Spectregram

by blob

co-authored: @herringbone-games, @synthoid

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.89

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.40

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.09

Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.31

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★4.22

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.84

Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.66

Mood★★★★★★★★★★4.15

A pocket dimension anomaly has appeared in your quadrant and you've been dispatched to investigate. Take photos of the inhabitants and report back for your pay. Better framed photos will earn you extra gorblox so work dutifully! And remember that creatures might be invisible to the naked eye and require dialing to a different spectrum, good luck.

Use the middle mouse wheel to change the color spectrum once you have unlocked a wider range.

Left click to take a photo.

(Note: we did not create the ambient track during the exploration phases)

Credits:
Chris Ingerson: Developer / Photo Monkey @ChrisIngerson

Ian Sundstrom: Tech Art @iansundstrom

Blob: Art Art @brobbeh

special thanks: @AntonTesh

Exploration ambient: "Nicolas Gasparini (Myuu)"

Upgrade SFX from https://www.zapsplat.xn--com-5o0a/

Tags: #aliens, #exploration, #photography, #surreal

Comments19

tengusheath27 Apr 2021, 04:38

Loved the style of this game. Really cool.

Alina Baybulatova27 Apr 2021, 04:42

The color idea is very beautiful

teenythanos27 Apr 2021, 04:49

Nicely done on the SFX! A little loud but really well thought out.

Dagostino Audio27 Apr 2021, 05:08

I love the look of this game ! Reminds me of a modern n64 title. The colour changing idea is super innovative and fun. Felt a little lost on what i needed to do to progress at times. Footstep sound quickly became a distraction.Overall i love the direction

yeppe27 Apr 2021, 08:57

Good idea and execution! Really pretty graphics, sometimes a little bit hard to see through the filter though.

HyperTheory27 Apr 2021, 10:13

The idea and performance is really cool. Well done!

duplicatedframe28 Apr 2021, 02:12

I really, really love the way that the enemies in the second level were scattered about. Moments of walking into enemies that exist outside of your visible spectrum and then scrambling to find the enhancements around the level to make progress truly shine.

thomas-olsson28 Apr 2021, 04:26

Good concept and nice polish.
I guess the magic was gone a bit when I realized that the reward was the same for a distant, meh shot and an up close shot of a crab.
Nice atmosphere, good job!

antontesh28 Apr 2021, 23:43

The pokemon snap reference is fantastic. There's so much style here and the game feels really tight!

MrHassanSan29 Apr 2021, 14:36

This was really cool, I need more photography games in my life!! I liked the mysterious aspect to the introduction level--not quite being sure what you're being asked to do, or what this facility is for, the alien language, etc.

THX30 Apr 2021, 03:55

Really lovely style to this one. I love the colorful environments and the sound effects compliment the atmospheric levels well.

Brandon Orden30 Apr 2021, 04:07

Wow, I was really impressed by this one! I'm a sucker for photography games, and the color wheel mechanic was a great twist that makes this shine quite well. I really liked how the subjects would have subtle hints of visibility if you were looking at them just out of phase, which was super helpful for finding most of them. Had a small mind blown moment when I figured out you could platform on certain subjects, it was really cool! Using the color phase in tandem with the alien-esque art made for really interesting visuals too. Fantastic work!

Fer900130 Apr 2021, 18:07

love the art style and the concept of the game was great, good job

MorePixels1 May 2021, 09:37

I loved what this game looked like although I was a little bit confused at first.

Hydezeke1 May 2021, 15:57

This was really awesome, and so polished! I loved looking back through the level with new parts of the spectrum unlocked to find new things. Great sound and atmosphere too.

Sunblast3 May 2021, 17:15

Really good game with a cool idea, the graphics and sound is great! Felt a bit like a horror game in a way. I did however feel the lines on the screen hurt my eyes a little after a while.

MK-awesome5 May 2021, 12:44

The idea of a Photo game is great, and the atmosphere is cool to, but what rly made my day ist the leveldesign itself. I was rly into looking for stuff that I maybe missed.

Yaroslav Kravtsov8 May 2021, 14:08

This is really cool idea for a bigger puzzle game

don-tnowe8 May 2021, 15:52

The photo assessment could be improved to reward diversity instead of just 20 shots of the same creature, but the atmosphere and environment was nailed perfectly!