Colours in the Void by Benn
Welcome to Colours in the Void, a game where you have to use the surrounding environment to defeat your enemies. Click the bright sections of the map to create a beam, which kills enemies when they cross it.
| Web | http://benn-gaming.co.uk/ld23.html |
| Source | http://benn-gaming.co.uk/LD23source.rar |
| Original URL | https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-23/?action=preview&uid=1865 |
Ratings
| Coolness | 44% | 723 |
| Overall | 3.29 | 244 |
| Audio | 3.48 | 79 |
| Fun | 2.91 | 383 |
| Graphics | 3.12 | 317 |
| Humor | 2.13 | 480 |
| Innovation | 3.86 | 60 |
| Mood | 3.33 | 113 |
| Theme | 2.18 | 793 |
The gameplay mechanic with the laser is nice, but bad for my slow brain ...
On the other hand I found the gameplay to be very difficult and frustrating. I wasn't able to adapt to the art of keeping one eye on an anchor and another on my character, and frequently ended up crashing into walls.
Only two complaints about the game: The music started to get on my nerves after a while, and it could do with a better tie-in to the theme.
Thanks for the game!
The level select screen is clever but a bit annoying. It's difficult to tell what you're supposed to click on at first, and the click targets are too small. Also, it's a bit mystery-meat, there's nothing to indicate the difference between levels except trial-and-error. I don't think it would be much fun trying to choose a level if I were colour-blind, either.
Audio is lovely and well-suited to the game. I like your no-assets graphical style but it's not so interesting as in RGB which made such good use of motion.
As usual you seem to have ignored the theme totally, which is fine by me :D. You could have put a kitten in or something, though.
The graphics fit together, even it it's "just" blocks. Good work.
I like the mood!
From what I could tell, playing this game is essentially like playing as Karma in LoL: you're always underpowered, your most powerful attack is hard as balls to coordinate, you're squishy, and you have an awesome time playing regardless!!!
Good stuff!