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COLORFORM

By torcado194

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Innovation3263.42
Audio4872.81
Theme5053.58
Fun5263.02
Overall5463.18
Mood7132.73
Graphics8212.69
Humor9491.69
Coolness141145

Comments

2013-04-28 23:25

Looks great. Unfortunately, I can't get the web version to work. Did you place the *.swf on your Public dropbox folder? Also, you might want to change the Flash download to a Flash Proyector (*.exe), since anybody without Flash (like me) won't be able to open the file (this also makes your game version independent).

torcado194 2013-04-28 23:44

OH wow thanks a lot. i finally fixed it. i realized i needed the movie value to be the location of the file.
Also unfortunately due to Stencyl's restrictions i cannot upload the .exe, but you can download the flash player that plays the files or you could just open it in your browser

cahman 2013-04-29 00:56

Fun game, but challenging until I got the hang of it. And I dig the soundtrack!

torcado194 2013-04-29 01:06

@cahman haha thanks a lot! did you get to the end? and yes i figured people would find it more difficult than I because I spent 30+ hours playing it

roaet 2013-04-29 03:53

Man that's a blast. I really like the mechanic. Though the woooooooooooooo of the progress meter (before change) could gated more. The soundtrack is nice.

qdowngames 2013-04-29 03:53

Quite hard. But I won't say it wasn't fun!

netgrind 2013-04-29 03:54

That was cool, I felt the tutorial was a little slow but as soon as I was past that I had a blast.

killswitch 2013-04-29 03:56

It looks great. Also, it's unique; the player's color must match with the platform it steps on.

igrowbeards 2013-04-29 03:57

Nice work! I think it fit the minimal theme very well too - you weren't lying when you said it was hard.

gatechgrad 2013-04-29 03:57

I like the idea, but it really needs a way to skip the tutorial messages after you die.

cogentinvalid 2013-04-29 03:58

This game puts an interesting spin on the change-player's-color gameplay mechanic. I'm generally not too fond of it, but the timing aspect makes it a lot more palatable. The soundtrack is good, too.

lambomang 2013-04-29 03:59

Is there a way to skip the tutorial at the beginning? It's kinda irritating having to sit through that again every time you die.
Other than that, it's a good game.

notajetski 2013-04-29 04:00

really, really hard!

sestren 2013-04-29 04:01

Very challenging and unique game. I love color-based puzzle games, and this one is simple, but very well-executed. As has already been mentioned, restarting after death is a tad slow, and the sound effect of the bar resetting gets old after awhile.

dalbinblue 2013-04-29 04:03

Quite difficult, but a great concept. Is there any way to skip the initial "how-to-play" explanation at the beginning after dying. It was a bit annoying to have to sit through that each time.

gokuhd 2013-04-29 04:06

I like the colors you used and the simplicity. the idea is very good. If you are planning to polish it, I would maybe think about trying to find an easier way to change colors, sometimes it's difficult but challenging, which is good :).

torcado194 2013-04-29 04:17

Thanks everyone! yes i realize the tutorial restarting each death is annoying, but it would be difficult to make that not happen programming-wise. and yes, i should make the cycle sound quieter. I will do this! thanks for the feedback! I'm still waiting for someone to see the ending! haha you'll love it

acronaut111 2013-04-29 05:04

Gnarly execution of theme. Clever use of color-context controls! this could be fun with multiplayer (platform racing)

mortus 2013-04-29 10:05

Fun game, got to 11k+ points and after that inevitability of tutorial got me.

josefnpat 2013-04-29 11:17

Mind bendingly hard for me!

Nice job!

hughsk 2013-04-29 11:32

Pretty difficult at first, but nice overall :) Would be great if there were a way to skip the opening tutorial!

themightycomp 2013-04-29 12:12

Great job - the learning curve is pretty high, put once you get the hang of it, it's a really fun game. Will definitely be coming back to play this in the future.

torcado194 2013-04-29 14:12

thanks for all the great feedback everyone!

torcado194 2013-04-29 14:27

OK I fixed everything that everyone has asked for! the version will be up later in a separate category! :D

torcado194 2013-04-29 22:53

ALRIGHT! i updates the game and everyone should be happy! (besides ulrta difficulty status) :D

stryphe 2013-04-30 01:10

I like the concept! It sticks to the theme and provides a challenge.

atridas 2013-05-01 16:27

Really nice work! I had a hard time playing this and I'll may return later to beat my highscore!

alucard-j 2013-05-02 22:12

Was a little confused at first, but then it turned out to be playable and challenging. Perhaps use a few different sounds while the colour changer is charging, a different sound for each colour would be interesting and give the player a break from the same sound, and as already mentioned skip the tutorial once it has already been seen. Well Done =]

johnnysix 2013-05-03 02:01

The concept is cool - but the sound effect for the side bar and 303 bassline get a bit repetitive after a while, and not knowing what random colour is coming next makes it extremely difficult to play. If the bars changed colour with a sweep from right to left, so you could see that blue was becoming pink, or something similar, it'd allow a little reaction time. :)

milo 2013-05-03 02:20

I found this somewhat too difficult - I died a whole lot without getting much better. Usually, when every platform was only one of two colors, I had issues. The music was really awesome though, and I had to keep trying for quite a while before I found it necessary to give up.

zemmi 2013-05-03 05:00

That was fun, really wanted to beat it but that unskippable tutorial is a real downer. Wish it were skippable but other than that I really enjoyed the challenge.

fishbrain 2013-05-03 05:34

Nice concept, quite tricky. Well done!

mrexcessive 2013-05-03 05:50

Hey. Web working on Chrome. Have rated even though post-compo as it seems you had some issues with export from other comments. Idea feels undeveloped somehow. It's a bit harsh timingwise... more complex than a jumper like doodlejump (in terms of what you must do to stay put)... constant siren gets v. annoying! Good job on first entry and with Stencyl.

travischen 2013-05-03 07:41

One of the most fun games I've played yet. Great work!

mikeware 2013-05-03 07:52

Wow, this is really hard. Maybe I shouldn't be playing it so late at night. I like the concepts behind this, but I think with the cycle of four, having a slower cycle time to start could help. Also, maybe only starting with a couple of colors. It felt really harsh when I hit the wrong key and would fall from the top to the bottom instead of just one platform below me.

klianc09 2013-05-03 16:13

This is a lot of fun, but it can get quite confusing with 4 colors, would have loved to map the buttons somewhere else... and that unskippable tutorial...

glbs 2013-05-03 21:13

Nice! I much like the mechanics based on the colors, and your game requires a lot of coordination (that I obviously lacks seeing my score) and that kind of brain twist is pretty fun

badlydrawnrod 2013-05-03 22:00

It would be nice to have an option to make it easier for people who are colourblind.

torcado194 2013-05-04 02:26

@Alucard J having a different sound for each color doesnt make sense since all colors are on screen at all times.
@JohnnySix the colors arent random, they cycle from red to pink to green to blue, indicated by the tutorial text and the colors at the top right
@Milo yes the 2 colors at a time thing was a bug that would be annoying to fix, but it only happens at the beginning

moomoo112 2013-05-08 09:12

having to sit through the tutorial every time I die gets annoying..

torcado194 2013-05-08 14:11

thats what the updated version is for!