{"author_name":"gritfish","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[],"epoch":1342349820,"likes":3,"metadata":{"p_key":"55578","p_author":"gritfish","p_authorkey":"10705","p_urlkey":"91296","p_title":"A Theft of Colours","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD23","p_time":"1342349820","p_likes":"3","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"10705","us_name":"gritfish","us_username":"gritfish","event_start":"1334880000","event_key":"10","event_name":"LD23"},"text":"
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For a game that was all about contrast – I gave myself the challenge of working to a high-contrast, 16 colour palette, arrows, and one other button.<\/p><\/div>\n

I started out with really quite over-the-top expectations for this mini LD. I’d planned out a game with 10 levels, with cutscenes in between telling a story. But in the end I only really got started on Thursday\/Friday, and only had a working level by this afternoon. So this is the stripped down, gameplay only version of the game I’d planned to make.<\/p>\n

There’s something about the old EGA palette that just takes me back to playing Alleycat\/Commander Keen (I can’t even look at that blue\/purple combination without drifting off), and I made it a little hard\/tricky to try and get that feeling of nostalgia to shine through in the gameplay as well as the graphics.<\/p>\n

Matt (@brainfed) provided music, and although he initially struggled with getting the ‘french’ sound, I think he came up with a great ‘sneaking’ theme, and two other tracks that I’ll work into the game when I finish the rest as I originally intended it. Josh (@joshuatreee) helped out too, providing in-between frames for the walk cycles, and the Eiffel tower painting. Both were great collaborators to bounce ideas off, and we might go into LD24 as a team.<\/p>\n

This is my third Ludum Dare game, and in each one I’ve hit a massive memory management stumbling block on the last afternoon. This time, entire levels failed to unload properly, which resulted in the game running faster<\/em> for some reason. Eventually I fixed it, but on the way created one of the funnier bugs I’ve caused making games – A second player would spawn in, standing on the head of the first one. You could then knock this unresponsive doppelganger flying into the oncoming guards. Matt and I both enjoyed playing around with it, so I make work that mechanic into something else down the line.<\/p>\n

Play the game here<\/a>. We’d all love some feedback, and I’m really keen to hear if any colourblind people are able to play the game and if they have any problems with the colour mechanic.<\/p>\n \n

Tags: color<\/a>, contrast<\/a>, flash<\/a>, retro<\/a>, stealth<\/a><\/p>","time":"July 15th, 2012 5:57 am","title":"A Theft of Colours"}