Free Jazz Commandos

Free Jazz Commandos is a musical commando raid for 1 to 4 players. Your enemy? Squareness. No bad guys, no objectives – just your squad and the mean streets. The city is your instrument.  Are you tough enough for free jazz?

Controls

***Controllers only (1-4 local players) – check Notes for troubleshooting***

D-Pad – Move/Climb
B – Root (I)
A – Major 3rd 
Y – Minor 3rd
X – Perfect Fifth
L – Minor 7th
R – Major 7th

COMBOS

B + A + X + L = Dominant 7th
B + A + X + R = Major 7th
B + Y + X + L = Minor 7th
B + X = Power Chord 

Notes

1. If the sound doesn't work, try hitting space bar and/or refreshing. Or try a different browser.
2. This is a prototype and probably contains bugs. 
3. Controllers work best for me in Safari for some reason.
4. Controls are set up for SNES style controllers. 
5. You may need to adjust your controller settings and mappings.

Credits

Designed and developed by me using p5Play.js, q5.js, tone.js and tonal.js.

Sprites and background assets by chasersgaming: https://itch.io/c/611394/sms-brawler-series

Audio assets:

Brosowsky, N. P. (2025). Nbrosowsky/tonejs-instruments [JavaScript]. https://github.com/nbrosowsky/tonejs-instruments (Original work published 2018)

DuskLounge. (2024, August 29). Calculator Break [WAV]. https://www.looperman.com/loops/detail/372586/calculator-break-free-92bpm-8bit-c...

Free Samples & Presets – Cymatics.fm. (n.d.). Retrieved May 13, 2025, from https://cymatics.fm/pages/free-download-vault

Tomczak, S. (2009, October 1). Massive YM2413 Sample Pack (245 Samples). Little-Scale. https://little-scale.blogspot.com/2009/10/massive-ym2413-sample-pack-245-samples...