Awe by Oddly Shaped Pixels

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made by Oddly Shaped Pixels for LD30 (JAM)
An interactive experience about colours and sounds.
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"Private" lets you practice offline the concept of the game.

"Connect" will make you the host or the guest of a planet and you'll be playing with other players.

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Controls

Use your mouse to click on the planet and find the patterns of colors to create trees, clouds, mountains. Each newly spawned objects will give you a new color to click onto.

Click outside the planet to reset the ongoing pattern.

When you click on a color, its position on the yet-to-find patterns is shown to you by rotating the small white triangles.

Press "R" to restart the game.

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For Oddly Shaped Pixels, all credits to R3nD (the cats didn't really help on this one)

Ratings

Coolness 78% 2
Overall(Jam) 4.05 29
Audio(Jam) 4.40 8
Fun(Jam) 3.53 129
Graphics(Jam) 4.45 37
Humor(Jam) 2.30 437
Innovation(Jam) 4.37 7
Mood(Jam) 4.10 22
Theme(Jam) 3.18 372

Feedback

Hyoga-3D
26. Aug 2014 路 00:33 UTC
Nice game, but I think that the game keeps giving me Always the same colors.
馃帳 Oddly Shaped Pixels
26. Aug 2014 路 08:28 UTC
Thanks for the feedback.

Sadly the game is definitely buggy, I rushed it too much I think... I'd like to know more about your bug cause I haven't experienced it.
Is the color always dark blue?

I know there's a bug between Chrome and Unity WebPlayer that forces you to switch tab or to resize the browser window for the game to work properly...
Crocanti de Pollo
26. Aug 2014 路 09:26 UTC
Beautiful and relaxing. I tried the multiplayer mode but I didn't notice any other player, probably there wasn't many people playing at the same time... I'll try again later cos I want to know what that last line does! :D
SeriouslyCrunchy
27. Aug 2014 路 10:00 UTC
This is beautiful. Multiplayer worked for me and was an experimental joy. Brilliant.
Ludipe
27. Aug 2014 路 10:06 UTC
Great game, the multiplayer experience and the overall gameplay was very interesting and stimulating. Both graphics and sound design were awesome.

What I didn't like about the game is that it was supposed to be stimulating and relaxing but ended up being frustrating. I understood the mechanics and knew what I had to do, but the game requires too much precision to complete the tasks. So there's a conflict there, music and art tell me to take it easy and think camly, while gameplay keeps frustrating me.

隆Te ha quedado genial el juego! :D
Headmade
27. Aug 2014 路 11:36 UTC
Nice and relaxing. Audio and visuals work very well.
dustyroom
27. Aug 2014 路 11:59 UTC
Loved it!
vctr_seleucos
27. Aug 2014 路 12:40 UTC
Really beautiful and nice, loved it. The concept the graphics and the feeling. Really nice entry!
leafarz
27. Aug 2014 路 13:40 UTC
very beautiful and soothing game. tho i had some issues clicking some parts that gave a wrong color.
even so, the look and the music very much made me stay to play the game a lot more! didn't care about the bugs actually lol. the game still made me want to play more! :D
(Not) Ivano
27. Aug 2014 路 15:06 UTC
What a game! Experimental, extraordinary, well executed.
rogueNoodle
27. Aug 2014 路 17:47 UTC
Really nice concept - I had a hard time registering certain colours which made the longer patterns very tricky, but the presentation here was incredible. Awesome job.
igoramendola
27. Aug 2014 路 22:09 UTC
Really interesting and relaxing. Nice graphics and good music.
It's a promising idea and I want more items to play/create :P haha
Good work ;)
Dohan
27. Aug 2014 路 22:40 UTC
Very beautiful and relaxing entry :)
lekochen
28. Aug 2014 路 02:58 UTC
Very beautiful, I loved it!
GeorgeBroussard
28. Aug 2014 路 04:18 UTC
Great entry. Clever. took a while to figure out the mechanics but once I did it was fun. Neat idea. Good mood.
馃帳 Oddly Shaped Pixels
28. Aug 2014 路 07:58 UTC
Thank's a lot for all the comments!

