Reversed Negativity by RNGSilvercraft

made by RNGSilvercraft for LD 40 (COMPO)

Hi!RNGSilvercraft here,this is my second LD event.This time,I represent you:

Reversed Negativity.

This game feels kinda like a Pac man clone...but I've made changes to make it different from the original. I mean,the main character is an anime girl,and there's EDM musics...

Oh yeah,and the gimmick,of course.

Your goal in this game is to color the floor as much as you can while dodging your "Negativities"...However,the stage will change its property every few seconds,making the floor you colored harmful to yourself.

It's hard to explain...so go play it !

Hope you guys enjoy this short game!If you find any glitches,plz let me know.

my email:yi88613@gmail.com

The instruction is in the "readme" file.Don't forget to take a look!

P.S.The character art was created by myself beforehand(from an unpublished game I made)…so I opted out the graphics:( However,the rest of game art was all created during the event.

=======================used resource========================

Main game:MMF2.5 game engine

Sound effect:sfxr Music:fl studio

The game is developed by RNGSilvercraft alone.

2017.12.3

Source code	https://drive.google.com/open?id=1HR7f5GPH5lOf9amZvbukow6RPko5Z3qx
Windows	https://rngsilvercraft.itch.io/reversed-negativity
Original URL	https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/40/reversed-negativity

Ratings

Overall	395^th	3.284⭐	39🧑‍⚖️
Fun	362^th	3.224⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Innovation	309^th	3.243⭐	39🧑‍⚖️
Theme	242^th	3.632⭐	40🧑‍⚖️
Audio	112^th	3.597⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Humor	395^th	2.468⭐	33🧑‍⚖️
Mood	429^th	2.903⭐	38🧑‍⚖️
Given		57🗳️	18🗨️

Feedback

eerongal

04. Dec 2017 · 04:01 UTC

Fun little game. Interesting concept. I quickly skimmed the instructions and didnt realize my flipped tiles would hurt me. Worth noting that you can occasionally position yourself to flip two tiles horizontally as you move, which makes things go a bit quicker, and is probably a bit of an exploit

nate_wec

04. Dec 2017 · 04:06 UTC

Very fun game, arcade worthy indeed. I like the chibi style and the Edm music. I will play this again.

evandowning

04. Dec 2017 · 04:12 UTC

Hold Z while moving with arrow keys!

I feel this game is close to being a lot more enjoyable -- the second stage was REALLY big but there wasn't any extra threats compared to the first despite it taking like 6x longer. Maybe giving the player a health bar that drains CONSTANTLY, but drains extra fast when on the "red" spaces would help give it more urgency.

Bookworm31

04. Dec 2017 · 07:46 UTC

Cool game; it looked like it was going to be a lot easier that it actually was! (Or maybe I'm just bad!) Some sort of indicator of when the color was about to flip might have been nice, but overall, it was rather neat. I also really enjoyed the music.

Chong Lee

04. Dec 2017 · 14:20 UTC

very fun and arcady! I like it!

simonhutchinson

04. Dec 2017 · 16:54 UTC

Looks cool! Any chance for a web or mac version?

Nyri0

04. Dec 2017 · 17:30 UTC

Hi! There are interesting elements in the game, like the idea of having two kinds of phases, and the fact that the tiles that you have colored yourself can harm you.

However, everything is too predictable and repetitive: the ennemies patterns are very basic, the timing is always the same. It could have been nice to make a procedural system for the phases, so that only a variation in the music would indicate that there will soon be a change of state.

There are problems with the collisions: sometimes you step on a square and its color doesn't change, and sometimes ennemies harm you without touching you. Moreover, it should be possible to color the square you're on, instead of coloring a square only when stepping onto it (it is very annoying when you begin to color and have to come back).

acoto87

05. Dec 2017 · 03:40 UTC

The first levels are somewhat easy, but in level 5 the areas are small and with negativities enough to make the challenge of the game. The switching idea is nice, it give the player the sense of urgency to stay save after a while and not waste any time. It will more interesting if the negativities have any AI and not just move random. In general, very good job! Congrats.

mrthee

05. Dec 2017 · 04:31 UTC

Its QBRET, except the floor is sometimes lava! Neat idea, and it was pretty fun to play too, though I do wish there was something i could do during the dark phases of gameplay. having to wait it out is a bit of a drag. Great job on the music/audio btw ^_^

imod

05. Dec 2017 · 17:55 UTC

Interesting game idea and music is very attractive. After 5 stage game give a challenge. But i not always understand where be placed green cell. Anyway game is good.

