Hiddensquares by Tozy

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made by Tozy for LD26 (COMPO)
Here I am in the last 15 minutes!
I would like the game to speak for itself.

/*EDIT: it seems that the game cant speak by itself good enough so I'm copypasting the "instructions":

"SPOILER HINT!!!!!!!!!!!:
the goal is to hide all the squares using areas of their same color.
when two circles overlap, the color changes again, so you can toy a little with the game and see which patterns could be good to solve each level. 3rd level is way too difficult after the first too, the easiest way to win is being fast in that one."

Have fun ;)
*/

Thanks to Puccini who invited me to jam in his house and to the people who helped me in the IRC channel.

The music was done in Sibelius, font found in dA, coded with flashpunk in AS3, soon I'll upload all the source.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall 3.50 243
Audio 3.49 128
Fun 2.96 581
Graphics 3.50 266
Humor 1.87 826
Innovation 4.01 51
Mood 3.50 144
Theme 4.14 77

Feedback

馃帳 Tozy
29. Apr 2013 路 01:50 UTC
Oh, i see we have an extra hour... i will tune the colors a little, some of them appear in more than one level.
lulzfish_4
29. Apr 2013 路 03:38 UTC
Found it quite hard, but I like how the circles and visibility interact, was that hard to program?
馃帳 Tozy
29. Apr 2013 路 04:06 UTC
not too hard, it's just an "invert" draw and some custom collisions. you can see the source if you want, 6 or 7 basic classes with a web lines of code.
guestcheap
29. Apr 2013 路 05:41 UTC
Very original concept, good music and decent art, too. Level 3 was a bit too hard for me though. :)
syawqy
29. Apr 2013 路 05:55 UTC
I don't fully understand the gameplay
but I like when the color overlap each other
music too, feel relaxed
Sebastian
29. Apr 2013 路 07:32 UTC
Not entirely sure what I'm doing, but I had a great time nonetheless!
Neten
29. Apr 2013 路 07:33 UTC
This may just be the best LD26 game I've played so far.
Chman
29. Apr 2013 路 07:36 UTC
Interesting concept, but it took me some time to understand what I was supposed to do. Nice music and psychedelic visuals !
ThirteenWB
29. Apr 2013 路 07:37 UTC
I don't entirely get it but the audio and graphics were really nice, I think I might just leave it on as background music... :)
Greg Power
29. Apr 2013 路 07:41 UTC
I was hooked as soon as the .swf loaded. I couldn't figure out how to pass the third stage... but I had fun anyway. I wish I could program this pretty - I'll have to check out the source.
SeanAtr0n
29. Apr 2013 路 07:43 UTC
Sweet, very tricky & innovative. Might have to come back to this one... you stumped me with #5 :)
daniel
29. Apr 2013 路 08:49 UTC
Interesting gameplay, trippy visuals :)
hughsk
29. Apr 2013 路 09:52 UTC
This is a really interesting concept, great work! The puzzles are a little tricky, but I enjoyed it.
mrspeaker
29. Apr 2013 路 12:42 UTC
ah, so beautiful
Ithildin
30. Apr 2013 路 00:00 UTC
Nice! Music and visuals give a very relaxing vibe :)

