Colors of the Universe by LDJam user 245333
What does the inner world of a note look like? Explore a microscopic world of chords by diving into the infinitely small. You can wander aimlessly and get lost in the emerging harmonies. Or maybe there is a path to find, somewhere, leading into a whole new microcosm?
If you're wondering: yes, there is an ending! But you'll have to find it by yourself.

Assets
Sounds samples are from:
- Stamperadam https://freesound.org/people/stamperadam/
- Freepats Project http://freepats.zenvoid.org/
- Philarmonia Orchestra https://philharmonia.co.uk/resources/sound-samples/
- No Budget Orchestra https://github.com/ssj71/No-Budget-Orchestra
- VSCO 2 Community Edition http://vis.versilstudios.net/vsco-2.html!
- Karoryfer Lecolds https://www.karoryfer.com/karoryfer-samples
| Link | https://itooh.itch.io/colors-of-the-universe |
| Link | https://github.com/ClementRivaille/colors-of-the-universe |
| Original URL | https://ldjam.com/events/ludum-dare/48/colors-of-the-universe |
Ratings
| Overall | 297th | 3.913⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Fun | 1174th | 3.175⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Innovation | 32th | 4.363⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Theme | 3th | 4.65⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Graphics | 1107th | 3.513⭐ | 42🧑⚖️ |
| Audio | 207th | 3.974⭐ | 41🧑⚖️ |
| Mood | 155th | 4.184⭐ | 40🧑⚖️ |
| Given | 44🗳️ | 63🗨️ |
Un peu assommant quand on cherche la fin comme un taré, mais ça reste agréable à parcourir pendant qu'on se creuse la tête.
Difficile de vraiment parler de la résolution tant j'ai du mal à être sûr de moi. Par contre je voudrais qu'on en parle ça me rend TRES curieux, tout ça ! ^^
I would love a bigger cursor, it's sometimes a pain in the *ss to find it on my screen. The idea is very cool, overall i had a good time.
The only thing keeping it back is the camera moving a bit too fast at the beginning while you choose and the harsh recenter when you are in the subcircle (resulting in zooming in a random note because it gets dragged under the cursor)
Still, the mood was good, which I think is what you were really going for. Just sad that I couldn't complete it!
There is one thing though that irks me, and sometimes sounds just cut off out of nowhere and breaks the feeling for a small bit before I go down into satisfactionland again.
hypnotisante, un grand bravo super expérience !
En tous cas bravo c'est du bon boulot ! (°u°)9
If you can, it will make the game feel better, wandering deeper and deeper, i guess.
J'aurais bien vu un petit ajout de musique de fond, en mode très léger pour que les transitions de notes se fassent plus naturelle à l'oreille. Les notes jouées actuellement s'arrêtent assez brutalement si la souris est mal placée.
Good job on this game ! :tada:
(ps: Et je n'ai pas trouvé la fin malheureusement :crying_cat_face: )
I've got dizzy because of not that smooth movements of the camera.
But it's good you can polish that later ^^
I like that you can solve it based on the sounds, or the colors, or try to use both together.
However, this is actually really cool. The game does not give any real direction from what I can tell, it just says there is a puzzle and leaves the player to try exploring and see what they can find. I think that, chasing notes that fit some pattern, and then switching patterns some time, is a method of exploration that the game essentially incentivizes, and this is very cool because it results in the player having to just, try random things and see where it takes them.
One thing I enjoyed trying in particular was hitting several of the notes before traveling deeper. Creating these little non-rhythmic melodies along with the rest of the soundscape was cool. And even though it didn't lead anywhere in a *game* sense, I still enjoyed it--and I think that's the point.