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Colours in the Void

By bennuk

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation603.86
Audio793.48
Mood1133.33
Overall2443.29
Graphics3173.12
Fun3832.91
Humor4802.13
Coolness72344
Theme7932.18

Comments

matthias_zarzecki 2012-04-23 11:21

I like the minimalistic health-interface.

legacycrono 2012-04-24 13:29

Very neat concept, but it's pretty hard!

ratking 2012-04-24 13:30

Very Bennilistic! :-)
The gameplay mechanic with the laser is nice, but bad for my slow brain ...

neilo 2012-04-24 14:06

Very hard to play, but still didn't stop me from trying! As ratking said, very Bennilistic! Shows people you don't need "fancy" graphics to make a good looking game :)

fishbrain 2012-04-24 18:40

quite a cool concept! i like the minimalist style. quite tricky though - but fun.

jacic 2012-04-24 21:34

Pretty hard! I like the idea though, well done!

pixelulsar 2012-04-25 23:10

Cool and interesting, I also thought the graphics were quite nice.

christinaneofotistou 2012-04-26 07:23

liked the music

norgg 2012-04-26 14:33

Ouch, really difficult, got to the boss of the green level, hardly anywhere on any of the others. Having to try and look for something to beam off of, where the enemy is and dodge all at the same time is a lot to cope with. Fun though!

fireblend 2012-04-27 03:04

Really fun! And incredibly difficult. I like the nice visuals, and the music feels like a perfect match. Also, loved the level selection screen although for a second I thought it was a loading screen :P

dr_soda 2012-04-27 04:47

This is a really inventive mechanic, and like your LD22 entry does a whole lot with minimal graphics. The sound is excellent too, adding to the atmosphere tremendously.

On the other hand I found the gameplay to be very difficult and frustrating. I wasn't able to adapt to the art of keeping one eye on an anchor and another on my character, and frequently ended up crashing into walls.

caranha 2012-05-03 12:26

Frustratingly difficulty, but I loved the game. The idea of the colour shooter is terribly innovative, and the three levels are interesting. The entire game, including the level selection screen, has a very palpable "feel"

Only two complaints about the game: The music started to get on my nerves after a while, and it could do with a better tie-in to the theme.

Thanks for the game!

jeffalisk 2012-05-03 12:29

I'm a sucker for little abstract boxes, so I enjoyed this a lot even though I had to use a laptop trackpad to play it (which is never ideal!)

djcsdy 2012-05-03 14:05

Very difficult! But nicely put together.

The level select screen is clever but a bit annoying. It's difficult to tell what you're supposed to click on at first, and the click targets are too small. Also, it's a bit mystery-meat, there's nothing to indicate the difference between levels except trial-and-error. I don't think it would be much fun trying to choose a level if I were colour-blind, either.

Audio is lovely and well-suited to the game. I like your no-assets graphical style but it's not so interesting as in RGB which made such good use of motion.

As usual you seem to have ignored the theme totally, which is fine by me :D. You could have put a kitten in or something, though.

danielzoran 2012-05-03 16:14

That was very nice! great gameplay (though VERY hard), excellent audio and slick graphics. It didn't really feel TINY WORLD to me though... anyway, Thumbs up!

kungphoo 2012-05-03 16:34

The idea is something new. The mouse-key interaction is very hard for me. I'm not a good player, though.

The graphics fit together, even it it's "just" blocks. Good work.

monkeyarmada 2012-05-04 14:02

Altought hard is a really nice piece of code.
I like the mood!

valeour 2012-05-06 15:42

Very clever, really enjoyed it.

wyzfen 2012-05-06 20:37

Wow, that was hard. I liked the different levels, and the music.

castor 2012-05-08 19:01

Incredible game, seriously. One of my favourites.

matt 2012-05-08 20:34

Cool twist on the genre. Pretty awesome game.

aquasheep 2012-05-08 22:16

Nicely done! I like the graphics, and I especially like how you made each level a different paradigm of arcade shooter (moving up, moving sideways, and free form).

From what I could tell, playing this game is essentially like playing as Karma in LoL: you're always underpowered, your most powerful attack is hard as balls to coordinate, you're squishy, and you have an awesome time playing regardless!!!

Good stuff!

misfit 2012-05-09 17:18

Neat game. I liked the minimalist graphics, music and gameplay.

jonathang 2012-05-12 07:57

It's a nice idea, but it's really difficult! There's tons of stuff to collide with, and the bullets are homing :( Very innovative though, and good use of simple graphics!

christinaneofotistou 2012-05-12 22:16

Very fun, top marks for mood, audio, graphics, everything really, except for the theme, maybe :)