Pink Grey by ccglp

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made by ccglp for Ludum Dare 48 (COMPO)

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Pink Grey is my game in this Ludum Dare, explore lovingly created procedural (and "designed"!) levels as you go down and down to literal and metaphorical depths in this experimental adventure!

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Between the "dig" levels you can find secrets. There are 5 secrets in the adventure hidden between puzzles! Try to find them all :)

This time I made the game while streaming all the development on my Twitch channel, so the adventure was double, I hope you like the result!

Controls:

WASD or Arrow Keys: Move

Mouse: Camera

Mouse click: Hit

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P.S: I made a POST-LD version only fixing the inverted Mouse controls. At the start of the jam I told myself to fix that but after two hours of development, I just forgot and got used to it. The WebGL version will keep being the original submission in the spirit of far play.

Ratings

Overall 887th 2.375⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Fun 884th 2.132⭐ 21🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 734th 2.694⭐ 20🧑‍⚖️
Theme 751th 2.975⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 866th 2.15⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Audio 598th 2.75⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Humor 626th 1.813⭐ 18🧑‍⚖️
Mood 773th 2.575⭐ 22🧑‍⚖️
Given 31🗳️ 10🗨️

Feedback

Sashabox
26. Apr 2021 · 11:57 UTC
The mouse control can be a bit frustrating to some first-time players, but I rate this 8/10.
LDJam user 237588
26. Apr 2021 · 12:02 UTC
Nice job. I think the Y axis of the mouse control is inverted, maybe you could add an option for that.
glitchman
26. Apr 2021 · 12:05 UTC
The mouse inversion is not convenient.
What did I find on the level? 👀

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🎤 ccglp
26. Apr 2021 · 12:08 UTC
@glitchman You found your username, kind of :eyes: (You can pick it up)
kristof
27. Apr 2021 · 17:21 UTC
Nice entry. I am not sure I understood what I was doing though ;) I stopped playing after a few layers of digging and collecting hearts. Is there an end I could have reached? As others mentioned, the inverted mouse controls threw me off a bit. Still, good job!
Foursay
28. Apr 2021 · 03:47 UTC
THe control is a littl tricky but the over all experience is good for me.I enjoy my experience digging around. Nice Game!
incobalt
28. Apr 2021 · 04:09 UTC
This is a cute little game and it has a very pleasing color palette! I think you were going for relaxation, and it would have worked if it weren't for these camera controls. Use a negative mouse y for standard controls with the kind of setup you're using. I also can't tell if you're using a camera mount setup or not (camera goes in a nested object and you use that for up/down look, but the main object for left/right look). There's something funky going on when looking at your feet. I also got the glitch and was amused by the achievement! I couldn't find a way to progress from there, though. I would have continued to play the main game but the sensitivity and the inverted camera wasn't working for my brain and I started to get a headache!
🎤 ccglp
28. Apr 2021 · 05:39 UTC
@kristof You can discover secrets between levels and yes, you can get an ending after 4 layers of digging. The game is about 10 minutes of gameplay which I know is waaaaay too much for a jam game, thank you for playing nonetheless

@incobalt Thank you for the feedback. I just uploaded a post LD Windows version after all the comments telling me about the up/down inverted camera movement (I got used to it in development and forgot to change it after 1 or 2 hours into coding). I'm not using a camera mount setup sadly, only the main camera object, this was pretty much my first try with a first person game.
Also, you can't progress from the glitch level, is an intended softblock, I thought of it as a way to punish the player for wanting to test for invisible collisions. (I'm just weird)

Thank you all for playing and leaving feedback :)
Gabriel Pittol
29. Apr 2021 · 00:26 UTC
Liked the game but inverse Y sensitivity is hell.
Fadex
29. Apr 2021 · 00:27 UTC
So surreal. I reaally love the sound. Nice experience..
phealsout
29. Apr 2021 · 00:30 UTC
I am the beta tester lets go
frompdx
29. Apr 2021 · 00:33 UTC
Fits the theme pretty well. I can't offer a lot of feedback that others haven't already provided. I agree with the points on the Y axis. I know it's one of those things where people love or hate one or the other but for me it felt wrong. Making that configurable would go a long way for making the controls feel natural for everyone. I think adding some kind of visual clue about what to do in addition to the navigation arrow might be helpful. I wasn't entirely sure what I was supposed to be doing.
LDJam user 242787
29. Apr 2021 · 00:37 UTC
I really liked to color palette of this game. The sound design was also nice. Well done
Michbet
29. Apr 2021 · 00:45 UTC
Camera is very sensitive and it took me a while to figure out what I was doing. The procedural generation is pretty neat and your game has an interesting mood to it.
msipp27
01. May 2021 · 14:39 UTC
well i unlocked the glitch and the hearts were floating up in the air, I also found the first person camera controls to be awful.