SmackPaint! Combat Painting with Ross Bob

co-authored: @muse-en-lystrala
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.45
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.23
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.56
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.64
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.38
Paintsmack! Combat painting with Ross Bob.
NOW WITH CREATIVE MODE!

Grab your paint and tap "A" to do happy little brushes against the canvas. Do your best to finish the painting before all the happy little critters steal away with your paint or the time runs out. Take a picture of your masterpiece afterwards and share it with the world!

Win64 version:
https://ventedpennies.itch.io/paintsmack

WEBGL Browser version:
https://ventedpennies.itch.io/paintsmack

*Version update:* I added a "Creative Mode" to the game which allows for unlimited paint and time. All the rest has stayed the same as the original version. Happy painting =)


Music and some SFX made by: https://ldjam.com/users/muse-en-lystrala

screenshot

Comments36

Exlloyd24 Apr 2018, 12:53
Hard to paint but nice idea and very good music :)
Darby Costello
Darby Costello24 Apr 2018, 13:27
I feel like I've been waiting for this game my whole life. Combat plus painting equals Double Therapy! I suppose a little better control wouldn't go amiss... though I doubt it would improve my terrible painting skills! Really awesome use of the theme and some nice little touches. Great work!
Tomavatars24 Apr 2018, 13:55
I had fun playing this. I especially liked the comments :smile:
mmyhre24 Apr 2018, 17:59
fun game!:)
Seanale
Seanale24 Apr 2018, 18:55
It's a great idea and adorable! I love it! It's hilarious.
Ben Pearson24 Apr 2018, 19:07
Very interesting. It sure wasn't the easiest thing to do, but I like the challenge of painting like this. Well done!
geck0
geck024 Apr 2018, 19:08
Crazy idea! Relaxing funny game mate
Rapter
Rapter24 Apr 2018, 20:23
Amazing :D 5/5!!!
sandra24 Apr 2018, 20:27
Really good game :)
Sibi
Sibi24 Apr 2018, 20:29
Very unique experience. Great use of the theme.
The controls could use some fine tuning and I'm not sure what the red pen-like drawing on the canvas is about.
Other than that a great little piece!
Christian Williames24 Apr 2018, 21:49
I love the premise, and Bob Ross in the background. The animals got RIDICULOUSLY out of hand a few paintings in. Even without any proper gameplay or win/lose condition to it, I only dearly wish that I could make full strokes by holding down the button. As it was, I had a desperately difficult time filling up enough of the canvas with color to to make something sort of lake-like.
I hope you polish this up! I love the idea of being harassed while painting, and I think I enjoy that you're the only judge of how good a painting you made.
GregWLyonsauthor24 Apr 2018, 21:55
@Exlloyd @Darby Costello @Tomavatars @jgundersen @mmyhre @Seanale @Ben Pearson @geck0 @Rapter @sandra @Sibi @Christian Williames Thank you for your feedback and for playing! If you like the painting and hate the timer, you can complete the first level quickly by painting randomly on it and then just not click next level. You'll be able to paint to your heart's content =)

Happy gaming!
lavwa
lavwa25 Apr 2018, 00:17
Hahahha that idea is so original and unexpected ! Perfect use of the theme ! And those quote from Bob playing randomly : oops made a mistake there hahah it cracked me up. Great job ! To show my appreciation, please accept my first painting master piece :P bob.png
GregWLyonsauthor25 Apr 2018, 00:22
@lavwa Thank you. I think you really captured the essence of your cloud friends, so many dancing happy clouds together.
Linkwin
Linkwin25 Apr 2018, 01:15
I love this so much, really cute and unique. Ran into a weird issue on 2nd level if you wanna know Ill post screenshot, might just be my crappy computer.
Highsight25 Apr 2018, 01:21
Make a creative mode! I love the paint mechanics, now just get rid of the game! :D
Elfcirynn25 Apr 2018, 01:31
This was cute, and a weird mash-up (and therefore a great entry considering the theme). I appreciate that in the spirit of Ross Bob, aside from running out of time, there was no real pressure or threat, and the animals were cute! I had fun with the splatter painting with the inspiring voice of good ol' Ross making sure my pictures were full of joy and cheerful tiny trees. The music fit the game well, and I appreciate that it wasn't super long, which is perfect for a ludum dare entry! Awesome job!
GregWLyonsauthor25 Apr 2018, 01:34
@Linkwin I would be interested in the screenshot. If you think it's bad to share here, my twitter is @gregoryWLyons1. I'll want to do some fixes this week and next.
PronomicalArtist
PronomicalArtist25 Apr 2018, 13:08
Cool game, I wish I could control my paint sqaures a bit better, but it was overall pretty fun. The music fit well with the game.
Azargaz
Azargaz25 Apr 2018, 17:28
Really unique idea, it was pretty fun.
GregWLyonsauthor25 Apr 2018, 19:50
Hey Everyone, I had some time to update the game with a Creative Mode level. Everything else is the same as the basic, but now you can paint to your heart's content! @Highsight
Muse en Lystrala
Muse en Lystrala27 Apr 2018, 01:24
Many thanks to everyone for your feedback and praise! It means so so much!
Sam Machell
Sam Machell27 Apr 2018, 18:44
beautiful idea and really well presented! very fun! gonna come back to this one definitely!
agar3s
agar3s27 Apr 2018, 18:47
hey, it was a little bit weird but I had some fun with it
Rebecca Kremer
Rebecca Kremer27 Apr 2018, 18:49
Very creative! I'm a big fan of Bob Ross and painting in general so this entry really stuck out to me. It would have been nice to have seen some elements of Bob Ross' style in the artwork, but I suppose that isn't what you were putting your energy into.
One nit-pick is that I wish the canvas had been white to start with, and that you could have used maybe a set of colors that come from the painting instead of just random ones that didn't quite work.
caterein28 Apr 2018, 21:33
I enjoyed this one a lot. Very good idea and well executed! A bit buggy sometimes - when trying to hold the paint and press A, it would sometimes drop, but overall, really well done!
Aaron Nemoyten29 Apr 2018, 07:47
This is a very creative and very silly idea. Super buggy physics with the paint cubes, but I guess what can you do in just a few days? Would be great with a controls overhaul. Once I realized I could pop the animals to prevent them from running away with my paint, I realized there was this whole time-management/whack-a-mole thing going on. Very clever. Sometimes, though, the physics would bug out and my paints would fly all over the place!
MaxKlimenok
MaxKlimenok29 Apr 2018, 08:52
Well, nice entry. Cool soundtrack.

Suggestions for improvement:
- It seams to me that controls should be improved greatly.
- Introduce tool for filling in the large area with certain color.

P.S. How about removing red cubes from the game and throwing all those little cuties onto the canvas and watching how the color of their guts add to my masterpiece? Oh, did I said that out loud?
GregWLyonsauthor29 Apr 2018, 14:04
@MaxKlimenok The original idea was to throw ragdolls at the screen and have them paint according to the parts that hit, so you're not too far from the original concept =)
Zukureneno
Zukureneno30 Apr 2018, 11:07
Funny game and relaxing music, was not expecting this at all. It was a nice surprise going into this game :smile:

If you want to keep updating on it you can add more tools and polish the controls.
theamazingb1 May 2018, 16:38
Very chill game. I like the way you combined the two themes and the music was perfect for the mood. Nicer controls would really help. I really wisH I could change the size of the paint brush
Siuler LM
Siuler LM6 May 2018, 09:05
That's a very original idea! I liked the little animals stealing the color cubes XD
SHINBAXTER15 May 2018, 19:55
yay! i'm an artist! XD cube cubes & more cubes XD

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