No Colors Here - My First Ludum Dare! =]

by pieve
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.00
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.70
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.10
​According with Hate Crime Statistics (2015) - FBI, there were 5,818 single-bias incidents involving 7,121 victims. Of those victims, 19,4% because of a sexual orientation and gender identity bias.

Have you ever imagined yourself in this situation of colorful people?

The city doesn't have electrical light. Search for the generators and bring back the brightness that everyone sees. Be careful , many people don't like colorful people as you.

Controls: directional arrows and Z for camouflage


This game was produced by me in 48H, i'm not a artist or a programmer. The mechanics are simple and the characters are abstract symbolizing a variation of the LGBTQ+ group. It's a complex theme and I expect feedbacks. It's my first ludum dare, i hope you guys enjoy.

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Tags: #lgbt, #solo

Comments7

PixelSplash
PixelSplash1 Aug 2017, 01:19
Nice first time! you could try to fix a little the walking sfx
Regularjohn41 Aug 2017, 01:31
It was a bit hard getting out of the opening text, and camouflage doesnt seem to do anything? Cute concept though!
ALeal_Dev
ALeal_Dev1 Aug 2017, 01:31
Although the game has simple mechanics its a bit confusing at the begining (I dont understand the camouflage very well...), but it is colorful and with a message to tell. Nice game for your first time!
zchen
zchen1 Aug 2017, 01:46
The camouflage mechanic doesn't feel very useful. It makes it so that I don't lose but it seems like the enemies still follow me so I'll lose eventually. I ended up winning by just getting the first generator then outrunning the enemies to get the rest. Maybe if the camouflage mechanic did something to distract enemies so that you can run away it would feel better to use.
dob
dob1 Aug 2017, 02:22
An interesting attempt at social commentary through gaming, although I think the simplistic mechanics don't completely do justice to or fully overlap with the complex social issues described. I figured out how to avoid the cops after dying four or five times, and the rainbow cloaking does help. I wonder if the compo rules for art were followed - there's a disconnect between the trees and the cool pixel art stuff and then the simplicity of the players, lights, and cops.
Pieve
Pieveauthor1 Aug 2017, 02:45
Thx so much for feedbacks guys!
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