A Game With A Twist! 

By: Christen Peña & Hazel Lee 

Bored? Looking for an adventure , a different and unforgettable experience? Come on ! Welcome to this world , where you can enjoy playing piano music game differently. Let's take a journey together where we will discover a hidden story as  you go along with this game.

Deemo is a unique piano music game that will entice you and will likewise lead you to a different world and gives  you a different kind of experience. Deemo also  features a background story , and was created after cytus and was made by Rayark inc , an independent game corporation from Taiwan and who developed the popular music game called Cytus. As you go along with the game , the story will be further revealed and more songs  will be unlocked. You can also find some hidden songs in the treasure room.  Besides that , each song has a meaning behind it . In addition to that, it will make you want to repeat the game again and again . The more you continuously play this game , the more it will make you unable to stop playing, then it will lead you to become addicted with this game , and makes you want to stay in this world forever .

Summary/storyline of Deemo :

A girl falls down from the sky, the girl's heart is sick and she also has memory loss. She tries to get out by distracting herself with dreams and adventures with her friend whose name is Deemo who is actually her doctor or  subconscious mind’s metaphor for her heart. The tree stands for the way out of her situation and the piano symbolizes her dreams.  Whenever the piano is playing , her memories slowly returns.  She kept dreaming of happy things and because of this, it helped her to temporarily forget about her illness . It made her feel like she is nearing a cure. Eventually her heart did not cure , therefore ending the girl’s life. It ends with her grieving her own death. When she dies , every time  Deemo plays the piano the tree never grows anymore. Because of the tree’s lack of growth the girl is now eternally trapped in her dream world so in  other words she's dead and can't come back to life anymore. When the tree's growth had maxed out , he never played the piano anymore. Sometimes he is only seen reading books at the library which also indicates that the girl’s heartbeat is fading.

Mechanics of the Game :

Deemo is a piano music game that allows you to “play the piano notes” as the piano keys drop from top to bottom as you play the game.  As you tap the notes , you can see that there are piano notes appearing , so this can make you feel like playing the piano. Which means if you are inclined in piano or if you are interested in music , especially when you have passion in playing piano you will enjoy this game. There are also three different levels , first is the easy, the next is normal , and the last level is hard. Each songs you play also have different levels of difficulty. You can also adjust the speed level of the game  , speed levels are from 1-9. There are also 3 different types of notes you can see  in the game. First type of note is the black notes(glowed white) these are piano based notes, and most of the songs have these notes . Second type of note is the white notes with a black spot in the middle, these  are non-piano notes,  example of these are guitar , drums , vocals and many more. Lastly , is the yellow notes , these notes will  be played by sliding the notes  instead of tapping.As  you score higher , you will be able to unlock new songs ,  and unlock new story trailers ,  And as you continue to play this game ,new game areas will be unlocked and the height of the tree continuous to grow taller.  There are new hidden songs in the game area.  Once you open this game , click on the left of the piano then you will find a library. Inside the library you can discover new hidden songs  and you can view the past story trailers .Also when you click on the right side of the piano you can also unlock new songs  , but this will work only when the height of the tree grows to a certain height. You can unlock and discover  new songs by tapping anywhere in the library.

Our favorite songs from Deemo ( Soundtrack/songs you must try! )

1.  Reflection (Mirror Night ) by V.K

This is one of our favorite piano soundtrack from Deemo , and one of the noted piano soundtrack in Deemo , as well as V.K's songs. This song is a realization of Deemo's potential as a pianist. The album cover of the song illustrate him looking at his long fingers ,because  it is  one of a pianist’s dream to have long fingers to press distant keys simultaneously with one hand.

2. Evolution Era by V.k.                  

This is one of our favorite piano soundtrack as well in Deemo , also one of the well-known piano soundtrack of V.K.  This is the part where Deemo somehow learned how to read and play music.

3. Wings of Piano by V.K.    

Wings of piano is one of our favorite piano soundtrack as well that is in Deemo.  Aside from that , Wings of piano is the most popular  piano soundtrack of V.K. This song implies that  he gets the privilege of finally get his hands on the piano. Deemo's wings are used as his outfit , to imply his Brave Frontier as for his  final form, who is appearing in his dungeon's final stage, where he appears along with the girl .In this picture , Deemo seems to be appearing from her head, being behind her and having no lower body, this possibly hinting that she is at hercomatose state also  Deemo's existence as an element of her subconscious.

4. Reverse Parallel/ Parallel Universe by V.K.   

Reverse Parallel or also known as Parallel Universe is also is one of my  favorite piano  song from Deemo. This song shows Deemo standing in front of a clock, holding onto the clock’s hands. This means that the clock can’t show the time without its hands, which is a metaphor to the fact that he had something to do with her death.

5.  Yubikiri-Genman  by Mili    

Yubikiri-Genman is one of our favorite Japanese song from Deemo. Yubikiri-Genman in Japanese means "Pinky swear promise".The flowers behind her  shows that the  girl is becoming  closer to her death. Also, the huge rest 

music symbol above the flowers adds up to its intent that  she is going to die on the other hand  Deemo tries his best to fulfill his promise from preventing the girls death even when he’s hurting , the thorns wrapped around his legs shows that he is hurting. The girls tears also shows that she knew that her life is getting shorter , that she will leave him all alone anytime soon.

Ratings-10/10 :)