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A jam submission

IAMAPAINTERView game page

YOU ARE A PAINTER
Submitted by GraySamuelson — 2 days, 13 hours before the deadline
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Link to your Game Design Doc on Google Drive.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nHSIPYUpvXeC2aKXscAKMZGvBAgo6JaBuDX0QEtfbI4

Have you checked that your GDD is publicly accessible ?
yes

Is your game set to public on itch.io so we can see it?
yes

Summarise your game!
Story:
You are a weapon shamed of your past.. You now follow three commandments:

1. Thou shalt not kill

2. Thou shalt not hurt

3. Thou shalt paint!

You dream of becoming a legendary abstract painter. First you must prove yourself by completing commissions.

Painting one's loves while ignoring one's hates will bring you fulfillment... and profit.

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Controls:
- R to reload
- Click to paint
- + creates a mini canvas, Drag to user to complete request
- Trash to clear canvas, drag to trash to remove mini canvas

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Game-play:
The player controls a gun in a 2D environment pointed at a canvas. By clicking the canvas, the player “shoots” a splatter at the canvas in the selected color. NPCs will request certain colors at different times depending on the difficulty. The user must remember the requests, complete the paintings, and give them to the NPCs to receive money. This money can be used to purchase upgrades and cosmetics.

Please explain how your game fits the theme:
My take on the theme was: what if you, as the character, are THE weapon, but you don't want to be a WEAPON.. you want to be a PAINTER.

Playing with the idea of self identity / going against the mold.

Is there anything you'd like the judges to pay particular attention to?
Would be interested to hear feedback on the difficulty curve. Was tough to try to balance.

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Comments

Submitted(+1)

Cool Idea, cool Intro. love the groovy music, fits the game very well.
Fun concept. Would have loved it if i could ask them again what colors they liked? otherwise it gets really fast random? because i cant remember them long enough or create paintings fast enough xD
very well done, loved also the canvas and the gun. good job!

Submitted(+1)

Super fun concept! But I had a little trouble figuring out how to submit paintings before reading the description.

Developer (1 edit)

Thank you! Yeah I was hoping for some kind of "intro" level but ran out of time. I've gotten this feedback from some friends as well, so will fix it after the jam :)

Submitted(+1)

We had a similar issue! I hastily threw together a "How to Play" screen in the last few hours of the jam while sleep deprived. XD

Submitted(+1)

Hard++ is HARD. But in a fun, satisfying way when you do good!! Sorry dude i literally don't remember the colors you told me so take this and like it >:0 Very cool game and I love the aesthetic!