Mondrian is a physics-based game inspired largely by Piet Mondrian's De Stijl paintings. The player is tasked with navigating a ball through nine levels.
Controls: Click and drag to rotate the environment. ESC to quit the game (only in standalone executables).
Tips: In hindsight I realize that the controls for this game are rather unwieldy. If you want more control, I'd recommend trying to move the mouse only left and right or up and down, and not diagonally. Also, being aware of when to release the mouse button is crucial. It's not that you're playing it wrong, it's that I scripted it wrong!
Notice: I'm not entirely sure the OSX build will work on all Macs. If you experience issues, please let me know.
Other: The typeface used in this project is Quicksand, and is licensed under the SIL Open Font License. This license is viewable inside the source folder, and can be found at LD48_26 > Assets > GUI > Quicksand > OFL.txt
This is one of the best takes on the Mondrian art, kudos man very fun, when I was playing I felt like if you could make the mouse cursor disappear when you click and hold it would create a stronger link between the player and the control of the world. Otherwise this game is fantastic, thank you!
I was afraid too many people uses mondrian for their game, but what i played here is a nice concept. It is a great idea using the colors this way, nice job on the game design.
On the other hand, even if the art is inspired by Mondrian, it's very hard to catch its aesthetic. Becasue of this, the game looks a bit empty but i understand how hard it can be to combinate level design and art.
@ananasblau: I originally set out to avoid using keyboard input, as I wanted a "one-button" input scheme that matched with the minimalist theme. In hindsight, I probably should have been more prepared to deviate from the theme, because I didn't take into account people that only had a trackpad or preferred using the keyboard. Thanks!
@Ludipe I originally planned to implement inverted controls, but decided to cut it and submit the game. Next time...
@pereubu Yeah, my biggest concern is that I'm reaching for a low hanging fruit with this. Thanks for the feedback!
A simple, yet challenging physics-based puzzle game. The controls were a little difficult to work with, but once I got used to it, I really enjoyed myself. Well done.
Nice take on the Mondrian style. I found it a bit hard to work with, especially on the second level, trying to get that ball to land right. But, I really l liked the concept. Fun game.
Good use of the mondrian design as a level. The drag & rotate is sometime annoying : If I go up to down it will rotate 3 times in the same direction then change, even if I'm a long distance from the center of the screen. There's also a good level design on this game, and a fair difficulty curve.
I liked this and played all the way to the end (took me 9 minutes). I thought it fitted the theme really nicely (I did a Mondrian based game too!). Difficulty and progression were well pitched. Locking spin speak to one axis would make things a little easier perhpas. Well done!
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@toinic Thanks for the feedback! Any specific recommendations for control refinement?
@iiechapman Thanks for the suggestion!
Good job!
On the other hand, even if the art is inspired by Mondrian, it's very hard to catch its aesthetic. Becasue of this, the game looks a bit empty but i understand how hard it can be to combinate level design and art.
Great job overall :D
@Ludipe I originally planned to implement inverted controls, but decided to cut it and submit the game. Next time...
@pereubu Yeah, my biggest concern is that I'm reaching for a low hanging fruit with this. Thanks for the feedback!