Ludum Dare #35compo

Colour Out Of Space

by snowyowl

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.54

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.72

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.77

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.00

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.73

Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.63

Coolness★★★★★★★★★★51%

...the column of unknown colour flared suddenly stronger and began to weave itself into fantastic suggestions of shape...
-- H.P. Lovecraft

Controls:
Hold the left mouse button to move.
Press R to replay the game.

A physics sandbox, and a short visual story about an alien crashed on a monochrome planet.

Featuring:
* Many seconds of gameplay!
* A balloon!
* Life, but not as we know it!
* Shapeshifting!
* Absolutely no scary parts, despite being an H. P. Lovecraft fangame!
* Four endings, one of which is the SECRET ENDING!

Comments21

Membrane18 Apr 2016, 05:52

The art, the atmosphere, the core mechanic.. they're all perfect. This was verrrry cool :)

simon18 Apr 2016, 10:07

very good base for a fun game! sad its so short, i wanted more ;)
give it nicer graphics, more levels and its perfect!

good work 4/5

hugheth18 Apr 2016, 12:43

Beautiful :)

Yarg18 Apr 2016, 17:32

Like it!
I think this mechanics will be awesome for touch devices

nervous.composers18 Apr 2016, 18:56

nice background art

snowyowlauthor18 Apr 2016, 20:53

@Yarg I hadn't thought of that, but you're absolutely right!

snowyowlauthor18 Apr 2016, 21:03

And if anyone's curious, to get the secret ending, you need to ERNPU GUR RAQ JVGUBHG RNGVAT GUR NCCYR (use rot13.com to decode that).

monkeybit2918 Apr 2016, 21:03

lol "many seconds of gameplay"
Really cool mechanic, tough to understand at first.
Just wish there was relaxing audio to go with it. Nice job!

UnlikelyRogue18 Apr 2016, 23:17

What a lovely game, I liked the spin on old-school snake mechanics.

rynti18 Apr 2016, 23:38

Haha good job with the multiple endings - only got three though (including the secret ending).

timeshapers19 Apr 2016, 07:54

Neat concept.

snowyowlauthor19 Apr 2016, 13:03

@UnlikelyRogue: I could have called it "Snake, But With Physics".

@rynti: You actually got the secret ending? Wow. I'm genuinely impressed, I didn't think anyone would have the patience for it.

Empyrealhell19 Apr 2016, 18:03

I was surprised at how quickly I went from having no idea what I was doing to be able to move exactly where I wanted quickly and easily. Love the movement controls, great fun to play around with.

Qaterknan20 Apr 2016, 13:37

Oh man, this has so much potential! I completed all the endings and I like this prototype as it is. It has a nice, mysterious atmosphere. But if you polish it, create new levels that expand on the mechanic and make it touch friendly... That would be an awesome smartphone game.

TheMeorch24 Apr 2016, 17:13

This is great -- fantastic atmosphere and pacing, and you really feel like you're controlling the creature through great physics. Nice job!!

masterkrepta26 Apr 2016, 22:34

Definitely enjoyed the unique mechanic, just the right amount of challenge

argowen29 Apr 2016, 22:53

Little bit of polish, smooth out the animation add some audio and I think you've got you self a nice little game,

Brickkid5122 May 2016, 01:34

It's a nice idea and looks great!

Dr. Funkenstein2 May 2016, 02:25

LOVED THE VIBE. THANK YOU

Pietro Ferrantelli2 May 2016, 09:42

Great compo entry. What a clever and moody game ! The mechanics are really interesting, theme-related, well-executed and innovative. I love how simple and unique is your idea and how you exploited it with the level design. I read on the comment that someone found a secret ending so I searched for it a while and finally managed to find it.

11Schotter6 May 2016, 07:52

Fun to play and cool usage of the theme!