Gameplay is simple, yet engaging (and challenging! I'm still trying to beat the third level)
FaBrito
30. Apr 2013 路 00:04 UTC
Boy, that #3 level scalated quickly... I think I figured out the objective of each level, but I couldn't crack the 3rd level... :(
Maybe a shortcut to advance level, just so we can appreciate all levels? ;)
nintendoeats
30. Apr 2013 路 03:41 UTC
As we discussed in the IRC, fiendishly difficult puzzles from fiendishly simple mechanics. Looks gorgeous when it goes all crazy as well. the music is starting to dig into my brain.
evelyn-jolli
30. Apr 2013 路 03:59 UTC
this gam is dum
stqn
30. Apr 2013 路 04:37 UTC
I don't understand the game, and can't beat level 3. Otherwise nice music, and the circles effect looks cool!
cardboard
30. Apr 2013 路 05:14 UTC
I got to level 7! I probably won't come back later to try to beat it again because it has already gotten a solid hour of playtime, and I have other games to rate ;) Nice color composition and use of circles. Great job.
scheurneus
30. Apr 2013 路 11:28 UTC
Fun game. It is however very hard.
Ludipe
30. Apr 2013 路 16:11 UTC
Original, pretty and hard. I like it!
Travis Irby
30. Apr 2013 路 22:30 UTC
Thanks for checking out my game! Wow this a really unique concept and i like the graphics and music. Nice job :)
Smaxx
30. Apr 2013 路 22:33 UTC
Interesting, yet very confusing. I still don't get it 100% I think. :)
Celticraft49
30. Apr 2013 路 23:12 UTC
I didn't understand how to beat a level, but it was fun clicking around.
馃帳 Tozy
01. May 2013 路 05:30 UTC
I updated because there was a silly bug at level 8 at prevented you from winning (the colors from the background did not mach the ones of the squares, rendering the winning condition impossible). That's the only change I made... If I could i would add more levels before the 3th to make the difficulty curve smoother :P
Thanks to all of you who played the game for all the comments! It's been some really useful feedback ^^
GranaDa
01. May 2013 路 15:33 UTC
Amazing atmosphere,quite psychedelic. Luv it!
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
01. May 2013 路 17:24 UTC
I can't get past the third level and i'm not sure i'm trying to do the right thing. can you give a small spoiler help ?
Jiggawatt
01. May 2013 路 19:05 UTC
I understood it, but it needs better level progression.
馃帳 Tozy
01. May 2013 路 19:15 UTC
SPOILER HINT:
the goal is to hide all the squares using areas of their same color.
when two circles overlap, the color changes again, so you can toy a little with the game and see which patterns could be good to solve each level. 3rd level is way too difficult after the first too, the easiest way to win is being fast in that one.
Polar
01. May 2013 路 19:20 UTC
Quite good, although I was *really* confused by the puzzle...
karsyf
01. May 2013 路 19:22 UTC
This hurts my brain but is great
AnnaGavaldaKedavra
02. May 2013 路 00:04 UTC
Really great idea. Maybe the level design and the difficulty is not totally good. But nice work.
wademcgillis
03. May 2013 路 21:28 UTC
I'm not sure how to progress in the game.
Sylvain.p
04. May 2013 路 18:05 UTC
A bit difficult and hard to find the trick, but very nice idea and atmosphere.
rezoner
05. May 2013 路 08:55 UTC
Kinda way too hard even with instructions. Top notch sound experience!
glbs
05. May 2013 路 13:14 UTC
This is really interesting and the visuals are excellent. As you said level 3 is pretty difficult even with the trick and the game crashed after the fourth, but I'm retrying it!
euwaku
05. May 2013 路 20:04 UTC
Even though it was not designed as a sandbox game at first, I enjoyed this very quiet and peaceful game for the nice visual you can generate. Like other people, I got stuck on puzzle 3, probably too mind bending for me. I think the game mechanic should be explained with a step by step tutorial to lead the player. Good game!
Rafael Sales
06. May 2013 路 14:53 UTC
Fantastic game. Intelligent mechanic and really hard. I love puzzles, but I admit that your game destroyed a little my early engagement. The second level could be easier to keep maitaining my attention on the top! Congratz anyway!!
Logun
06. May 2013 路 15:43 UTC
Very cool. I didn't achieve all the puzzles :) fucked my brain ^^
avidgamerNino
10. May 2013 路 21:43 UTC
I couldnt get passed the third level. I dig the audio, and the mood was still good even with my frustration of the first level. Maybe something to train me better on how to pass level 3. I saw your tip about being fast and i just started clicking fast i somehow got the middle purple square to go away but it came back. Great take on the theme.
SuperDisk
11. May 2013 路 05:05 UTC
It's really hard, in my opinion.
finefin
12. May 2013 路 13:31 UTC
ugh, I guess I suck in puzzle games and this one's no exception. first I didn't know what to do, then when I read the instructions here, I didn't know HOW to do it. so I clicked around wildly until the performance dropped significantly...
but the game looks good and creates some nice moir茅 patterns.
voxel
18. May 2013 路 09:56 UTC
lovely audio, you were right about 3/9 being hard
stqn
18. May 2013 路 13:42 UTC
I tried again after reading the hints, but still can't win level 3. I guess I have to click faster, but I can't.