Melatonin

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Melatonin - Basic Guide and Achievements
By Orpheus
This is a quick, basic guide to Melatonin.
Hidden achievements and all maps will be marked as spoilers.
   
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Basics
Default Keys

Space

This will act as your action key (similar to "Enter").
This can be changed to a key of your choice in settings.

W, A, S, and D
or
up (↑), left (←), down (↓), and right (→)


These are the direction keys that will allow you to move around the game menu and the map.
Settings will allow you to choose one of the two sets as movement options.

Both the action key and the direction keys (aside from the D/down key) will be used within the levels.

For the purpose of this guide, the direction keys will be mentioned as W, A, S, and D.


Goal
The idea of the game is navigating through each map, completing the levels, and proceeding to the next area. Maps and levels will be shown later in the guide. Each level contains three modes.


Modes
Each level has 3 modes you can play.

Practice
This mode will introduce you to the sound and visual cues for the level.
It does not matter if you are not perfect here. This mode will not count towards the completion of the level (it is not required).

Scored
This mode will grant you stars (0-3) based on how well you perform. This mode will count towards the completion of the level.

Hard
This mode will grant you rings (0-3) based on how well you perform. This mode will count towards the completion of the level.

Both "Hard" and "Scored" modes will grant you P (a perfect rating) if you complete the level with all Perfect notes. Each of these mode can grant a perfect rating.


Types of Notes
Hit
The game begins with the action key as the only "hit" type note.
Direction keys A and D will be introduced in later levels, followed by the W key.

Hold
The action key is the only note that will be held in the current game modes.
There are usually 3 different lengths of time in a level which the action key will be held.
These time lengths will be noted by the audio/visual cues in the game.


Note Scoring
There are 4 ways a note can be scored.

Early
Perfect
Late
Missed


Setting to Improve Your Score

Gameplay

  • Perfects only (when toggled on)
The level will restart when a note is not "Perfect"

  • Vibration
Enables vibration in levels.


Accessibility
(These features are described when toggled on)

  • Visual Assist
The "Timing Circle" is displayed through all levels.

  • Audio Assist
A metronome is played through all levels.

  • Wiggle room
The timing window for a "Perfect" note is increased.

  • Easy scoring
"Early" and "Late" notes give more points.


Calibration
Note timing can be changed using the "offset" scale here.
The calibration tool is where you can change the note timing using a visual flash.


Keyboard
The area where you can change your action key and toggle your direction keys.
Editor
This section will list most information within the editor.

The editor is needed for the "Creator" achievement.


Direction keys
Direction keys for right and left will allow you to move forward and backward within the level's editable slots.

Add something
Defaulted as "SPACE".
Your action key will allow you to add a single downbeat, offbeat, event, or tempo within the edited level.

Remove
(hold to remove all)
Defaulted as "R".
This key will allow you to remove a single downbeat, offbeat, event, or tempo within the edited level.

Switch tabs
Defaulted as "TAB".

Downbeats

Offbeats

Events

Tempo


More
Defaulted as "M".

Custom music
Add in a sound track (must be a sound file)

Upload
Upload your level. Other players can download your edited level and play it.

Play
(hold to skip to current bar)
Defaulted as "P".
Achievements
There are 14 achievements in total for this game.

Honor roll
Get all perfects in the tutorial.

Star precision
Get 3 stars on any "Scored mode" level

Star perfectionist
Get a perfect score in "Scored mode"

Stargazer
Get 3 stars on every "Scored mode" level

Ring precision
Get 3 rings on any "Hard mode" level

Ring perfectionist
Get a perfect score in "Hard mode"

Ring collector
Get 3 rings on every "Hard mode" level

Go to bed
Achieve perfect scores on all levels

Creator
Complete a level you have custom edited


The 5 hidden achievements are listed below.
(These can be complete by playing through every level)

Indulgence
Play through Night 1

Under pressure
Play through Night 2

Meditation
Play through Night 3

Setbacks
Play through Night 4

New day
Play through to the morning


Hidden achievement image below.
Maps
There are five maps to this game (not including the tutorial).
Each map is listed with the levels it contains. Some information about the maps is included in spoiler fields below.

Tutorial

SPOILER! The Night maps contain a fifth level, which combines all four levels into one game.
Night 1
Followers, Tech, Shopping, and Food

Night 2
Money, Dating, Exercise, and Work

Night 3
Nature, Space, Mind, and Time

Night 4
The Future, The Past, Desires, and Stress

Morning
This map has a single level, which is unnamed. This level contains a combination of all prior levels.
Night 1 Map



Night 2 Map
Night 3 Map
Night 4 Map
Morning Map
Thank you!
Thank you all for reading this guide!
If you have any questions feel free to ask in the comments below!
10 Comments
Orpheus  [author] 18 Nov, 2024 @ 3:59pm 
If you know you did all perfect notes in the tutorial, there might be a bug with the achievement.

You can always try the tutorial again with the "Perfects only" setting on. If that still doesn't give you the achievement, then you can try contacting one of the game developers about it. A recording of your run might be helpful. :tabbycat:
ovinhovini 18 Nov, 2024 @ 9:16am 
so i did perfect on tutorial but it isnt counting, help please
Orpheus  [author] 17 Oct, 2024 @ 8:43pm 
For the "Creator" achievement you'll need to edit a level and play the edited version.
This can be done on any Night Map with any Level. Open a Level and you'll see practice, scored, hard, and editor modes. When you go into the editor mode, there should be a menu at the top of your screen showing the controls. All you need to do is press the "play" control to start the level and get the achievement (you shouldn't need to actually edit anything). :tabbycat:
bodemackie 17 Oct, 2024 @ 8:12pm 
What counts as "completing" a level you made to give you the achievement?
Tez1n 16 Mar, 2024 @ 2:25am 
n1
koyaux 11 Jan, 2024 @ 8:45pm 
Thanks for the guide
Siisi4 ︻デ 一 16 Aug, 2023 @ 11:22am 
ty!
Orpheus  [author] 24 Jul, 2023 @ 11:26am 
For the "Go to bed" achievement you'll need to get perfects on hard and scored modes for each level. :tabbycat:
HussainAbul 24 Jul, 2023 @ 1:37am 
do i need to get hard mode perfects to get the (go to bed) achievement ?
or only the regulars ?
Kya 13 Mar, 2023 @ 9:55pm 
omg thank you for this guide! this is so hard to perfect every level omggggg