Well, here is Squareon, a game filled with squared-neon.
I've gone really (too ?) classic here. Try to reach an highscore by clicking on a square of the most represented color to get points.
You will get even more points if you click on the mystical rainbowy square when he appears.
Have fun !
Edit : Post Compo First, a HUGE THANKS to all of you who have tested / commented this game. It is so motivating to have feedback, from this great community !
Hmm, interesting game! It feels like abit more luck than skill though (if I am not mistaken it is just click the colour thats shown most..?) It has nice visuals though, with particles and glowing. Good game!
Very nice. I didn't read your description before playing, so I was wondering what to do at first... well that was silly. Very nice coloring and neat gameplay.
Managed 10960 - cool idea, it's tricky to estimate how much of each colour is on the screen :) The penalty for misclicking seems low though, I think it's better to click semi-randomly than wait to get the right answer, perhaps the penalty should scale up?
I think the simple mechnic is far away enough, but it needs a little thing... moving blocks maybe ? get +3s when you find the good color ? Maybe colors mixing in a way could be cool. Love neons :)
I really like this! :D Not easy, can be cool and relaxing as well as stress-filled when you make a panic rush to beat your score and fail miserably ^^ My kind of games!
Thanks to all new comments :) Anokta : Yes, the random is still more important than the "increasing difficulty" mechanic that I tried to put. Guess I was too tired to make it ok.
Start feeling the need to make a post LD version, more polished and complete. Thank you all !
Unique idea! It's hard to count all of them of a single look, and it gets easy to fail :D But failure is fast, so it keeps you trying and trying, good work
For such a simple idea this is actually very fun! I would have liked each level to have its own timer instead. Also, having easier levels in the beginning with less colors would have been nice. I think you could experiment with having clues in the surroundings in the level to aid you in distinguishing the number of colors. Great work!
Hi there. Fun idea, feels a bit like being tested in a psych ward.. er... I imagine... Might be nice to start out with groups of 2 or 3 and then build up. Have you tried it on Corvidae ? Like the visuals and sounds, also like the drop effect on wrong. Good job!
not that i am color blind, but i've got to imagine this isn't too color blind friendly :P i had a tough time noticing a difference in some of the coloring/how many of each, though i guess that is the point
Overall I really enjoyed this game, can easily be ported to any touch device too! I kinda wish there was timer noise or some sort of music that got faster and faster to let me know when time is running out because I'm too fixed on the colors to look away at the clock.
Really challenging game! Specially with lighter colors mixed with brighter colors (i.e.: bright green will always stand out compared to every other color, even if it's not the majority) but that's what makes it so fun!
Well done concept, I hope you continue this post-Compo
Interesting game. The point and time system create a great tension of how long you are willing to wait to work out a puzzle. I'd like to know which was the correct choice if I get it wrong. Also, the abstract nature of the puzzles is a turn off for me, would it be possible to fuse this concept with actual pictures?
This was a really good fun game. Great graphics and game play. My only little frustration was with the count down timer - it stopped me every time I was just getting into it. Perhaps punish a player's mistakes by allowing for X number of mistakes / allow 10-15 sec per level, but reduce that time on the next go if a mistake is made. Just ideas... I really enjoyed this entry - good job!
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Very nice coloring and neat gameplay.
Love neons :)
It would be an excellent mobile / tablet game.
P.D: Sorry. I've made op-out the ratings of my game by error :-( You can vote it now
KedumeBits : Vote done :)
BadlyDrawnRod : A warm and huge thanks to your wife !
Good work on the neon visuals, too. An awesome job overall, congratulations!
Anokta : Yes, the random is still more important than the "increasing difficulty" mechanic that I tried to put. Guess I was too tired to make it ok.
Start feeling the need to make a post LD version, more polished and complete. Thank you all !
I'll do something in the post compo version !
It should be open with few options like
1) play for unlimited time
2) play for 15sec
3) play for 1min
...
I'm not really get this rules. But, anyway game is awesome!
Really challenging game! Specially with lighter colors mixed with brighter colors (i.e.: bright green will always stand out compared to every other color, even if it's not the majority) but that's what makes it so fun!
Well done concept, I hope you continue this post-Compo
I like the "moving neon square" mood, works pretty well.