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ColorBlaster! (Click to Download Prototype)
ColorBlaster! All Levels Unlocked (Click to Download Prototype with All Levels Unlocked)

Description:

• Grid-based puzzle game prototype
• Designed to be a challenging, addictive, yet fun and slightly educational game that teaches the player about the color wheel
• Unique gameplay that deals with how colors interact
  • Seven types of objects to place on a grid
  • The player must set up objects in a way that creates a chain reaction that causes each enemy to be hit with a laser of its complimentary color
  • The player can combine two colors to form a secondary color, or use a “converter” to change it to it’s complimentary color
• Knowledge of the color wheel is necessary to use objects correctly, yet doesn’t make the player feel like it is an educational game

Goal:

• Create a prototype of a game alone in a span of 15 weeks using a tool that I’ve never used before.

Outcome:

• Much more polished than I hoped to achieve at the beginning of the semester
• Three times the amount of levels I originally planned
• The game was sent out to friends of mine and most of them have played it for a couple of days and were addicted to it during the time
• One of the biggest problems with it is the difficulty curve
  • Too steep in the middle of the game
• If I were recreate this prototype, I would add in a few more levels to ease the curve up more slowly or only create 20 well designed levels
• I am very pleased with how it turned out with the amount of time I had to create it
• Still looking for an artist to tune up the graphics for it

My Role:

• Creator

Team Size:

• 1 Creator
• 1 Title Screen Artist

Release Date:

• 12/17/09

Documentation:

• Conceptual Document (Click to View/Download)
• Post Mordem (Click to View/Download)