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[Sean A.]

Rainbow Man
and the search for a new colour

The game looks a lot better in motion.

This is the demo for a new game I am making. It is a platformer inspired by Meatboy, N, IWBTG and games like that. The controls are explained in-game. The demo explores a few of the ideas that the mechanics allow. Parts are focused on precise jumps while others are more thinking. Hopefully you can give me feedback on what works or doesn't. There are a few glitches such as getting stuck on corners and the laser collisions being strange.

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[laserdracula]

It plays really smoothly and the different mechanics work well.  I found it very hard to make precise jumps onto those little blocks.  That may be just my lack of skill though.  And with the situations presented, the charging up dash power thing seemed slightly extraneous.  Maybe I didn't quite understand it.  But I think the bit that has you wall jumping down that narrow shaft with the multiple tiers of spikes required maybe a little too much dexterity.  It felt unfair at that point.  I understand though that it's the type of game that's supposed to be kind of frustrating.  Also in full screen it looks a bit fuzzy and ugly.  It would be nice if it stayed pixellated in full screen.  It's got a great feel to it though and the simple graphics are functional and easy enough on the eyes.

[J. R. Hill]

It does feel like he moves too fast, a lot of times I'm relying more on luck than skill, especially at the wall jump part.  Also, I died at the first shield area and wasn't able to paint enough of the wall to get a shield going so I had to quit..

[Sean A.]

Thanks for the replies. I'm still tweaking the movement speeds and some stuff so keep that in mind. Also I found the walljump part pretty easy but I played that part hundreds of times while testing so that could be it. Also I'm not sure what your talking about with the first shield part becuase there's a little orb that should max out your boost right before it. Also did any of you make it to the end or find the secret sections?

[laserdracula]

I sure didn't.

[Sean A.]

That's alright cause I did some work on it today and tweaked the physics and made the game easier so hopefully you guys can finish it now. I'm about to update the first post.

[J. R. Hill]

If you die after getting the orb, it doesn't respawn with you, so you get stuck there.

[AuthenticKaizen]

nice game. minimalist black and white graphics with rainbow effects: great art style!
jump, wall jump, boost, break through stuff, shoot...a really promising game!

things that could be tweaked a bit in my opinion:
the moving speed. a tad too fast which makes precision jumping harder than it should.

keep it up! that's some good stuff you are working on  

edit:
how to get up here?

[Sean A.]

Thanks a lot. To get up there you need to boost and then walljump twice off of the two things without spikes on one side. Also JR Hill I realized after that I forgot to fix that system but it should have been fixed in the new version. I might upload a video of me beating it just to show you guys.

Edit: Nevermind fraps doesn't record it properly.

[AuthenticKaizen]

Thanks a lot. To get up there you need to boost and then walljump twice off of the two things without spikes on one side. Also JR Hill I realized after that I forgot to fix that system but it should have been fixed in the new version. I might upload a video of me beating it just to show you guys.

Edit: Nevermind fraps doesn't record it properly.

allright... i have mastered it. 
as you said the game looks much better in motion...and therefore i will record a gameplay video soonish.

[Eraser]

Hm I couldn't angle my jump correctly in that part of the game (and therefore never made it past). It's already a fun game though.

[Sean A.]

Thanks for the kind words. If you could record some gameplay that would be amazing because when I try to do it in fraps it records it at like like 0.5fps and it is a tiny box in the top left corner. It's kinda messed up. Also if anybody finds and beats the secret sections let me know.

[AuthenticKaizen]

here we go  
(a little nitpick: unfortunately in the beginning you will see a scene twice... poor editing :D.... noticed that when i already uploaded it...oh well)
anyways the whole playthrough itself is unedited and maybe it will give you some hints where you could improve the game




http://www.pixelprospector.com/indev/2010/06/rainbow-man/

edit:
found and beat the secret section as well.

[Sean A.]

Thanks for making the video and the feature on pixel prospector. It means a lot. For some of the harder sections I will probably make them extra challenge rooms. Also I have a couple more things to say about the game. The layout of the levels in the final version will probably be somewhere around 7 or 8 levels each will be a bit bigger than the demo one. In addition there will be the challenge rooms aswell as secret parts in each level. Also you will unlock the powers as you progress. Another thing about the powers is that each will have a secondary function in addition to the immediate benefit. For example the boost power can shatter walls. The laser power will be able to hit switches through walls and the shield power will reflect projectiles. These open up the gameplay to many different styles such as a shooter that can have boss battles and stuff like that. Any if still working on ironing out bugs and fixing some stuff so stay tuned.