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Infinite Rainbow Tower Smash! by madbookstudios

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made by madbookstudios for Ludum Dare 47 (COMPO)

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Summary and Controls

Restore the Rainbow to it's full colour in an infinitely looping tower of enemies!

The game ends if you complete the rainbow - so try to get as high a score as possible before you complete it!

Be careful though, if you get caught by an enemy or speeding wall, you'll lose and have your score set to zero...

[A]/[D]: Move Left/Right

[SHIFT] + [A]/[D]: Dash Left/Right

[S]: Smash to Next Floor

Tools Used!

All created by myself from scratch during the event!

Programming/Engine: GameMaker Studio 2.

Art: Combination of draw functions, GMS2 sprite editor, GIMP2.0 and MS Paint.

Music: Created in LMMS.

SFX: Generated from BFXR.

Here is my devlog for the game!

https://youtu.be/RLFrr7GFQxc

My Socials:

Itch link again: https://madbookstudios.itch.io/circle-smash-infinite-rainbow

Check out and subscribe to my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvCpox5w2ZXvh8fshC0hA/

Follow me on twitter: https://twitter.com/madbookstudios

Join the madbook discord (pls it's pretty empty): https://discord.gg/JYqFddm

Youtube https://madbookstudios.itch.io/circle-smash-infinite-rainbow
Youtube https://madbookstudios.itch.io/circle-smash-infinite-rainbow
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/47/infinite-rainbow-tower-smash

Ratings

Overall 93th 3.837⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Fun 90th 3.837⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 70th 3.929⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Theme 93th 4.071⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 242th 3.571⭐ 51🧑‍⚖️
Audio 81th 3.74⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Humor 178th 3⭐ 43🧑‍⚖️
Mood 115th 3.656⭐ 47🧑‍⚖️
Given 45🗳️ 68🗨️

Feedback

smilewood
05. Oct 2020 · 01:35 UTC
This is a fun infinite tower; I like that the choice to go for the high score is up to you. The music is standout, it felt like it went really well with the game itself. I also liked the ever increasingly difficult enemies as I went downwards, that added just enough of a touch of variety that I wanted to keep going just to see how hard it would get. The first run I played I thought that just spamming s would be the clearly winning strategy, but as I found out that more often then not just landed me next to a moving enemy, who ran straight into me. This game was a lot of fun, and a well-executed take on the theme, well done!
🎤 madbookstudios
05. Oct 2020 · 01:43 UTC
@smilewood I'm glad you enjoyed it and saw the different strategies + enemies - thank you so much :))
FudgeFiddle
05. Oct 2020 · 02:18 UTC
One of the few games so far that I've truly enjoyed. At first I was a little confused about what the objective was (forgive me for skimming the description) but once I figured it out it's very cool. Everything is great. The music, the fluidity, everything. Awesome job, well done.
rhoff95
05. Oct 2020 · 04:16 UTC
Great game! I like the colors, they provide a good way to motivate player goals in the context of gameplay. I think it would be better if you could change the text to always be oriented upright, some things I missed because the tutorial was sideways.
EvoGenGames
05. Oct 2020 · 10:10 UTC
Wow, this is a great entry.

Easy to learn but hard to master.
This was amplified by the score system where you as a player are put before the choice: do I take that last color now or do I go for another round of increasingly difficult levels just to have a higher score.

This would make a great mobile game for some timewasting.

Great job on this game and thank you!
jonah
05. Oct 2020 · 19:11 UTC
nice building up the difficulty of the game

