So I’m remaking my Ludum Dare 26 game currently due to me liking the idea enough to pick it back up again, and my determination to participate in the October challenge. My LD26 submission was Pix, a 2D puzzle game that tied 100th overall. I am overhauling the graphical style and changing some gameplay elements, but the core features will stay the same.

I am not to sure whether Pix+ (the name of said remake) will succeed, but I can try my best. The common complaints to the original were the annoying beep sounds played when your pix was moved, the constant button pressing to move, the level order fluctuating in difficulty, and some problems with certain pix being too similar to players with limited color vision (aka colorblindness). To address these problems, I aim to:

• New Audio – No more BEEP – BEEP – BEEP – BEEP. It’ll have new sounds and background music, with options to actually change the volume (or mute it completely)
• Graphical Overhaul – I liked the original design, but I feel like it needs to be a bit more fleshed out if I wanna actually want to improve it.
• More challenge! – The original 30 levels lacked challenge and could feel repetitive after multiple failures. I will hopefully try and increase the satisfaction achieved when completing levels. Maybe add a timer, a score system, achievements. I dunno, I’ll come up with something 😀 Also, MOAR LEVELS!
• Alternate Color Scheme – I will be making grey scale graphics, colorized in the game itself. There will be color sliders so you can manually change the pix color scheme yourself. There will also be presets for the lazy people 😛
• Android Port – I’m hoping to make an android port as it seems the game would suit mobile devices pretty well.

This is an essay of a post, but I wanna get my point across to the few of you that actually played and liked the original. To the right is the graphical style I hope to use applied onto the tiles.

Anyway, my fingers hurt and I need some sleep. G’night all, and good luck 😀