super impressive you made this in 10 days AND its your first game AND you didnt use any pre-made assets or sounds. i love pixel's model and animations (the indicator lights are especially adorable) and the whole style of the game is calming and cute, fantastic job.
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Aesthetics | #5 | 4.534 | 4.534 |
| Fun | #26 | 4.069 | 4.069 |
| Theme | #26 | 4.431 | 4.431 |
| Overall | #27 | 4.086 | 4.086 |
| Mechanics | #28 | 3.862 | 3.862 |
| Story | #77 | 3.362 | 3.362 |
| Music | #153 | 3.534 | 3.534 |
| Sound | #172 | 3.310 | 3.310 |
Ranked from 58 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How many people worked on this game in total?
1
Did you use any existing assets? If so, list them below.
No, all made from scratch
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73 days ago(+1)
Adorable to the max, thank you! I wish I had more time to refine but I limited myself on time and reworks to add more content in. CYMK girlie is Sam, she paints the little tiles so you know what colors to place there. I had voice lines for her but had to remove them due to time, she is moody but nice haha.
I think the cube is my #1 item to rework. I was worried the game would be too easy, but I will remove the tedious aspect of it. More fun and less punishment. At least there is no time limit! Thank you for making it so far, blue tiles are a pain, took me a while to finish that level as well!
73 days ago(+1)
The ducks made playtesting very hard, as I would be sitting there and spawning them endlessly as well haha. Thank you for the screenshot, it is really cool to see people enjoying the mechanic I have built (without glitching out the game too, bonus). You can speed around and throw the ducks outside of the printer btw, very fun!
74 days ago(+1)
I hope the tutorial helped! I played some games before when I absolutely got lost in the buttons and functions and everything, so the sparkles guide the way!
I am conflicted between cozy painting game and brain wrecking puzzle game (bigger intricate levels). Would like to make into a full game but this is my first game and my first jam. I would like to expand and add voice acting for the story mode, but not sure if it hits the right vibes yet.
The tutorial run was great! Just the right amount of handholding without exposition 😘🤌✨
And don't be discouraged about this one being your first jam! We all have a first! And you got a SOLID product here!
You could actually pitch this one and I'm sure it has the potential to get some funding! 💪💪
Keep it up!
74 days ago(+1)
Wow, you've gotten really far into the game, thank you for taking so much time to play it! The cube and the rose is a pain for sure. The later levels are meant to be painful and yes the blue tiles can only reset with the game restart (Pause menu with Esc). Mean to be one mistake and you're gone with the blues, so should not paint yourself until you get everything sorted with the cube first. (Cube painted, Pixel clean) Then it is easier to complete the levels.
The batteries were meant to be part of the speed boost and light for the dark levels but I couldn't figure out good mood lighting so I had to drop it for the jam. Otherwise you'd eat the batteries and they would light the colors you have to paint on. Thank you for the feedback and notes!
74 days ago(+1)
I do need to polish the box of doom to be more collaborative, it was a pain to playtest it myself!
Thanks for giving it a go! I really liked the driving mechanic once I have built it and it felt more chill and fun to just paint tiles without too much puzzle to it. If I had more than 10 days, I wanted to add legs for cubes and a night time battery levels. Also with more complicated printing rooms to zoom around in. Honestly I spent most of my time driving around painting the floor, so that is probably a better direction for the game to go in as a cozy painting game rather than brain wrecking puzzle.
Otherwise it would be too simple and might as well use the physics aspect! The cube was meant to be alive so this is easy mode. I would make the puzzles more complicated as small square room has limits. You went for the ducks, right? That's how the reset gets you. Haha, did want to add the option as a hinderance rather than help on further levels. Thanks for playing it! I do need to rework the cube.
That is so cool to hear, I was worried it won't be enough! I logged my hours and recorded the process to make a devlog on my YouTube. Mostly so I can refer back to my notes and fix bugs haha. I left the acceleration in on purpose so you can zoom around and play with the physics objects (ducks and batteries) but it should be relatively slow if you don't hold down the W. I am glad the cube did not ruin your day, that one is a pain to paint with. Thank you for taking the time to download!
Thank you for taking the time to play and for a thorough response and feedback. I really appreciate it. The game scope could have gone much broader if I had more time to make dynamic levels with moving platforms and other components I had planned. I'm glad you enjoyed the cube, it is meant to be a pain! Actually, it was meant to have legs and run around painting anything until you drive it into a wall but I had some issues with animating it. Imagine that! Decals tracking on the paint marker is a fair call, I need to make sure the center (intended color) always stays visible. Maybe floating color icons, and not glossy floor squares. Fair point, I will adjust that!
75 days ago(+1)
Thank you for giving it a go! I've really built the environment with more mechanics in mind, but that is not for 10 days haha. Did you spawn some ducks?
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