Prismaticka, blog no. 4 - Challenge Edition

Posted by Cosine on April 19, 2014, 11:30 a.m.

Latest build - now completely playable! Ever wanted to know what it's like to be a color scientist (totally a real job)? Now you can get the ultimate hands-on color scientist experience, right in your browser! This color scientist simulator is the latest in color science technology, taking advantage of recent breakthroughs in the field of color science, allowing everyone to know what it's like to be a color scientist.

Color science.

In all seriousness though, Prismaticka is finally in a playable state. Check it out through the link above, and see if you can figure out how to beat this level. If you're up to it, you can take on the Ultimate Color Science Challenge™ - beat the level in just 18 ticks (squares traveled)!

It's pretty amazing to me how quickly the game has come together in the last few days. I'm glad it has, too, because I'll have the next 10-ish days for me to write music, make menus, and design a bunch of levels. I've still got some programming bugs to work out, but I'm not really worried about it. What matters is that I have an actual game now, rather than something that looks like a game.

Music:

Comments

Acid 10 years, 7 months ago

I'm going to play this game so hard that it's probably illegal.

Tien 10 years, 7 months ago

This reminds me of Spacechem. I had fun trying to get to the magic 18 (which I was able to). I wasn't able to figure out what the + and - did, though… Care to fill me in?

Powerful Kyurem 10 years, 7 months ago

I have no idea how to play this game. Could somebody please explain what I'm supposed to do?

Acid 10 years, 7 months ago

After a point, I can't add any more arrows and I'm essentially stuck and unable to move forward. :(

Also, I can't delete arrows and I have no idea what the "alt" arrows thing means. I'm just generally confused… but I feel like this could be really awesome if I could get it to work right or learn how to use it properly.

Powerful Kyurem 10 years, 7 months ago

I think I finally figured out what the alt arrows are and what the goal is. You have to bring each color individually to the "Q" icon in order. The alt arrows appear to be checks. Like, if color is X, then go this other way…

EDIT: Debug your game. Somehow the "Q" icon disappeared while I was playing.

Powerful Kyurem 10 years, 7 months ago

I think I finally figured out what the alt arrows are and what the goal is. You have to bring each color individually to the "Q" icon in order. The alt arrows appear to be checks. Like, if color is X, then go this other way…

Ummm… why did this just duplicate itself?

I found a glitched route…

Placing a check destroys the "Q" icon. Please fix this!