Deatrathias

05. Dec 2017 · 22:22 UTC

Interesting idea and good music. The main issue I have is that during the dark phases, you really can't do anything, so you just sit there, and the shadows aren't really an issue if you're not moving either.

epb9000

06. Dec 2017 · 06:24 UTC

I'm not sure if this was intentional or not, but you can run pretty quick by running diagonally into the walls. I liked it though, it made some of the stages an interesting "which wall can I ram myself into next to clear this faster" challenge. I'd be bouncing from wall to wall to cover as much as possible before the inversion phase settled in.

It would have been cool to be able to color tiles during the inversion phase, and have any tiles colored there hurt you in normal phase. This would give you something to do during the inversion phases, and add a bit more difficulty and strategy to the normal phase.

Azathothep

06. Dec 2017 · 14:44 UTC

Music seems to be good , but unfortunatly i couldnt hear it :(

However the theme is well respected and the idea is good but the game become quickly boring as it's always the same thing : color, wait, color, next level.. Maybe you should add homing enemies or random powerups, and nothing warning you about color swap.

The game got some annoying bug too : some tiles are not painted by holding Z and we take damage when we were painting during swap

🎤 RNGSilvercraft

06. Dec 2017 · 16:37 UTC

epb9000:That's not intentional...but you can treat it as kind of an exploit :)
Azathothep:The music is actually the indicator when the color swap.

06. Dec 2017 · 18:54 UTC

Interesting game, especially the gameplay. These graphics are not my cup of tea, but they are not the main interest :)

fluidvolt

07. Dec 2017 · 00:35 UTC

Enjoyed the music and gameplay idea is interesting. Reminds me a little of [Make Trax](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Make_Trax), just in the paint the floor objective. I enjoyed the EDM music and the dynamic changing when the colors inverted... now everything you painted hurts you! Good work :)

calighula

07. Dec 2017 · 08:51 UTC

I like the idea of harmful coloured tiles. Good work!!! :-)

gamedevbynight

07. Dec 2017 · 16:38 UTC

This is a good game. I like that the music is the indicator for the "negative" phase! :)

clachipso

08. Dec 2017 · 05:03 UTC

The concept of negative space is a unique and fun idea. I also liked how the music changed when everything went negative. Nice work!

alottabit

08. Dec 2017 · 05:37 UTC

I like your take on the theme and enjoyed playing the game. Solid graphics and music as well - it was cool how you cued the transition from the background track. The AI could've used a bit more variation, but overall nice job!

fangzhangmnm

08. Dec 2017 · 05:51 UTC

Music-based timing is no-doubt excellent solution. And that make the game can be played comfortably for a long time. Liked your edm. and liked the girl. The shadow enemy is a lot of reverie.

Zinkler

08. Dec 2017 · 12:38 UTC

Extremely good! The music is good, and the timing idea is just perfect - please correct it a little bit, it goes for a small increasing delay after each loop. Again, a great game!

Hilvon

08. Dec 2017 · 21:11 UTC

Really fun game. But having an in-game controls description would be handy. I mean WSAD-movement is conventional, but Z to interact with tile is non intuitive...

And there are some wierd collisions happening... but maybe it's just me being clumsy.

terryg

11. Dec 2017 · 03:18 UTC

Very interesting idea and well executed. Fits well with the theme. Took me a while to realize that you have move AND hold the z key. Here's a video of my game play: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/208560286?t=00h00m13s

Grentacular

11. Dec 2017 · 11:35 UTC

The hitboxes were a little weird in that I couldn't always tell what square the game thought I was in, and I would have liked some indication other than the music as to when the stage reverses so that I can play without sound, but overall I had fun playing the game. Nice work!

CreativeWhisper

12. Dec 2017 · 12:52 UTC

Great concept and good execution. It's a simple game but the mechanics work pretty well. Maybe a tutorial or something that explains how to play inside the game would be better than on a txt. SOmetimes i managed to start painting to tiles at once moving diagonaly and it makes a huge advantage, don't know if its intended. I like the two phase play and that your own tiles could hurt you. Pretty adictive when you reach the later stages. Good take on the theme, great work.

Remco

12. Dec 2017 · 19:43 UTC

Unique concept! I had some fun as well :slight_smile:

(I _almost_ missed that I had to _hold_ Z, as some other people in the comments _might_ just have... :upside_down:)

That said, I missed a visual timer or something for how much time I've left until we enter the negative zone, or vice-versa. (Or is that intentional?)

I was also impressed by the music (for 'just' a compo entry). I've even noticed you've made a second song, but hide it all the way in level -- what was it... 5 or 6? Which would be just a-OK for a 'full' game, but (sadly) remember that some people might only play your game for about 2 minutes when judging on LD. _(Maybe there should be another compo where people play each others game longer, but that would probably also require a longer creation time as well.)_

🎤 RNGSilvercraft

13. Dec 2017 · 03:51 UTC

@remco The second song plays in stage 5～8,and actually I think it's better than the first song...