Sometimes picking up the right colors may be a bit tricky and I'm still looking for a better color recognition algorithm. What helps is spawning lots of the same objects so that you can have different light exposures and be able to easily pick the color you want.
deepnight
28. Aug 2014 路 11:55 UTC
Very good experiment! I totally love the blurry/depth of field effect. It took me a lot of time do get the color-based mechanic. At first, I thought the tone was related to the height of the triangle. Then I noticed the clue you added in the upper-left corner :)
Canyon
28. Aug 2014 路 12:08 UTC
5 Stars for everything but humor. One day I will make a game this good. :)
dickpoelen
28. Aug 2014 路 14:06 UTC
That's just amazing!
Nuclear Napalm
29. Aug 2014 路 08:19 UTC
Beautiful sandbox! Love the music and mood!
GreyShock
29. Aug 2014 路 15:35 UTC
I've built a lot of semen extractors but the planet never runs empty, what's the matter?

Also, MOUNTAINS http://i.imgur.com/TKUMuRm.png
GreyShock
29. Aug 2014 路 15:55 UTC
MOAR: http://i.imgur.com/F9OC7D4.png
INC$D021
29. Aug 2014 路 17:58 UTC
WOW!! And then some. :) Almost ran out of stars to give... ;)
yodamaster
29. Aug 2014 路 18:46 UTC
Nice concept, but I could get only trees, no other combination of colors worked.
nonetheless
29. Aug 2014 路 20:29 UTC
Very nice idea and amazing execution. Great job :)
wdebowicz
29. Aug 2014 路 23:25 UTC
I completely agree with Ludipe. Idea is simply great, but it's very hard do place something other then a tree. I ended up with possibility to use red, blue, and dark blue colour, but I can't get the green colour (well I get it 2 times but with completely random clicking 100 times). Anyway, one of the most interesting Idea I saw this LD. If you like fun with colours, you may try my entry.
kaa
30. Aug 2014 路 00:11 UTC
Very nice game. Sound and graphics are beautiful! Thank you!
Vidd
30. Aug 2014 路 00:46 UTC
Excellent. The graphics were lovely and the concept was novel.
DragonInstall
30. Aug 2014 路 02:20 UTC
Love the graphics and sfx. Very relaxing game. GG!
RobotFriend
30. Aug 2014 路 02:45 UTC
beautiful.. took me a minute to figure it out
alvivar
30. Aug 2014 路 03:31 UTC
I love it.
tmpxyz
30. Aug 2014 路 03:50 UTC
nice game, hope to have more things to add
Shivur
30. Aug 2014 路 06:07 UTC
Original and relaxing game.
zazery
30. Aug 2014 路 07:56 UTC
I spent a long time just playing with it creating music before actually trying to figure out the patterns. It was a bit frustrating with everything rotating to hit the correct colours sometimes. Great job overall!
cobrajs
30. Aug 2014 路 08:44 UTC
Beautiful and very unique. Nice job!
iSamurai
30. Aug 2014 路 09:31 UTC
Impressive graphics and mood creation! The gameplay is innovative too! Like it!
pa3kc
30. Aug 2014 路 10:03 UTC
Visually awesome!
BeardaNeerz
30. Aug 2014 路 10:40 UTC
One of my favorite game ! I love the sound design.
Blizzard Muffin
30. Aug 2014 路 11:48 UTC
Beautiful graphics, amazing sounds, and incredibly smooth. Very well done! One of the best entries I've seen so far. :)
fil00dl
30. Aug 2014 路 11:59 UTC
excellent idea, very good realisation for this relaxing game
Alexandre Szybiak
30. Aug 2014 路 13:17 UTC
I love the art style.
Schrodinger Games
30. Aug 2014 路 13:52 UTC
Awazing audio-visual masterpiece! Congrats!
5 stars!
hate-marina
30. Aug 2014 路 14:49 UTC
Quite complicated
stasss
30. Aug 2014 路 15:16 UTC
Awesome. Great idea, great rendition. And a very interesting technical implementation (if some tutorials, sources) available it would be great to see. I really really like this game, i think it should be at the top
LTyrosine
30. Aug 2014 路 15:27 UTC
Absolutely amazing. Player actions blends seamless with background music as almost part of it. Beautiful graphics, nice sounds. I can only complain about not so good theme link.
bluemaroo3
30. Aug 2014 路 16:22 UTC
Beautiful game and fantastic use of sound. Soon have my little world kitted out and wanted to build new things :D A lovely experience :)
Corn茅 Dorrestijn
30. Aug 2014 路 16:54 UTC
Nice game with beautiful graphics and a great mood.
Scott Baker
30. Aug 2014 路 18:08 UTC
Great game. I don't see the theme except the multiplayer, but that's not really a complaint or critique because it's still an awesome and beautiful game.
Saphyre1306
30. Aug 2014 路 18:45 UTC
Very poetic, I liked it !
cardboard
30. Aug 2014 路 18:54 UTC
This game's atmosphere is grand; the sound effects and ambient music fit very well.
OrangeeZ
30. Aug 2014 路 20:31 UTC
Very strong entry, the atmosphere and sound is really impressive. Lag and lack of communication shows though - me and my partner had big troubles playing right notes, while almost at the same time we both realised the way the mechanics worked.
ChristianEugenio
30. Aug 2014 路 20:45 UTC
very cool, i didnt know what to do at first to get new colors, but later on is fun and i like the atmosphere.
Lokarunith
31. Aug 2014 路 10:50 UTC
Beautiful game.
rfgpfeiffer
31. Aug 2014 路 12:36 UTC
It's like the next step in the evolution of the genre after "Mountain". In this game, you can make more mountains. Brilliant!
hadesfury
31. Aug 2014 路 18:57 UTC
Great ... More pattern needed :D
SteveSalmond
01. Sep 2014 路 08:07 UTC
Well, I was having a bit of a crappy day until now. Your game cheered me up! Thanks :D
OxyOxspring
02. Sep 2014 路 01:12 UTC
An absolutely exquisite experiment experience!
JavadocMD
02. Sep 2014 路 05:02 UTC
A really cool experience! Nicely done.
馃帳 Oddly Shaped Pixels
02. Sep 2014 路 07:08 UTC
Thanks for all the nice comments, I' m really pleased to see that people also like calm and relaxing games :)

