd
gameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Its hard to describe how amazing this game is
Hm, the demo isn't working for me...
I'm running it in Brave (Chromium-based) on macOS.
I tried it in Safari, and it does run at first, but attempts to play ran into various other game-breaking errors.
What browser/platform do you support, that I should try the demo on?
hello. I have a macbook air and my downloaded version of the game is not working
great game :)
My balls won't move i need help
bruh my dirty mind
Thank god I'm not the only one.
You pervs
no they mean the blue and red planets
not the :- balls
yikes
I know what you mean, but my god the amount of replies on this one comment...
Holy cannoli this is SO addicting
My langhage is chinese.
When playing recently, the grid will not show the icon of play perfect or late , I want to know if it is a bug and how to fix it.
Thank you.
P.S I use steam version
When is the 1.10 update coming here ?
We just updated it!
how to i play adofai custom map?
Hi, go to the Level Editor portal that is on the left part on the level select. In the level editor, click on the tab located at the top, then click Open and open the level you want to play. If you want to find custom levels, you can visit the game's discord (shared with our other game, Rhythm Doctor): discord.gg/rhythmdr
Hey, is this 32-bit? All that's showing on my Mac is a black screen :/
Unity, the game engine we use, only supports building for 64-bit macOS. If your mac is from 2012 onwards, it should work with this. Maybe you're having a different problem. Download the latest version and let me know if it's still showing a black screen! Thank you.
This is such a simple premise, but executed so well!
on 2-X, the speed up part is a little broken. pls fi
Funny but why i don't have money ): lol
this game is quite fun because it mixes music with coordination
its funny how windup beginning is long than the pay version and became black in the recent update :3
I purchased version 1.4.0 Great game!
I cannot figure how to update. Any help?
EDIT: I figured it out. Go to the original purchase email confirmation and select [Download your Purchase] The newest version will be downloaded.
Hi! You can also download the Itch app (https://itch.io/app) that works like Steam, it manages your downloaded games and updates them automatically.
Very well done... Great work!
thanks!
i've already purchased on here but can I get a steam key aswell or instead? :)
When is 1.5.0 update? It's out on steam
we just updated it, you can download it now!
I think this game is really cool, but I wish I could play custom levels in mobile (Android, iOS), because these days people usually play game with it.
I heard that Android one could play customs in debug mode (deleted it now..?), and iOS nowadays can download files by safari and load it via new files app mechanism.
If you support custom levels in mobile, I’m sure more people will love your game! I’m excited to check out this and some other features in the future.
Hi, thank you for the kind words! We are still working on Workshop support for Steam (it's in beta there). After we launch that, we will think options on how we can make some kind of workshop and editor for mobile.
Very Good music and Good gameplay, the art could improve, but in the full version looks better. Great Game!
thanks!
Wonderful game...But I want play custom game by mobile phone.
Nice little game to play right away in a your browser.
This feels kind off like "Osu!", but better in my opinion.
And I have to admit, at first I just wanted to play test it, but then I just kept playing. Way to go, I love your work.
Nice! I like the concept of ice and fire.
Thank you!
the 2 games is very good (the rhythm doctor and this)
Thank you so much! We're glad you like them!
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Hello. i really enjoyed reading your writing about advice for new rhythm game makers, and i enjoyed playing this game a lot as a prototype. however, i do not think i would buy a full version.
the core conceit of the game seems designed to obfuscate the player's knowledge of what to do and cause them to fail based on arbitrary renderings of the projects translation between movement and music. i also don't enjoy single-input rhythm games or ones with auto-fail conditions.
i did finish playing what was the first long song because i respect your game design understanding and methodology. i am excited to check out more projects from you in the future. <3
Hello, thank you for the message! You're right and that's the whole mechanic of the gameplay, to introduce a new notation of rhythm different from VSRGs. Wrote more about it here , and if you don't find it interesting enough to hold your attention then it's not a a game for you. Thanks for playing though :)
The game feels greath. But, I wish I would hear the music before playing it. Because, I don't know what is next and stop listening music, just looking for boxes of path. Thus, my experience going down. The game turn into a reflex challange.
Hello Feroand, thank you for your feedback. Right now we are working on a practice mode so you can hear the rhythms and start from anywhere in the stage. We think that will help, it will be out soon for the paid version of the game.
So funny
reached 3 - x 1.5 and stuck
let's go to steam and get it
I really enjoyed ADOFAI, it reminded me of the Rhythmove Dungeon minigame from Rhythm Heaven, but this is way better IMO. Got stuck at The Wind-Up 1.5x but had a lot of fun with it.
You guys did great job!
I really enjoyed it.
I think it would be more interesting if you add midi controller as the controller of this game.
thank you dreamerk, wow midi controller is interesting and i really want to add midi support now. thanks for the idea!