CLRS by acatcalledfrank

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made by acatcalledfrank for LD26 (COMPO)
CLRS is a mildly-psychedelic draw-em-up where your only weapons are primary colours and a quick finger. Press 1-3 to select colours and click to draw.

Protect your little pulsating blob from the nasty colour things by drawing protective lines of the right colours. Try mixing colours to defeat the evil secondary colour abstract monster-stand-ins.

Cheers!

Tom

Ratings

Coolness 71% 3
Overall 3.74 114
Audio 2.51 670
Fun 3.63 100
Graphics 3.81 142
Humor 2.34 477
Innovation 4.16 23
Mood 3.08 409
Theme 3.89 235

Feedback

Lim3s
29. Apr 2013 · 07:42 UTC
This was a lot of fun. I didn't realise I could mix colors until it threw an orange circle at me and I freaked out a little. Very clever.
Zillix
29. Apr 2013 · 07:43 UTC
ooh, this is really cool. i love the idea. mixing colors quickly can sometimes be a little tough. great job
Ditto
29. Apr 2013 · 07:43 UTC
Cool idea, great implementation!
bummzack
29. Apr 2013 · 07:45 UTC
Great concept. I like the term "draw-em-up" :)
intrudergames
29. Apr 2013 · 08:25 UTC
Great concept and execution!
nicotuason
29. Apr 2013 · 10:56 UTC
Super smooth! Really clever too. I panicked with the complex colors. WHICH COLORS MAKE GREEN I DONT EVEN REMEMBER AAAHHH
ndssia
29. Apr 2013 · 11:00 UTC
I was like, pssh, too easy.

Then the colour mixing came.

Then it was awesome :)
Sebastian
29. Apr 2013 · 11:02 UTC
Wow this is a really cool idea, I had a lot of fun playing this!
🎤 acatcalledfrank
29. Apr 2013 · 11:15 UTC
Thanks for the nice comments guys! Glad you're enjoying it :) The difficulty's a bit all over the place I'm afraid as I didn't have time to polish - it seems to be mostly ok though?
daredevildave
29. Apr 2013 · 11:32 UTC
Nice idea and well executed mechanic. I enjoyed it.
tomvert
29. Apr 2013 · 11:54 UTC
Very nice concept and elegant graphics, it's very hard though.
Alex Shestakov
29. Apr 2013 · 19:53 UTC
Nice idea! I think it might have been even more fun if those traces weren't disappearing, as a result it would've been looking like Pollock :)
@SamPotasz
29. Apr 2013 · 19:54 UTC
Very very nicely done :) Difficulty ramps up pretty quick! Or at least, fast for my skill level :P
ignifluous
29. Apr 2013 · 19:55 UTC
Nifty! Very cool meachanic. Nice introduction of advanced gameplay with gradual arrival of secondary-coloured dots.
FrozenCow
29. Apr 2013 · 19:59 UTC
Very nicely done. This fits the theme in a beautiful way.
DustyStylus
29. Apr 2013 · 20:04 UTC
When I realised you could mix colours I was like "wwaaaa!". Excellent concept, gets very challenging quite quickly. A lot of fun though.
Sophie Houlden
29. Apr 2013 · 20:52 UTC
can't last long once the mixed colours start swarming in, but certainly a good surprise when I discovered you could mix the colours :D
CherryNukaCola
30. Apr 2013 · 02:53 UTC
This is pretty awesome. ^_^
messiano
01. May 2013 · 22:21 UTC
Cool and cute, but soon it was a bit too hard! First thing I tried was mixing colors, so I'm glad it worked hehe.
Volute
02. May 2013 · 17:53 UTC
Very cool idea !
The Consul
02. May 2013 · 18:07 UTC
The mixing mechanism is very smart. Fun game.
RealyUniqueName
02. May 2013 · 18:50 UTC
Mixing is best! Why do i need to release mouse button to change color?
gerritg
02. May 2013 · 20:28 UTC
Really nice entry. The mixing part also got me by surprise :)
invi
03. May 2013 · 02:17 UTC
Great idea and excellent execution!
axcho
03. May 2013 · 07:09 UTC
Cool idea. I couldn't figure out how to do the mixing. It would be nice to make the drawing itself a bit more strategic, somehow...
🎤 acatcalledfrank
03. May 2013 · 11:06 UTC
@RealyUniqueName Good question! Oversight on my part, probably. It's something I'd add in a more polished version.

@axcho Yeah - I considered making it so if a blog ran over its opposite colour then it'd get bigger or fiercer or mutate or something, so you had to be more careful with your strokes. Then I ran out of time and dropped the idea :)

It might be something I'd add to a real version though - maybe as a different game mode.
Sylvain.p
15. May 2013 · 19:13 UTC
Prettynice concept, not really minimalist but very fun.
atraxgames
15. May 2013 · 21:34 UTC
Clever idea!
Xanjos
16. May 2013 · 00:19 UTC
It's unrelenting once the secondary colours start coming out but the game was very fun and addictive. Loved the colour mixing mechanic.
heuermh
16. May 2013 · 03:24 UTC
Yeah, this is great. But really difficult.
Threef
16. May 2013 · 15:48 UTC
One thing: GO MOBILE! :D
Zccc
16. May 2013 · 15:53 UTC
Simple idea, but really fun to play! Great game!
juaxix
17. May 2013 · 17:18 UTC
Love this game, it is so hard but with a lot of color and live!
davidpeter
18. May 2013 · 22:03 UTC
Hah, the color mixing destroyed me :) Fun game!
maloki
19. May 2013 · 03:47 UTC
I love the tension that builds up when the mixed colors come in. Mistakes just bury me deeper and deeper into trouble. Good job!
🎤 acatcalledfrank
19. May 2013 · 12:43 UTC
@threef - yeah, I think a tablet version would work really well! *adds to long to-do list*

@everyone thanks for all the positive comments guys! Glad you're all enjoying it :)
berareu
20. May 2013 · 11:46 UTC
Man, that was awesome! I really didn't expect that I could mix colors...great job!