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Paint Rush by Ekilibr

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made by Ekilibr for Ludum Dare 45 (JAM)

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Welcome in Paint Rush.

In this homage to good ol' arcade games, you'll start with nothing, and will struggle understanding where you stand or where to go.

Crush devilish ennemies against grounds and doors to paint your way through the game, and understand the contours of this world that seems hidden to your eyes! Jump, climb walls, hit and explode your opponents with powerful finish moves to stay alive until the end.

Be brave, warriors!

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:videogame: Pad Controls: :videogame:

  • Move : Left Stick
  • Jump : A
  • Hit : X
  • Grab : Y
  • Orient finish : Left Stick
  • Finish Move : X/Y

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:mousethreebutton: Keyboard Controls: :mousethreebutton:

  • Move : Q/D
  • Jump : SPACE
  • Hit : Mouse Left Click
  • Grab : Mouse Right Click
  • Orient finish move : Mouse Cursor
  • Finish Move : Left or Right Click

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This game is brought to you by:

  • Louis Denizet ( DenizetLouis ) - Game Design/Code
  • Romain Rope ( RomainRope ) - Sound Design/Music/Pixel Art support
  • Mathieu Clavel ( EkilibrMc ) - Game Design/Concept Art
  • Alexandre Magnat ( Skreed3 ) - Pixel Art/Animation

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Youtube https://ekilibr.itch.io/paint-rush
Youtube https://ekilibr.itch.io/paint-rush
Original URL https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/45/paint-rush

Ratings

Overall 22th 4.268⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Fun 4th 4.375⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 35th 4.214⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Theme 92th 4.089⭐ 58🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 63th 4.373⭐ 57🧑‍⚖️
Audio 32th 4.173⭐ 54🧑‍⚖️
Humor 303th 3.229⭐ 50🧑‍⚖️
Mood 64th 4.104⭐ 55🧑‍⚖️
Given 32🗳️ 25🗨️

Feedback

mrabnox
08. Oct 2019 · 13:10 UTC
Actually a pretty fun game! Sound fits. Could add a little bit more color to the spawn and in general explain where to go. Other than that, Pretty cool!
Huntrox
08. Oct 2019 · 13:18 UTC
best game for me so far in this jam really great work
BmanStudio
08. Oct 2019 · 13:19 UTC
This game is AMAZING!!
A few more levels and it can totally get publish for comps and xbox/sony!
Thank you guys!
soyrandom
08. Oct 2019 · 13:19 UTC
wow, one of the best games i played so far, really smooth gameplay and it's a lot of fun!
Music and sounds was great and the art is amazing
BarracudaDisaster
08. Oct 2019 · 13:25 UTC
Very nice! The sounds where nice. And the hidden enemies that you have to punch to get them visible is a very nice mechanic. Only problem with it was that you get "why did I die" feeling if an unvisible enemy kills you because there's lot of colors and stuff happening. The controls were really responsive and the grabbing and throwing was great. Very nice!
Huntrox
08. Oct 2019 · 13:29 UTC
i dont know if that a thing but some enemy just stack on you without any attack
but still Great Game


![saeqwe.JPG](///raw/e69/72/z/28c93.jpg)
filipdufka
08. Oct 2019 · 14:24 UTC
Superb game, love the art, love the controlls. :)
Nocity
08. Oct 2019 · 16:30 UTC
Juicy fighting game with a great art style. The flying laser guys were really annoying but the fact you can kill them by throwing other enemies at them makes up for that. The environment is confusing sometimes (since it is invisible until you move there or fight enemies) but this leads to some interesting back-against-the-wall fights.
Had a lot of fun playing :smiley:
Grhyll
08. Oct 2019 · 16:51 UTC
It's absolutely AMAZING! It's beautiful, the controls are on point with a great feeling, the sound is on point, congratulations /o/
Fernando Labarta
08. Oct 2019 · 17:35 UTC
A perfect example of fluid gameplay, congrats
evilobjective
08. Oct 2019 · 22:26 UTC
This is the best jam game I've played this LD and one of the best LD game's I've ever played. Amazing. Way to go dudes.
louis-denizet
09. Oct 2019 · 07:30 UTC
Thank you so much guys for your very warm comments, it feels good!

