Black on Black by LUD4K

made by LUD4K for LD26 (COMPO)

My First Ludum Dare entry :)

The game is based on Piet Mondrian's art, so the style and game is very minimalistic.

Simple match 3 game, try to create a black on black screen...

Windows	http://db.tt/88IoEend
OS/X	http://db.tt/88IoEend
Linux	http://db.tt/88IoEend
Love2D	http://love2d.org/
Source	http://db.tt/eDMmOhRu
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-26/?action=preview&uid=15141

Feedback

martijn

28. Apr 2013 · 19:47 UTC

Perhaps some instructions for running it would be nice. anyways, for ubuntu the commands are "sudo apt-get install love", then "love Black_on_black.love".

Now about the game, it is very good. It hurts my brain that despite the fact that it seems so simple I cannot think of a good strategy to fill te board

simrob

28. Apr 2013 · 19:51 UTC

Very pretty game, it was pleasing to discover the mechanic after clicking for a bit, pleasing to come up with some simple strategies for getting to orange, and wonderful realizing I had no idea how to get past that.

Cybearg

28. Apr 2013 · 20:57 UTC

Very interesting. Cool to see Love in action. I'll have to try it sometime.

I can't say that I fully grasped the mechanics, but I was at least able to figure out a couple colors. I suppose that the point is for it to be a puzzle how to play as much as a puzzle how to win? In that case, it's certainly effectively puzzling.

Neat idea and nice look to the game.

martijn

29. Apr 2013 · 07:55 UTC

Rated it

leafo

30. Apr 2013 · 22:37 UTC

Interesting puzzle game.

TinyDrakkarStudio

05. May 2013 · 17:26 UTC

A lot of people used Mondrian for the theme .... the idea could be nice... but i like to play with this games ...

FREEZX

11. May 2013 · 15:12 UTC

Nice game. Unfortunateley i didn't quite understand the mechanics. What does Matching stand for? Why do some fields go blank? This should be explained much better IMHO. I liked the whole layout of the game and love2d is cool :D

Lucas Tiridath

11. May 2013 · 15:58 UTC

Neat game and well suited to the theme. A little hard though! I don't think I managed to get any black squares, let alone the whole lot! Still, well done.

arrogant.gamer

11. May 2013 · 16:39 UTC

I also had trouble understanding the mechanics. High score of 153 but no leader-board so no context for that number... I am all for games that don't explain themselves, especially puzzlers like this one, but you surely need to give a little more feedback to encourage right action.

alts

17. May 2013 · 07:43 UTC

Congrats on your first Ludum Dare entry. I have a few comments that I wanted to make. It asks the player to do the impossible: create black on black. The best a player can hope to get is orange, and the screenshots are misleading. Was that intentional? Also, it feels weird to offer a score when the maximum possible score is based primarily on the granularity of the grid. Scores can't really be compared if the configurations are not consistent.