nice job overall!
LelulaGames
06. Oct 2020 · 13:15 UTC
I would love an infinite mode so I can see how many rainbows I can get. I really enjoyed it, and I kept wanting to go deeper, but the completionist wants to finish the rainbows. An infinite mode might let you do both.
Zepapa
06. Oct 2020 · 18:33 UTC
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Great music and sound effects. The motions on screen when drilling were pleasing. I made the incorrect decision of drilling straight down about 6 levels right away and was met by a moving wall "avoid at all costs" haha. After a few rounds I got the hang of it and enjoyed hopping around collecting the colors. Great work!
Flightless
06. Oct 2020 · 21:15 UTC
Extremely creative! This will game will rank high. I liked the explanations placed next to graphical elements.
WiredSound
06. Oct 2020 · 21:40 UTC
This was excellent! Good fun, great audio. I also really enjoyed your dev-log video, just subscribed!
dusho
06. Oct 2020 · 21:50 UTC
interesting concept, quite fun
🎤 madbookstudios
06. Oct 2020 · 23:10 UTC
@wiredsound You absolute legend! Thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed the game + vid! :D
🎤 madbookstudios
06. Oct 2020 · 23:10 UTC
@wiredsound You absolute legend! Thank you so much and I'm glad you enjoyed the game + vid! :D
UkuleleFury
06. Oct 2020 · 23:42 UTC
Very creative and fun! This felt pretty unique and was a great use of the theme. I really liked the difficulty progression.
Hadryel
07. Oct 2020 · 00:06 UTC
Wow! I guess I played it like more than 10 times. Trying to spam down and going for the greedy approach gave me loads of score (38 on the last try), but I never managed to complete the rainbow that way xD. Feels very balanced for a compo game (Jam games are hard to scale over time imo, so hats off to that). Seems kinda simple at first, but it felt very fun and relaxing to play (easy to restart and keep playing). Good work!
foolmoron
07. Oct 2020 · 00:24 UTC
Nice and responsive controls. I like the tension between getting higher points and the safety of finishing early.
sacredbacon
07. Oct 2020 · 01:32 UTC
I like this take on the theme. The variety of enemies and progressive difficulty kept it interesting. Great visuals and level design. Well done!
crazi456
07. Oct 2020 · 02:23 UTC
Fun game! Controls felt great. Very solid!
Syafire
07. Oct 2020 · 03:02 UTC
This game was so fun to play. The first thing that caught my eye was how cool it felt to use the drill and the smash mechanics, especially when you destroy enemies with them. I really liked the overall atmosphere and feel of the game, the music and sounds were great however it would have been nice to have an option to lower the volume of the sound effects. I like that getting a high score isn't necessary to complete the actual game, but if the player chooses, they can attempt to get one.
BinaryPrinciple
07. Oct 2020 · 05:34 UTC
Goes with the theme, great controls, crunchy sound and nice track. I really liked it. Been playing it for a while.
Reminds me of downwell. Awesome work!
kuro
07. Oct 2020 · 09:46 UTC
Very nice. I can't properly describe what the game feels like, but it was like it was trying to get to know you and be your friend. Mood 5/5

Otherwise well done. Great job!
Panagiotis Iatrou
07. Oct 2020 · 09:59 UTC
Really like the idea of the looping circles!
TheConfusedCyborg
07. Oct 2020 · 19:33 UTC
Love the idea and both the audio and visuals made it feel really satisfying to play!
Yeti Kid
07. Oct 2020 · 21:11 UTC
Absolutely brilliant game, controls are sublime and after watching your video cannot believe you got your music that easily! Great job!
Chaosinism
07. Oct 2020 · 23:26 UTC
It is difficult than I thought at first, but it is really interesting. The music is also excellent.
Obi One
08. Oct 2020 · 06:49 UTC
The game is awesome! The like the old-styled graphic.
Le Slo
08. Oct 2020 · 11:32 UTC
Just wanted to say that the design here is really clever, very good risk reward system with very simple rules. I think there could be some minor tweaks that could create more interactions:
- Having more than one ledge per floor.
- Drilling to the sides let you jump over a ledge so you don't fall to the next floor.

Maybe none of those make sense, just went through my mind while playing and I wanted to share them with you.
Nice job!
Lombax
08. Oct 2020 · 22:08 UTC
realy cool game. watched the youtube video first, and it was realy interesting to see you when you describe your thought process during ludum dare.
it gave the game a stronger relation to the theme. realy gj.
Le Don
10. Oct 2020 · 15:03 UTC
Really great game! I like the concept a lot and it also feels very unique.
SophieMae0
10. Oct 2020 · 23:19 UTC
This game was incredibly satisfying and relaxing to play. I love the concept, I'm not entirely sure why but it reminds me of Paper Mario. The controls are intuitive and easy to get a hang of, especially with the quick built in tutorial. This was a charming game, great job :)
BumDag
11. Oct 2020 · 10:15 UTC
Great game, great youtube video thank you
gwinnell
11. Oct 2020 · 14:02 UTC
I enjoyed the chill vibes of the game including the audio and graphics style.

Feels like a small design flaw to be drill-dashing towards an enemy near a fall line, be set into the fall state when colliding with it, and then be vulnerable and killed by said enemy. Might have been better to ignore the fall line while drill-dashing?

Maybe I miss the point though, and it doesn't really matter, because I still had a lot of fun! :slight_smile:
Tauheed Game Dev
15. Oct 2020 · 04:34 UTC
Really fun game, really colourful and the sound is great, kept going back for more.
exopunk
15. Oct 2020 · 20:11 UTC
This was fun i liked how you should dig deeper in order to get a higher score but your progress was not reset you just had to complete the remaining colors. Awesome work!
freeworld
24. Oct 2020 · 17:51 UTC
Super easy to get into with an easy to grasp and fun to play concept which fits the theme perfectly. An interesting idea with the drilling, maybe that could even be expanded on somehow..?

Also great easing into the game with the tutorial directly where you actually apply it, it's great that you invested time into this!

Very nice effects with the particles, character bounciness, colors and sound effects fitting great into the whole rainbow mood, I really like what you were able to put together here!