ˈSHāpˌSHift by GogglesKitty

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made by GogglesKitty for LD35 (COMPO)
ˈSHāpˌSHift was made in 48 hours for Ludum Dare 35.

Controls and Important Notes:

-Escape: Close the game

-'R': Return to menu

-Enter: Submit your guess and, once you have submitted your guess, demand that the game bring you another shape to guess.

-Left Mouse + Hold: Adjust your shape's X and Y coordinates by moving your mouse.

-Holding Left Mouse + Shift: Forcibly rotate your shape toward your mouse.

-Holding Left Mouse + Control: Brutally adjust your shape's color by moving your mouse up and down.

*The Maximum X value is 320.

*The Maximum Y value is 180.

*The Maximum hue is 255.

*The Maximum angle is 360 degrees.

*The angle starts at 0 when your mouse is due right of your shape, and increases in a counter-clockwise fashion until you reach due right again, at which point the angle snaps from 359 degrees to 0 degrees.

Instead of interpreting this Ludum Dare's theme (Shapeshift), I decided to take it as literally as possible. This game involves:

-Moving Shapes!

-Rotating Shapes!

-Changing the Color of Shapes!

...and not much else.

Enjoy.




Want more facetiousness? Head over to my Twitter page (@GogglesKGames). I'm sure there's something interesting there... ​

Ratings

Coolness 57% 3
Overall 2.90 717
Fun 2.38 870
Graphics 2.68 646
Humor 2.63 317
Innovation 3.41 285
Mood 2.61 657
Theme 3.82 162

Feedback

DAT.NOT.MY.GAME!
20. Apr 2016 · 16:13 UTC
I like the color matching idea.
alessandrovigamus
20. Apr 2016 · 20:44 UTC
The death for perfectionist
Spotline
21. Apr 2016 · 20:54 UTC
Very cool concept! Adjusting angle and position seems a bit easy though, maybe if the target shape was in a different screen section and you'd have to mirror without being able to overlap, then the challenge would be more tasty :)
purrpurr
21. Apr 2016 · 21:09 UTC
Simple yet effective, and well executed. Very interesting..
thegunmaster
21. Apr 2016 · 21:41 UTC
intereseting idea, fits the theme well. Must say that I was done with it after about 5 min though, could perhaps make it a bit less boring with a proper leveling system. But really nice work anyway!
Weeping Rupee
21. Apr 2016 · 21:42 UTC
This should be used to treat people with OCD

I'm only half joking.
Weeping Rupee
21. Apr 2016 · 21:45 UTC
This should be used to treat people with OCD

I'm only half joking.






I actually love your commitment to this simple but impossible concept. Watching people play local multiplayer or speed running this game would be amazing.
Hempuli
21. Apr 2016 · 21:54 UTC
The art was neat! The gameplay itself could've been a bit more involved but I enjoyed trying to max my percent for some time.
guoboism
25. Apr 2016 · 01:27 UTC
Ok, move and rotate to match the shape?
dwemthy
25. Apr 2016 · 01:33 UTC
Great concept and execution, very tough to get exact.
cakeknuckles
25. Apr 2016 · 02:32 UTC
such an interesting concept, i really liked the kind of minimalist look to it, though i wish there was a little more to make it feel.. game-y? i guess. still, really solid job.
dcolgan
25. Apr 2016 · 03:12 UTC
This did not work well for me. I did not have a lot of patience for it.
🎤 GogglesKitty
25. Apr 2016 · 03:23 UTC
Just so everyone knows, this is really just supposed to be a joke, kind of. My initial concept was to literally move a square to another square, without variance or anything really interesting at all. I decided to expand it a little bit and try to make it even worth downloading :P I'm really appreciating all of the feedback, even with that said!
adam
28. Apr 2016 · 21:15 UTC
Easy mode was quite fun for a few minutes ... would have been nice to find a way to make the normal and hard modes similarly challenging without needing to use numerical values for hue which makes it feel so artificial. I tried extreme and laughed out loud!
TheColorMan
30. Apr 2016 · 20:31 UTC
A good simple game. One of the shapes being slightly transparent makes it more difficult to match some of the color.
notime4games
07. May 2016 · 17:36 UTC
Could really have used a total combined score and online highscore to see how bad you did