Pink Haze is a minimalist take on the third-person shooter.
Arrow or WASD keys to move. Space to shoot, aiming is automatic. Do nothing to duck behind cover, reload, and heal. The symbol on your back displays health and ammo. Rooms are shuffled on each playthrough, but the final room can only be reached by beating them all in a single round.
EDIT: I think my original instructions were a bit too minimalist. :( If you stand completely still and don't shoot, you'll duck down. This lets you hide behind boxes (you won't get hit) as well as reload and heal after a couple seconds, and is generally a good idea when several baddies are all shooting at you.
UPDATE: I've added a post-compo update of Pink Haze! * Two new rooms! * Infinite play. Keep randomly going through the rooms until you die. No more disappointing ending. * Some small style and AI tweaks .
Really great. I liked the randomization of the levels and the overall visuals.
My only gripe was the "singlemindedness" of the enemies - almost all of them jump out of the cover at once, raining bullets on you; then at the same moment they all hide again.
Excellent job. By far, the funnest game I have played so far! The reloading and gaining health by ducking/not moving mechanic was nice. The level design was excellent. The animations were perfect. Hearing the bullets whiz by me was a nice touch.
I think the only problem I had about it was I don't want to stop playing it!
Thanks for playing it everyone! I'm glad so many of you seem to enjoy it.
It seems like my instructions were a bit lacking, however, so I added a tiny blurb to the description. Hopefully that will make it a bit less confusing when starting out.
Awesome game! Minimalistic Gears of War. I would really play an expanded version - more enemies, more weapons, more variety, some simple procedural storyline. More kinds of rooms.
MAKE IT INTO A FULL-BLOWN ROGUELIKE!
The ending was kind of anti-climatic tough. I entered the obelisk... and that's it.
Good reductionist take on the genre! Definitely my favourite shooter so far.
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messiano6 May 2013, 00:22
Simple and fun, at first I didn't understand how to duck, but once I realized it then I liked the minimalistic controls. Good take on the theme.
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Monxcleyr Productions6 May 2013, 04:36
Well done! Concept fits the theme well, and it's surprisingly fun given what little the player has to do. A lot of nice little touches as well, with the sound of bullets whizzing by and the reload/health meter on the back of the player's avatar.
Very enjoyable! The controls aren't 100% spot on, but I think this is not a bug but a feature :) The ending is a bit disappointing though, it definitely left me wanting more.
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Good job.
My only gripe was the "singlemindedness" of the enemies - almost all of them jump out of the cover at once, raining bullets on you; then at the same moment they all hide again.
I think the only problem I had about it was I don't want to stop playing it!
Very well done!
It seems like my instructions were a bit lacking, however, so I added a tiny blurb to the description. Hopefully that will make it a bit less confusing when starting out.
Excelent work!
MAKE IT INTO A FULL-BLOWN ROGUELIKE!
The ending was kind of anti-climatic tough. I entered the obelisk... and that's it.
- SEPHY (@sephyka)