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CHAMELEON RUN by Split82

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made by Split82 for LD26 (COMPO)
CHAMELEON RUN is minimalistic endless runner game with generated levels and ability to change color of your character (square). If you fall down or hit any platform when you don't match its color, you are done.

I used unity engine, C# for programming and Logic for music and sounds.

Special feature: game was developed using only one hand (I broke the other one few days ago ;)

Hope you will like it!

Post compo version
- more FPS, more fluid
- a little harder
- small tweak in controls

Source https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/16607557/LD26.zip
Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w62ZZjmSrDU
Web (Unity) http://temp.hyperbolicmagnetism.com/ld26/ld26.html
Web Post Compo http://temp.hyperbolicmagnetism.com/chr/
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=15279

Ratings

Coolness 79% 2
Overall 3.81 90
Audio 3.93 36
Fun 3.86 38
Graphics 3.63 216
Humor 1.93 791
Innovation 2.85 773
Mood 3.39 190
Theme 3.97 181

Feedback

torcado194
29. Apr 2013 · 00:44 UTC
wow this is awesome! The looks are fantastic and a great feel for the 'minimalistic' theme. good music and fun! This is similar to my game where you jump and switch colors. Good job!
Adjotur
29. Apr 2013 · 02:05 UTC
Haha, great game. Love the feel and look, music fits well. Top notch if I do say so.
7Soul
29. Apr 2013 · 03:22 UTC
Very smooth, and it fits the theme. I wish you had expanded the mechanics a little bit, like a vertical pole in between jump that require you to change color some times
Jase
29. Apr 2013 · 03:23 UTC
Very nice!
McDonaldsWizard
29. Apr 2013 · 03:28 UTC
Fun game. You mostly just need some more interesting level designs as the game gets going. wall jumping, falling floors & ceilings, etc. The color scheme really helps you tell where you are in the world, so its easy to know the right time to jump and switch. A lot of endless runners on the market don't even do that right.
Broxxar
29. Apr 2013 · 03:32 UTC
I can dig it. Nice job!
Suese
29. Apr 2013 · 04:24 UTC
267

Great music and great colours.
brantkings
29. Apr 2013 · 12:07 UTC
This game is awesome. Loved the flow of it. Nice take on a runner, I liked it!
SuperlevelSebastian
29. Apr 2013 · 12:21 UTC
Simple concept and mechanics, amazing flow. Leaderboards would be nice. 367.
Dissing
29. Apr 2013 · 12:27 UTC
Awesome! The music is great and the visual fits the game very nicely.
timtipgames
29. Apr 2013 · 12:53 UTC
Very nice flow. Nice variation of the endless runner idea.
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
29. Apr 2013 · 13:07 UTC
Nice variation of the canabalt-like. Good music. When the speed increased my eyes started to ache.
Colapsydo
29. Apr 2013 · 14:13 UTC
Contrast between the background and the playable zone is really smooth. The resulting atmosphere is really pleasant.

It could have be nice to add a third color to the right, but it would have be surely a bit extreme at high speed.

Oh and the music is good.
Colorvade
29. Apr 2013 · 14:35 UTC
Jump control felt perfect.
tacograveyard
29. Apr 2013 · 14:50 UTC
Jump has an excellent feel to it. The speed and overall feel of the gameplay is perfect. Definitely best game made with 1 hand.
CagedRat
29. Apr 2013 · 15:47 UTC
Nice twist on the endless runner.
whiteravens
29. Apr 2013 · 20:01 UTC
Simple, but great game!
BradleySmith
29. Apr 2013 · 20:05 UTC
Very very good and well polished game for 48 hours!
recursor
29. Apr 2013 · 20:06 UTC
Wow. Really polished presentation. Great graphics and music. It fits the minimalistic theme nicely.
bentog
29. Apr 2013 · 20:40 UTC
I can see this is a pro's entry, this is minimalism at its best. The only con I found is that the song is so awesome it distracts me from gameplay :D
Chman
29. Apr 2013 · 21:25 UTC
Fun game, the color switching mechanics made it more interesting. I really like how smooth the gameplay is. It just feels right. Also, cool soundtrack !
Rafael Sales
29. Apr 2013 · 22:22 UTC
Fantastic game. One of the best entries! Congratz!!
hgouveia
29. Apr 2013 · 23:23 UTC
love this game! very polished and great music
ddionisio
30. Apr 2013 · 06:34 UTC
Great execution! Nice and clean graphics and a great soundtrack! I love the fluidity of movement. You nailed the theme with this game!
Andrewves
30. Apr 2013 · 08:32 UTC
I really enjoyed this game, the jumping and color changing feels quite natural and the color choice suits it perfectly.
zkenshin
30. Apr 2013 · 14:26 UTC
Nice solid entry. :)
Pixelboy_85
30. Apr 2013 · 15:27 UTC
Minimalistic, fun and stylish.
GamingYourWay
30. Apr 2013 · 17:44 UTC
I loved that lots, when it speeds up it rocks.
Pastal colour scheme works really well doesn't it, overall the look & feel is spot on.
Great work mate.