@huntrox we made a hotfix to fix this issue, it happened when you grabbed an enemy next to a wall then player was in a slide animation while having a grabbed enemy, sorry for it!
Jin9310
09. Oct 2019 · 07:40 UTC
So far the best thing I have seen around! Hands down this is truly nice concept and the idea how to approach the theme. Brilliant. Defo staying on my list and will want to come back to this in my free time :) Great thing to start my day with! Thank you so much for this! Great job
🎤 Ekilibr
09. Oct 2019 · 10:49 UTC
Woah, thanks a lot to all of you for the warm feedbacks! Super awesomely awesome if you had fun playing our game :)

@mrabnox not knowing where to go was a bit of an intent on our side, hope you found your way crushing minions everywhere ;)

@barracudadisaster yes, I think that with more time we could have worked ennemies behavior to make those things clearer

@nocity glad you experienced it that way :id:
Mad Brokli
09. Oct 2019 · 14:06 UTC
This is an incredibly fun game. The combat is fun, it adheres to the theme in a fun and creative way. It offers parts where you just let go and kill enemies. It's awesome, stellar game loved it!
TheOmelet
09. Oct 2019 · 18:56 UTC
Web version doesn't capture the controls so space throws you down the page instead of jumping but other than that a great game :D love everything about it
Flying Dog Fish
09. Oct 2019 · 19:36 UTC
This is a really fun game based on a great idea. However, some more instructions are needed. I didn't know those round red squares were the enemies and that I was supposed to hit them. I was running around the corridors, trying to avoid the lasers and just couldn't get anywhere. Fortunately I got told what to do by a friend.
Barrier
09. Oct 2019 · 21:32 UTC
Amazing game! Needs to be played in fullscreen and takes a bit of time to figure out how to play, but its really fun!
namnam
10. Oct 2019 · 09:13 UTC
Très cool, j'étais vraiment perdu au début et puis ensuite, une fois la manette en main et la mécanique de projection comprise, ça se passe beaucoup mieux. Le felling de jeu est très cool, bien nerveux, les fx de splash rendent très bien. J'ai passé un bon moment dessus.
arzi
10. Oct 2019 · 10:27 UTC
The art and animation are simply amazing! I loved the idea and the execution is not certainly lagging behind. The only complaint I have are the controls, I'm playing on a laptop and mixing keys and touchpad is a tad bit inconvenient.
Porocyonak
11. Oct 2019 · 19:36 UTC
this game is awesome! incredibly well done all around!!
🎤 Ekilibr
12. Oct 2019 · 16:07 UTC
Thanks for your comments guys, we're glad to know you had fun crushing those minions against walls and platforms :D

@barrier @namnam For explanations, we certainly lacked of time to implement proper tutorial situations, so we did our best to put first ennemies and doors in front of the player way to make sure core mechanics would speak by themselves.

@arzi yeah, sorry about that 🙏 we had not enough time to think about how to bind the throw mechanic to a non-directional input. Hope you still managed to explode them all!
Muse en Lystrala
13. Oct 2019 · 19:24 UTC
Genuinely enjoyed this! Great mechanics, great audio - it seriously reminded me of a 2D Soul Calibur! Would love to see further developments!
Fear Games
14. Oct 2019 · 00:42 UTC
Wow amazing game. Feels great to play and looks gorgeous too
Kooshy
14. Oct 2019 · 00:57 UTC
Throwing enemies around is great fun! The course being invisible until you paint it is an interesting take on 'start with nothing'
Demuss
14. Oct 2019 · 10:34 UTC
This game is awesome! i had tons of fun playing this game the grab feels super good, the time slow down, blast of paint, satisfying sound and many more... the movement was intuitive and not annoying it just felt nice to jump around... if only paint didn't disappear it would be even better but i understand it could be tricky to keep good performance... amazing job guys!
Meta-link
14. Oct 2019 · 11:53 UTC
Amazing game ! A really nice take on a well known concept, with clean controls, great gaphics and cool music. The pacing and the gamefeel are really good !

Good job :slight_smile:
Daitse
14. Oct 2019 · 16:36 UTC
Good job guys ! Graphics are awesome, controls are super smooth, music fits really well ! I really had a hard time stopping myself from playing ! Congrats !
Sean S. LeBlanc
14. Oct 2019 · 20:28 UTC
Great entry! One minor complaint: the rainbow ink splats seemed a bit at odds with the tone of the rest of the game. Maybe sticking with something more monochrome or a single accent colour would have suited it better?

