The Colors Beneath the Surface

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.95
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.90
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.44
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.04
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.33
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★62%
I wanted to participate in Luddum Dare but there was just 8 hours left... so this is what i did. Thanks for playing.

Enjoy!

The earth is under attack!!
Just the colors beneath the surface can neutralize them.
Find the colors combination that will stop each spaceship.

How far can you get?

Tips:

You have to click the sequence of colors from outside to inside..

The relationships between the colors when they are next to each other fools the eye ...

PD:

Thank you all for your comments, you really encourage me to keep on with the game.
( http://luminosapp.produccionesluminosas.com/2014/05/the-colors-beneath-surface.html )

The amazing sound track is a recording of my flatmate filtered with a guitar pedal effect. :D

screenshot

Comments26

smikulcik28 Apr 2014, 16:57
Clean graphics. Decent audio track. it's hard to distinguish between the colors.
Tipyx
Tipyx28 Apr 2014, 16:59
Such a nice concept ! A little disturbing ! Maybe "kill" the color on the circle with have found for each step ? Good job :) (and I love the "music" :))
Doubstract
Doubstract28 Apr 2014, 17:01
Interesting idea, but i'm little bored
Ditto
Ditto28 Apr 2014, 18:10
Dang beautiful game! It's very hard to know what you're supposed to do since the enemies doesn't react to my action until they die, I think your supposed to touch them with all the correct colors simultaneously, but sometimes it didn't seem to work :c
quantumpotato29 Apr 2014, 00:18
You can only shoot one color at a time? Not clear but cool concep
CaiusTSM29 Apr 2014, 00:19
Nice idea. I find it difficult to tell which green is the right one, maybe I am just bad with colors.
shuanDang
shuanDang29 Apr 2014, 00:20
Pretty solid for such a short time!
Gamepopper
Gamepopper29 Apr 2014, 00:21
Clever idea, bit difficult to understand at first. Very good music choice.
tehryanx
tehryanx29 Apr 2014, 17:44
Pretty cool :)

my one gripe is that the visual feedback isn't clear that all my shots count. If I click one color and then another before the first one radiates to the target it still counts, but it doesn't look like it counts.
Jyrkface29 Apr 2014, 17:46
Wow, really loved the graphics. Was half convinced the gameplay was generating the music for a while :P
Maek29 Apr 2014, 17:54
Good game idea!
stigmawall
stigmawall30 Apr 2014, 00:56
Nice graphics and a great gameplay idea. The music is very good too.
asotelo94
asotelo9430 Apr 2014, 04:47
Hard game man. Found it dificult to differenciate some color but overall entertaining. Thumbs up!
Larzan
Larzan30 Apr 2014, 08:09
Great concept, the music fit in very good, gives it a very 'spacy' feeling, well done sir
Simon@LD30 Apr 2014, 17:21
Cool concept, really impressive for only 8 hours! Great atmosphere also!
Gins30 Apr 2014, 17:26
Nice idea, but it doesn't feel very satisfying to destroy those disks :) Some sound effects would have been nice.
Or perhaps multiple disks coming down at once.
Something cool can come out of this though, it's a good start :)
Menesetsu30 Apr 2014, 17:49
I like the idea. I think it might be better to destroy color layers on aliens if player chooses the right color. I really like the music. Do you have the soundtrack?
Manuel Magalhães1 May 2014, 18:49
I like the concept, but I think the spaceships should be faster. Even if they gain "color layers" the game doesn't get much more interesting. I would make them fall faster with the score, instead of the color laying adding system. Still a solid entry, tho.
mjau2 May 2014, 02:44
This is pretty neat! The gfx and ambient music creates a great atmosphere. (wish the music didn't suddenly cut off like that though)

Those two greens are very similar to each other. It wouldn't've hurt to separate them a bit more, i think =P
Kate Kligman3 May 2014, 16:07
This is a neat idea and a tight game. I felt a bit of disconnect between picking the right colors and the object disappearing, but otherwise had a great time playing.
rojo
rojo6 May 2014, 04:23
Interesting concept, and not bad for only 8 hours.
Reinkout6 May 2014, 20:54
i liked it, it was really easy to catch up with it! Thanks for this.
Nanolotl
Nanolotl7 May 2014, 12:52
Cool idea. At some point the colours just never seemed to work though.
waveformmodulations8 May 2014, 03:37
The look & sound of The Colors Beneath the Surface is really cool. Even tho the graphics are very retro, the organic scoring is quite fitting and atmospheric. Very Cool.
DonovanWu
DonovanWu10 May 2014, 02:18
This is going to be so bad for color-blind people :( But anyway, the game mechanics is nice, simple and innovative :)
elefantopia
elefantopia19 May 2014, 00:23
Very interesting! Sometimes, the colors were difficult to distinguish, but I see from your comments, that was the challenge.

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