( I was going to make a joke about spending most of my time in front of the computer with one free hand, but then thought better of it ).
Jellycakes
30. Apr 2013 · 19:14 UTC
Really nice job for someone who could only code with one hand in 48 hours and still turn up with a solid game with good visuals. Really good job!
Entity2D
30. Apr 2013 · 19:17 UTC
Very simple and awesome game! Very addictive!
ataxkt
03. May 2013 · 11:05 UTC
Really good! Best platformer I've played so far, loving the Ikaruga thing! Possibly takes a little too long to get difficult though, shorter games encourage replays!
iossif
03. May 2013 · 22:37 UTC
nothing really new but a solid entry i can play several times :) well done!
Super Hamster
04. May 2013 · 03:06 UTC
Awesome game! There should be different modes with more colors, like easy = 2, medium = 3, hard = 4, hardcore = 5. I don't know if that could work though but oh well. Anyways, like I said, this game was really good and very challenging.
cwilloughby
04. May 2013 · 07:36 UTC
Sick. This is really cool. Great work! Love the music fade in, the mechanic, the style, and the polish. Excellent. I was pulled in by the 10sec video just based on how it looked.
blackmagic
04. May 2013 · 09:23 UTC
Nice ! Looks like Cannabalt Gameplay with colour system !
luvit !
BrothersT
04. May 2013 · 10:05 UTC
Nice gameplay and music!
Orni
04. May 2013 · 10:27 UTC
757

loved it! it's like canabalt with an other great gameplay feature - very cool idea

please release this on mobile platforms - I'd love to play it on my android phone
🎤 Split82
04. May 2013 · 10:33 UTC
Thanks everyone. I will definitely release this on mobile devices after I have some time to finish it :)
Polar
04. May 2013 · 11:44 UTC
Really nice, but at high speeds it got a bit jerky :) Oh, highscore: 690
gerritg
04. May 2013 · 12:00 UTC
Nice visuals, fluid gameplay, nice soundtrack. Who needs more? Great work!
pythong
04. May 2013 · 12:39 UTC
great! had to die a few times until I understood that this is not just canabalt ;)
Madball
04. May 2013 · 12:41 UTC
It kept me glued to the monitor. Simple and fun gameplay, flawless controls. Well done.
0beah
04. May 2013 · 13:59 UTC
Interesting idea. Rather simple but well executed. Reminds me a lot of canabalt.
Xaychru04
04. May 2013 · 15:11 UTC
I really enjoyed this game! The music was pretty simple but amazing, I couldn't stop playing :D
Beerman
04. May 2013 · 15:25 UTC
Very slick. Loved the colour switching mechanic, really keeps you on your toes.
protensity
04. May 2013 · 19:15 UTC
Really nice sense of speed. At first I thought it was too easy, but play it long enough and it gets really fun.

Simple and great with good music.
loxo
04. May 2013 · 19:47 UTC
That is a really fun to play game. I like the concept, music and simple graphics very much.
ilovepixel
04. May 2013 · 22:44 UTC
Nice game! music and visuals look very attractive. Gameplay was great too, this is a game I would really like to play while I am on long trip.
GeorgeBroussard
05. May 2013 · 06:46 UTC
Great audio and game mechanic! This was really slick. The jumping was well done and everything was smooth and slick. Good stuff. Got 289.
MetroidMan347
05. May 2013 · 07:28 UTC
Terrific! I love dat music! It rocks!
Covenant
05. May 2013 · 10:56 UTC
Good work, controls were perfect!
rujo
06. May 2013 · 15:21 UTC
very nice. a classy realization for a very enjoyable autorunner. nice song too.
Zillix
07. May 2013 · 02:21 UTC
fantastic.
mildmojo
08. May 2013 · 06:31 UTC
Unity? Can has Linux build? Thanks!
imagnity
08. May 2013 · 20:14 UTC
We have similar concept on the color control. I liked yours way better. :)
TurboDindon
10. May 2013 · 11:39 UTC
Simple but efficient concept.
The song is aweeeesome. Very dynamic.

- SEPHY (@sephyka)
Sebastian
12. May 2013 · 11:44 UTC
Super fun game. I would prefer it if the difficulty ramped up a bit faster in the beginning because the first 150 or so points are a little tedious. Also I would have liked it if the cube did a full spin in the air instead of just rocking forwards a bit. Great music!
(I see now you made it a bit harder in the post compo version, plays a lot better)
Sylvain.p
15. May 2013 · 00:31 UTC
Great re-inerpretation of canabalt in two button. Good gae.
Puzzlem00n
15. May 2013 · 01:27 UTC
Enjoyable, definitely not a bad idea for a second button in the infinite runner genre. There's a lot of screen tearing, but it's not that big an issue. Cool game.
Lyonsbanner
15. May 2013 · 14:05 UTC
279 points.
Codexus
15. May 2013 · 19:53 UTC
Very minimalistic, nice music!
Threef
16. May 2013 · 15:22 UTC
Idea is really simple, but music and art makes it great!
Zccc
16. May 2013 · 15:29 UTC
Amazingly polished!! The gameplay is just addictive and the music... too awesome :o
Xanjos
16. May 2013 · 21:35 UTC
Really nice variation on the endless runner genre that's just too fun and insanely addictive.
Aevek
18. May 2013 · 06:53 UTC
For me, the perfect blend of a lot of games similar to this one, the basic concept is not original, but well implemented. The color switching added a cool mechanic to keep me focused for much longer than games like this normally do.
Christina Nordlander
19. May 2013 · 22:11 UTC
Now this is how you do minimalism! Nearly as addictive as "Robot Unicorn Attack". The music is very good, I like the background, and there's enough challenge here to keep me coming back. Very nice.
XufyCZ
02. Jun 2015 · 15:48 UTC
Can you repair the download please...? I would be pretty happy, because I would like to look at the code.