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Robo Portrait by finalspace

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made by finalspace for LD 44 (JAM)

In the future where AI takes over all artist jobs, an aspiring robot artist yearns to be painting portraits in the great outdoors. Descending from the printer lines, it's heritage was always about accurate reproductions of the world. The lifeblood of the printer still runs through it's gears, but in order to create the ink must be used. Paint as accurately as you can, and you will be well compensated in ink. Art is your life, and life is your art. Ink on little Art Bot!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TT0FIz3Ukw

LD44 Small.gif

https://media.giphy.com/media/h3jLxqCyUZMwbVaM4x/giphy.gif

Paint: J

Erase: K

Space to Start, R to Restart!

Credits

Design, Program - Siyuan Xu (@finalspace1031 https://twitter.com/finalspace1031 www.xsyuan.org )

Design, Art - Franklin Lei (@artoflei https://www.instagram.com/artoflei/)

We don't have a composer this time, but somehow we ended up making a rhythm game!

sound effect from freesound.org bgm: Fillbots Album name: Rhythm Heaven (NDS) Number of Files: 119 Total Filesize: 462.11 MB Date added: Jun 9th, 2014 Released on: Nintendo DS

please don't rate music!

update:

update 1: add butterflies

HTML5 (web) https://finalspace.itch.io/robo-portrait
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/robo-portrait

