This was made for the Major Jam 6: Life.

"Step into 'Color Awakening' a magical painting where colors come alive! Unleash unique abilities and bring harmony to the canvas. Master color manipulation, conquer chaos, and paint a vibrant masterpiece. Your journey, your colors, your art!"

Game play mechanic

The player's abilities is based on multiple secondary colors: Orange Green and Purple .  Each secondary color attack should be strong against its contradictory primary color. For example, an Orange attack would be effective against Blue enemies.

as shown in the picture


Tips:

  • If you shoot the enemy with the wrong color they get stronger and bigger.
  • every successful kill grants you a small speed boost.
  • choose the right color before you shoot.

Controls are simple:

  • Left_Mouse _click :  Shoot
  • Right_Mouse_click: Change color / mouse wheel
  • Space : Use ultimate power 
  • W A S D : Move

Contente in game:

  • boss fight at level 10.
  • kills achievements.
  • score.

Edits:

  1. i added support to AZERTY keyboards as well as QWERTY.
  2. i changed the background to more clean and stylish look
  3. i fixed the spawning of the enemy so they don't spawn next to you
  4. added zoom out to the camera for a better vision
  5. added a wave counter in the ui
  6. you can now change colors with mouse wheel 


Credits:

Music:

normal music by https://clement-panchout.itch.io/yet-another-free-music-pack

boss music random boss fight music | Royalty-free Music - Pixabay

SoundEffects:

enemy sound by Goofy Sounds for Scary Monsters by Stormyman (itch.io)

Download

Download
desktop_v2.zip 31 MB
Download
desktop_v3.zip 29 MB

Install instructions

Execute "Color Awakening.exe"

Comments

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This is a really neat game! It's simple but engaging and I love the use of complimentary/opposite colors as the concept. And I like how it gets harder with every wave. Awesome stuff!