The name's pronounced "Sharp." Inspired by the De Stijl art movement.
PLEASE DO NOT RATE UNTIL THE END! There's a potato in store if you reach it. ;) If something glitches and/or you get outside of the walls, you can press 'r' to restart the level.
I got stuck really early on (blame my Ludumed out brain) at the part with the three bouncing yellow blocks guarding the other small one. I first found it odd, but the restrictive movement grew on me.
Nice atmosphere! The collision seems sometimes a bit buggy (didn't die though touching an enemie. I'm also not sure why the fleeing blue box can push the red one but I can't, even though I'm blue. There are two rooms with color changing dots. What's their meaning? The ending is somehow "unexpected" :D
Nice and simply. I got a bit annoyed not being able to move diagonally, but all in all it wasn't bad. The soundtrack was nice; I like how it also fit the theme.
@cominu: I'm not quite sure what you mean, I'm not too familiar with Macs. I just followed the instructions on the wiki and forums. I haven't run in to any permissions problems before, so it sounds like it's a problem on your computer.
Ruh-roh... you do have a # too... you even have a piano. :P I think all you other folks should name you're games # too... just to clear up any confusion :)
Cool game; I loved the simple color rules you set up and the puzzles you built from them. I found the control/collision part of the blocks a little tough - I kept moving farther than I meant to, or hitting things I thought I was clear of. But it was fun, stylish, minimalist, neat! The music and the Still Life with Potato at the end were both cool.
Ok I was stuck, but decided to retry it. I succeeded but only by exploiting a bug. Or was this the only solution ? The screen below the cross-like one gave me no choice but to take the small blue square. Thus I was stuck in the following screen. I hope you understand me. About the bug, it allows to go through fences if you place yourself in the front of small ones and move forward. Here's a screenshot : http://charlesboury.fr/misc/%23bug.png But it was cool to be able to go anywhere !
The game was interesting - I really liked the level where you used the blue box to push the red box! The other levels didn't leave as much of an impression.
The ended weirded me out! If that was your goal, you achieved it :-)
@Rabbits... Really? My observation seems to indicate that I disappoint regularly. =)
@Charles I'm aware of the glitch, my brother found it a couple days ago. I'll look into it for the post-compo.
@caranha: I really am glad I coded that blue-red interaction in, I knew it would sell the game. And the ending was more of a way to add depth and/or pretentiousness, and to see how people would interpret it. I'm glad it gave you some sort of reaction!
Niice man. Some of the puzzles are pretty satisfying to figure out, especially the blue box one at the end. Just wanted it to be longer! :) Nice music too.
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Cake&Code4 May 2013, 10:01
Smart game, I realized why you named it #! :P It's a nice and challenging game, with some collisions seeming a little off here and there. I liked the color themes though, and the way the blue starts rushing after you as soon as you change colors is great. Nice work!
Would future commenters please specify what about the collision is terrible, specifically? The collision with the white tiles? Or the colored enemies? It's important for me to know.
(I'm not stupid, I know the collision is bad all around, but it's better to interrogate the players as if you're a robot with no opinions of your own.)
Nice use of the theme. The music was short but sweet and utilizing the three modes was getting rather interesting. I could see this going further if there was more time. It was a bit annoying being unable to move diagonally, but it may have just been my hardware?
Nice minimalist game, and I like the powerup system! It's unique! the only problem is that movin into blocks was often glitchy. Not being able to move diagonally was annoying at first, but I got used to it.
It has become increasingly clear that deciding against diagonal movement was probably not too smart a call. Oh well, it probably would have caused too many bugs at the time. The post-compo version will have diagonal movement once it's out.
The controls were awkward (difficult to get the square into narrow paths) and deciding against diagonal movement was not to my liking :D But I liked the puzzle system, and loved the music. It's short, but long enough for this type of competition.
I liked it! I think the major complaint people are having probably isn't with the "collision" per se, but more the fact that you have to be very precise to get into some of the passageways (adding the diagonal, as you'd mentioned, would help, because you'd be able to press against the wall as you moved to the passage, and enter the passage when you crossed the lip That said, I found the atmosphere nice and the puzzles "just right" for difficulty (the first few were fairly standard but the last one was quite imaginative - I thought I was stuck at first I also liked the wtf ending. Nice work!
I don't know what people are saying about the impossibility. It seems simple enough, with some creative think needed once in a while. One complaint that the story wasn't present, and the ending didn't shed much light. Also would've liked multi-movement control, with buttons registering rotation of an objects direction by adding direction and subtracting when pressing/releasing buttons. Other than that it was probably your greatest for of effort put here today. However you should not doubt yourself, because you wouldn't be here without any of the experience you gathered from your journey. If anything, this is FAR from your greatest accomplishment, so GOOD JOB, YOUR WINNER.
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Short, but funny.
I think all you other folks should name you're games # too... just to clear up any confusion :)
I succeeded but only by exploiting a bug. Or was this the only solution ? The screen below the cross-like one gave me no choice but to take the small blue square. Thus I was stuck in the following screen.
I hope you understand me.
About the bug, it allows to go through fences if you place yourself in the front of small ones and move forward. Here's a screenshot : http://charlesboury.fr/misc/%23bug.png
But it was cool to be able to go anywhere !
The ended weirded me out! If that was your goal, you achieved it :-)
Cheers,
@Charles I'm aware of the glitch, my brother found it a couple days ago. I'll look into it for the post-compo.
@caranha: I really am glad I coded that blue-red interaction in, I knew it would sell the game. And the ending was more of a way to add depth and/or pretentiousness, and to see how people would interpret it. I'm glad it gave you some sort of reaction!
The game was a good length, and the music was fitting. Great use of theme.
That said, I found the atmosphere nice and the puzzles "just right" for difficulty (the first few were fairly standard but the last one was quite imaginative - I thought I was stuck at first
I also liked the wtf ending.
Nice work!