Colorsides
What is Colorsides?
In Colorsides you shoot a billiard ball against shapes. Touching an object with a certain amount of sides adds that amount to the total. Collect the right number of sides before reaching the edge of the screen. The required amount is displayed on the right, the current amount on the left.
Controls
Mouse - Adjust angle
LMB - Shoot
Development notes
This game was created within the 'Rapid Prototyping' course at HKU, Utrecht. The theme of the game is 'Weird'. What I tried to create was a mechanic that just feels kind of weird. To me, the weird part about this game is that you have to count the numbers of sides of the objects that you touch.
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I like the basic concept, it could be integrated into some larger puzzle game.
You can also think about variations like removing the objects that have already been used.
It took me a bit to understand the "billiards" controls, where I think the distance and angle of your click determines the power and makes the ball shoot off towards the oppsosite side. An indicator would help a lot (like a line from the ball pointing towards the shooting direction, increasing in length when further away)
Also it's still possible to add balls while on the restart screen, which breaks the game.
Pretty cool puzzle and skill based game. Levels seem to be randomly generated, though not always possible. Also, pressing 'R' places another ball without removing the first and you can still shoot a ball mid flight, allowing for course correcting. not sure if those are intended features