@Stasss I'd be glad to send you the source, although it's lots of "jam" code, that means not really commented and not really optimized :) Contact me by mail!

@Scott Baker The theme is indeed in the multiplayer aspect and the "connection" that you can establish with a stranger without any words.


@SteveSalmond That's maybe the best and most rewarding comment someone could ever make, thanks!
PixelArtM
02. Sep 2014 路 15:06 UTC
Good work! 隆Felicidades! ;)
foolmoron
03. Sep 2014 路 02:45 UTC
Incredibly good concept. The way the colors change as the planet rotates is genius. I couldn't get multiplayer to work though...
Literal Games
03. Sep 2014 路 22:07 UTC
Nicely done! Personally I preferred playing without your description, figuring out the gameplay on my own after being linked to it by Rock Paper Shotgun (congrats!)
eatsleepindie
04. Sep 2014 路 06:28 UTC
Incredible entry. You did an amazing job tying the music and graphics together with the gameplay.
chadiik
04. Sep 2014 路 18:10 UTC
Amazing, I loved the mood in there! :)
Fanttum
05. Sep 2014 路 21:32 UTC
Wow, a really cool experience. Took a while to figure out, but once I got it, a lot of fun
local minimum
06. Sep 2014 路 16:03 UTC
It took me a little while to get started but once I realized it was a twist on mastermind and that the appearing features were usable (the last was the largest obstacle) it was really quite nice. I played solo, and nothing happened once I had solved all the four features possible solving, so if there was more to it, it should probably be made clear and if that was the end, a "Congratulations" would have been nice.

Anyhow, a really great entry and a great start for a larger game.
pythong
08. Sep 2014 路 08:06 UTC
has a nice atmosphere
ButtonMasherBros
11. Sep 2014 路 15:56 UTC
Psssst - you are in today's episode of Ludum Dare to Believe! Check it out at - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiOCPZZx_Fc
Rick Hoppmann
12. Sep 2014 路 12:04 UTC
Super cool!
Love the art and the gameplay concept!
The audio is just awesome! :)
You had me with creating a world :)
LeafThief
13. Sep 2014 路 07:04 UTC
I had a hard time finding the combinations. Still a nice experience! Good job!
jackyjjc
13. Sep 2014 路 23:15 UTC
Nice visual and audio! It is relaxing but it is a bit frustrating to try out all different possible combinations.
LeftRight92
14. Sep 2014 路 14:54 UTC
Lovely game (well, less 'game' more 'art piece') I really enjoyed it.
mechabit
14. Sep 2014 路 23:00 UTC
nice experiment, took me a while to realise that the shade of a poly is what mattered and not the position on the planet