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Really nice game, looks really polished and professional. The whole backstory with the voice acting, the gameplay, the cute characters. Also, being able to control your chameleon while the story is being told is a nice touch. All in all, really professional and well-made!

I do have a few suggestions. I know it's the nature of the game and of UCD, but the random color changes feel really unfair, it makes the game almost purely luck-based. Especially when hiding in a bush and your color shifts when there's a predator near, you can't really do anything to avoid getting pecked. It's a bit of a weird thing to change, because why would a disease suddenly stop while hiding in a bush, but still ... perhaps the option to dash (with a cooldown) could help?

And, please make the score counting skippable, it's pretty annoying to have to wait for it when you're eager to play another round.

swoopie346 days ago

After playing it some more I do think the randomness might be a bigger issue than I first said. It's kinda frustrating that as soon as a bird has spotted you there's virtually no chance you can dodge it.

Also, not being able to see when you will change color makes it completely unpredictable. Maybe, in addition to my previous ideas:

Adding a short indication that a color change is about to happen so you can anticipate, if you're quick
Make the steering of the birds slightly less direct, so you have a bit more chance to dodge them

klikbeet346 days ago(+1)

Hey Swoopie, we really appreciate your comments!

I agree that the current gameplay features and balancing sometimes boil down to (bad) luck. We considered adding ways to move quicker, like a dash, a sticky tongue, or even teleporting, but sadly, we didn't have enough time to implement those.

You can see when and to what color you're changing via the UI in the bottom right. A sound, like a countdown, before the change is a great idea.

Now that I'm thinking about it, an alternative way to communicate this to the player without adding more UI is to make Huey's skin color blink two seconds before he changes, back and forth, from the current to the new color.

Great input, thanks Swoopie! Glad you enjoyed playing as Hueeeeeeeeeeeeeee

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