Ratings

Given 25🗳️ 24🗨️

Feedback

DAVidus
30. Apr 2019 · 13:47 UTC
Nice Game!
I had i good time playing it! Very good graphics!
But there is very less variety and less "levels"! And what's about the Theme?
Buu overall a good game :).
🎤 finalspace
30. Apr 2019 · 18:17 UTC
@davidus Thanks for the support David!
I just updated the story for the theme. basically, the ink is the life and the currency, for the Robots!
I wish I have more time to create more levels. any good ideas?
fatPenguin
30. Apr 2019 · 18:48 UTC
Wow, that was even more enjoyable than I thought it would be :D
Originally came for the graphics. Really a sweet and fun thing you did there, definitley felt like a game!
The graphics are cute and the gameplay is challenging but not frutrating, also the idea is very nice! :)
Lagman9000
30. Apr 2019 · 18:49 UTC
Cool idea and it's nice and challenging. Would have liked a couple more elements but overall good fun :smile:
nerdbaron
30. Apr 2019 · 19:05 UTC
Very fun game! I wish the music tempo increased with the brush speed, but excellent game!
JKazuk
30. Apr 2019 · 19:15 UTC
Fantastic little game once you really start feeling the rhythm. Would be good to have a few more faces to draw for more variety. Also I never found the ink = life thing to be a challenge. Really enjoyed this game though
Zesix
01. May 2019 · 07:06 UTC
Pretty innovative - a rhythm game about painting! I do wish there was music to it since the mood is a bit bland without any audio, but an interesting entry for sure. Great job!
Skyball
01. May 2019 · 07:22 UTC
That's definetely a nice game!
pierallard
01. May 2019 · 07:23 UTC
I love the graphics a lot! The first levels were boring, then it begins to become exciting with all the butterflies and the growing speed. Nice game!
Evgeniya Zapolnova
01. May 2019 · 07:24 UTC
Wonderful idea - robot-artist! And I really like customer's faces :)
Nice game, I played with pleasure!!
kumabotz
01. May 2019 · 07:44 UTC
Fun and relaxing!
Amerigo Gazaway
01. May 2019 · 09:03 UTC
Brilliant idea! Love the idea of exploring the connection between art and technology. Would have liked to see more original or interactive music elements in such a music oriented game. If your ever in need of such a thing I'd be happy to collaborate. Great work!
T.A.C. Commandeur
01. May 2019 · 19:02 UTC
A fun game. But I think it would help a lot if you could start the level yourself or have a countdown. Sometimes you have to paint the first square and realize it too late.
MlleAB
01. May 2019 · 19:07 UTC
A poetic game :) A game to pursue on mobile. Perfect casual game
JofersGames
01. May 2019 · 19:37 UTC
Really lovely game and beautiful idea, but i dont get how its relevant to the theme xD
soujd
04. May 2019 · 03:46 UTC
The idea and graphics work so well together! I had a great time playing it, the time passed so fast i didn't even notice, maybe adding more levels on a final version would be cool! Very fun and casual game, good job!
Star Garden
04. May 2019 · 03:54 UTC
This game looks and feels great. I had a great time playing. It made me think that it would be cool if you made a game where you can just try to mimic the picture as fast as possible. Like a free painting game with a timer and a tolerance rating that judges your performance on how close the final picture is to the result. Could lead to some hilarious results.
pandan
04. May 2019 · 04:04 UTC
Reminds me of wario ware! i love this
GastricSparrow
04. May 2019 · 04:20 UTC
Lovely game! I really enjoy the art and music. It was clear and fun. However, the gameplay itself felt a bit unfair at times, as there's no breathing room (a "press J to start level" would be nice), and there's no indication of how fast the brush is going to go. I keep getting caught off guard by the level starting with a completely different speed. Still those are minor problems, the product itself is impressive for a 3-day jam product. Good job!
caeonosphere
04. May 2019 · 04:26 UTC
Neat! I liked the core idea quite a bit, and agree with others that with more faces and a little more polish it could be even better.
Madbarron
04. May 2019 · 04:43 UTC
Pretty fun! I like how it gives you a chance to get used to the game before ramping up the difficulty. Cool theme and all the components work well together. Sometimes the game gets a little out of sync with the music, which makes the rhythm part harder. Great job!
Random Thoughts
04. May 2019 · 04:43 UTC
I don't really feel like this fits the theme but other than that pretty fun game. The only improvement I can think of is to have like a countdown before it starts because I tend to miss the first square, I can't really react that quickly.
Scott Steffes
04. May 2019 · 04:48 UTC
I really enjoyed how the music lines up with the squares, or am I just imagining things?
kaeveris
04. May 2019 · 04:52 UTC
That's a very cool game! The graphics are neat and the music is just amazing! I like the idea, reminds me of some old games with idea of drawing :) I hate the little butterfly thou :)
zoneoutapps
04. May 2019 · 05:06 UTC
Clever clever!! Loved it...and....I "pride" myself on maybe being able to do art ok...but I was not doing great at robot portraits!!!! :D Thanks for a great game!
sylvie
04. May 2019 · 05:06 UTC
Very unique idea and fun game!
shrinjoy_fox
04. May 2019 · 05:07 UTC
loved it, specially loved the graphics :)
Kappa.B
04. May 2019 · 05:11 UTC
Hahah Darn That Butterfly! Well done guys, it was surprisingly entertaining, it hooked me in more then I would have ever thought. My first round was a failure as i didn't not yet realized that I had to copy the image but other then that it was smooth sailing. the song is on point
Greg Lord
04. May 2019 · 07:02 UTC
Super fun and very clever. Really loved the rhythm and I thought the difficulty escalated very gracefully. Definitely a super original piece here -- loved it, and great work!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:11 UTC
Thanks @fatpenguin. rated your game too!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:14 UTC
@Lagman9000 Thanks!
your ludum dare games are awesome!
Ransom
04. May 2019 · 07:15 UTC
A unique take on a rhythm game! The butterfly flying around was a great touch.
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:17 UTC
@nerdbaron thanks for the feedback, and that was one of the planned features :)
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:20 UTC
@jkazuk I agree with you. it definitely needs more tuning on the difficulty. thanks for playing the game!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:24 UTC
@zesix actually there's background music. you probably use safari. I have problems loading music in safari. thanks for playing the game:)
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:25 UTC
@skyball thanks!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:26 UTC
@pierallard yeah, I agree with you. I love ​the butterflies too!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:27 UTC
@evgeniya-zapolnova thanks for the love!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:27 UTC
thanks @kumabotz
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:46 UTC
@amerigo-gazaway I just checked your website, and found some awesome stuff there! Definitely would like to collaborate next time. also, your game is pretty fun!
🎤 finalspace
04. May 2019 · 07:51 UTC
@t-a-c-commandeur that's actually a very good idea. neat and improve the game feel a lot! love it. thanks for the feedback.
jordantanner
04. May 2019 · 08:02 UTC
@finalspace Cool game! I love how the graphics pulse to the music. Is there beat detection happening in the code or did you just synchronize the animations with music manually?

Interesting idea for a game. One thought, it may be more fair to the player to display the desired pattern for a few seconds before the marker starts to move. Just a thought.

All in all, solid entry!
JSD
04. May 2019 · 08:06 UTC
Liked the idea and the overall design as a music game, nonetheless I can't seem to find the relationship with the them though xP

If you got time please check out my game too, thanks! https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/44/lifeline-loot
Franciszek Pyrć
05. May 2019 · 17:06 UTC
This was so fun! Although it was surprising to suddenly have a speed up version with a bunch of squares to color.