Swatch

by madlee
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.13
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.28
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.83
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.06
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★44%
Simple 2d platformer with a neat game mechanic (i think). Didn't have much time to work on it, but I think its a nice start to something.

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Comments20

DaanVanYperen
DaanVanYperen30 Apr 2013, 01:48
The color-absorbing is one of the coolest mechanics I've come across yet. Loads of potential.
kyru30 Apr 2013, 14:17
Really neat game, the color absorbing is a rad mechanic used very nicely here.
LTyrosine
LTyrosine1 May 2013, 03:27
Really cool concept and nice implementation. Smooth and well crafted gameplay. Nice job.
BrainSlugs83
BrainSlugs831 May 2013, 07:42
I *really* liked this. I wish there was more too it. Bad guys, or moving parts or things. Maybe a goal. Love the idea anyway, could make for some really awesome puzzles.

Anyway, I wanted to explore more than what was possible (for me, at least) so I wrote this little hack of a javascript (I only tested it in chrome), it lets you click on the level to re-position your dude (for example, so you could make it past really hard / frustrating jumps, or untrap yourself or even to teleport to impossible locations): it's all one line, so just copy & paste it into your F12 debug console. :D

var __mouse = { x: 0, y: 0 }; window.onmousemove = function (e) { __mouse.x = e.clientX; __mouse.y = e.clientY; }; window.onmousedown = function() { player.pos.x = __mouse.x; player.pos.y = __mouse.y + 5; player.ctx.clearRect(0, 0, player.ctx.canvas.width, player.ctx.canvas.height);};
madlee
madleeauthor1 May 2013, 12:10
thanks guys! I have started working on some proper level design, which is making it feel much more like a game to me. I will probably release an updated version sometime in the next couple of weeks once I've done, then I'll look into adding some more gameplay features. Not sure if I want to do enemies, but it does need some other challenge.

and nice work with the hackery BrainSlugs83 :)
0beah1 May 2013, 15:42
I absolutely love this game mechanic!
iamorim1 May 2013, 16:56
Thanks for your comment. I'm already working on the camera thing :)

Man, you have a great game. The simplicity matches perfectly with the concept. I loved it! :)
Galvesmash1 May 2013, 17:25
I love it man! Great job doing this!
Ithildin
Ithildin1 May 2013, 18:31
The colour change mechanic was really original and it was nicely implemented, it's really promising! Great game =)
chas
chas2 May 2013, 03:51
Bravo. Another HTML5 win!
xdegtyarev
xdegtyarev2 May 2013, 08:09
Color mechanic is really nice, but, i've become lost in a game quite fast. Love it.
BrainSlugs83
BrainSlugs832 May 2013, 23:37
(^@madlee Thanks, it wasn't nearly as hard as hacking Nova Jump. :D)
Cyborg7714 May 2013, 13:47
Really cool mechanic, I couldn't figure out if I was trying to find any kind of goal or just wandering around though. I seemed to hit the same dead end several times. Definitely keep working on this one.
Guardian_Bob
Guardian_Bob4 May 2013, 18:30
Popup window, pops up, but then I see an empty window.
joe40001
joe400019 May 2013, 04:58
I really like this mechanic however I cannot figure out what to do once I reach here:
http://i.imgur.com/N7L0K1j.png

If the game is unwinnable once you fall why do you let me keep playing? I must be missing something but pressing x there does nothing, was I supposed to be able to change into light blue? Because I can't.

I won't score this game until I figure this part out. :P
madlee
madleeauthor9 May 2013, 19:49
@joe40001
yeah, i suppose I should have made it clear that there wasn't a definite end. There really isn't anything to do after that point. Sorry about that! I've branched this project and started redesigning the world from the ground up, and have made a good amount of progress, but I won't post anything about that until the judging time period is over.
GaTechGrad13 May 2013, 02:56
I'm having the same problem as Guardian_Bob. I see the popup window but it just displays a blank square (Firefox 20) I also tried it with Opera with the same result.
madlee
madleeauthor19 May 2013, 16:13
Hmm... I'm able to get it to work in firefox with no problem. It is possible that it's just taking a while to download all of the assets?

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