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ColorShift by CrazY

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made by CrazY for LD35 (COMPO)
This is my first Game Jam entry, a kind of Roguelike Game where you are a Square Character who can change his Color by pressing Spacebar, you can only attack the enemys when they have the same Color otherwise they will try to kill you. You are equiped with a boomerang that you can throw but it wont come back if it hits something.

You walk with W A S D, you shoot and aim with your mouse and you change color by pressing space.

I kind of ran out of time in the end so you dont really have a different purpose than just killing the enemys and the game lacks a lot of polish and balancing, but im proud that I atleast got something working.

Have fun playing !

Oh and the game is hard like REALLY hard.


Edit: Thanks to all your great comments I've been able to improve some things since my entry:
- I balanced the difficulty, the sniper isn't op anymore, and the color changing of the enemys is way easier.
- I polished the game, added more particle effects and screen shake.
- I fixed the lags in color changing and shooting controls.
- I fixed a bug where the boomerang was stuck on the player and you didn't get a new one.

Play the current Version here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ynwsgib26cfj3rm/ColorShift%20v1.3.zip?dl=0
Windows https://www.dropbox.com/s/wysdcfvf5ql1w8y/ColorShift%20v1.2.zip?dl=0
Source https://www.dropbox.com/s/jidzabva7txixk2/ColorShift%20v1.2%20Source.zip?dl=0
Original URL https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=91915

Ratings

Coolness 39% 1579
Overall 2.45 905
Fun 2.45 848
Graphics 2.35 798
Humor 1.87 578
Innovation 2.70 715
Mood 2.63 649
Theme 3.15 601

Feedback

bagface
18. Apr 2016 · 18:37 UTC
Neat concept. You are right, it is very hard. If they enemies attacks were slower, so they could be dodged, I think it would be much easier. Good work!
brainstorm
18. Apr 2016 · 18:40 UTC
Good idea, but I think the boomerang is bugged. It only get shot sometimes. If what you want is to do is that it have a limited range, I recommend that it gets shot but disappear after a while. Otherwise, nice try!
freeloader
18. Apr 2016 · 19:14 UTC
It's really frustrating, sometimes I turn around a corner and get sniped.
sndr
19. Apr 2016 · 12:49 UTC
It is quite hard to play, I guess it needs a little bit of balancing but I really like the core idea behind it!
Somehow the speed of the enemies and the fact that the boomerang doesn't always come back is what builds that difficulty. Maybe you can make one of those two easier.
KristophTG
20. Apr 2016 · 13:07 UTC
I don't know if it was your intention, but i found that not changing the color and just waiting for my oponents to change color to mine seemed to work better. Also when i launched the game i didn't realize that the star-shaped things are enemies, as its not really that clear. The other thing is that walking diagonally is faster than normal walking. Also i didn't like how the instruction was handwritten in paint as it was hard to read.
Ryusui
21. Apr 2016 · 05:34 UTC
Even as an unfinished game, this is kind of a disappointment. The gameplay demands lightning-fast reflexes but the controls are sluggish and unresponsive; by the time I can cycle to the correct color, the enemy I'm trying to kill has already changed to something else. Also, would it have hurt to just put some printed text up on the first screen? It probably would've taken less time to type up a tutorial than scrawl all that hard-to-read text. (Also, speaking of the controls: color cycling should be mapped to RMB.)
schizoid2k
23. Apr 2016 · 01:07 UTC
Not a bad first cut. Has potential with some work. It is a bit hard, which is not bad, but perhaps ease into the difficulty a bit.
Freank
23. Apr 2016 · 17:54 UTC
Hi, nice game ! We're realizing a video with several games of the Ludum Dare #35.
Can you add your game on indiexpo.net ? (it's free)
So we can include also your game in the video ;)
p.s. write #LDJAM in the game's description
Alphish
29. Apr 2016 · 20:23 UTC
A technical note: it's more of a shooter than a roguelike (these tend to be turn-based rather than real-time, and have more focus on tactics/RPG elements than dexterity).

I've played a few rounds, got the hang of it, though the slow movement is a bit discouraging. The snipers were OP indeed, too. Maybe I'd feel more eager to play around more if this game had some goal? Or maybe even a few levels, with each acting as a "checkpoint" (i.e. once you die, you don't go to the very beginning). This certainly has some room for improvement...

The concept itself feels pretty generic, but I appreciate the variety of enemies. Also, hopefully by the next LD you will have better hang of balancing. ^^'
rayman1900
05. May 2016 · 16:38 UTC
Good game and good intro, but when I shoot my boomerang, it get stuck on the floor and I can't throw a new one...
Kuupu
08. May 2016 · 17:22 UTC
The game is here but I think you can find a lot of ways to make it coller
Maybe more fast gameplay?
Changing the enemy's color didn't make sense for me, what is the purpose?
A more dynamic boomerang? making curves?

I think you can go for a "hotline miami" kind of gameplay and it'll be much more cool :)


nice entry :)