That aside, solid concept + fun to play!
Nathaniel Jensen
14. Oct 2019 · 21:24 UTC
Great game! Sometimes my computer had a hard time running it, going into single digit frame rates. Other than that, it was fantastic!
kack3y
14. Oct 2019 · 23:54 UTC
I am impress by your entry, really fun to play quite challenging but still possible to finish ;)
music is good and ink projection really help to feel the impact of mc punch

(good luck for dark devotion on switch :p)
reBTF
16. Oct 2019 · 06:31 UTC
Very satisfying combat and it was a lot of fun to launch the enemies at each other and ad the walls.

I had a weird issue where I couldn't attack unless I didn't move for like 3 seconds. I'm not sure if I missed some mechanic but it didn't seem to be happening at first.

Great visuals, punchy sound effects, I definitely enjoyed my experience.
HumphreysMedia
16. Oct 2019 · 13:20 UTC
Had such great fun playing this game! Having the colour of the rainbow splash across the screen when I throw an enemy reminds me of a mix between Splatoon and Mortal Kombat, I love it! Great juice, even though I feel like it could've done with a mini tutorial as I wouldn't have known how to play if it wasn't for the description. Great job, keep it up!
deepnight
16. Oct 2019 · 14:43 UTC
Woah! Such a great idea! I really loved the gameplay and how it relates to the theme :) My only grief is the fact it's often hard to grab an enemy because it's not possible to cancel your attack (even if the attack charging time is super long). I'm pretty sure allowing pressing Y during an attack charge to cancel it (and grab an enemy) would make everything much better. Good work!
🎤 Ekilibr
16. Oct 2019 · 15:57 UTC
Thanks a lot guys for the love!

@deepnight you are absolutely right! Cancel punches has been out of our mind, as the LD has been a total rush from start to beginning. But we'll definitely keep that in mind for any future implementations of those kind of features ;)
saucygames
17. Oct 2019 · 04:27 UTC
having full directional control of my hit would take this to next level imo great aesthetic and whats in there now is gooddd
🎤 Ekilibr
17. Oct 2019 · 04:30 UTC
Thanks for the feedback @saucygames!

Indeed, we considered it strongly but had to cut it because it wasn't a fit into our 72h scope :)
NoobDev
17. Oct 2019 · 09:15 UTC
Its a very innovative game and a clever use of the Theme as you start with almost no environmental elements and even the enemies are invisible. It would be nice to see when i'm getting hit cause sometimes I would get killed without anything and even those red rays weren't over me. Overall its fun and really creative. Love the music and especially the art. Nice Work :smile:
Firesplash Entertainment
17. Oct 2019 · 19:17 UTC
Hi! Thanks for submitting a game for our stream once again! It was a plesure to see you there once more! The game is great. Can'T find anything to yomplain about no matter how I try.

The game looks very polished and the gameplay is quite a lot of fun an action!
When will you release it on steam? :laughing:
Karanveer
18. Oct 2019 · 09:07 UTC
OH SHIT DUDE! I never thought I'd be hit by this game so much...i read your description and all but when I played it...at first i played the WEBGL version and then i downloaded it just to keep it under the archives of my good games. I absolute loved the POLISH in your game <3
kiririn51
20. Oct 2019 · 09:39 UTC
Probably the most polished game i've played during this LD. great gameplay and gimmick, feels like a complete product. I wish levels were more linear so throwing enemies around would become less of a luck thing but since they spawn infinitely it doesn't become much of an issue.
Bungalow
22. Oct 2019 · 07:56 UTC
Awesome concept, adorable art and tight intuitive controls. Incredible job!
HumphreysMedia
24. Oct 2019 · 11:03 UTC
Hey, just to let you know I’ve been making Ludum Dare 45 gameplay videos and I’ve put your game in my video! You can watch it here:
https://youtu.be/zoLZXTxFt0w
MashUpGames
29. Oct 2019 · 12:02 UTC
Oh wow that game is fun to play! It feels so fun just to punch hidden enemies, hit them again, then throw them, there's some nice rhythm to it. Maybe could have liked just a bit more colour or variety in the scene. I know you were going for the 'everything is blank' sort of vibe, but after a while it makes every part of the level feel, well, pretty much the same. But the gameplay definitely makes up for most of that!