This prototype was made for Pico-View, a monthly web-zine hosted on NerdyTeachers.com.
This month's prototype is named "Color Combo". It is a template for building your own game similar to DanceDanceRevolution or Magicka.
The main mechanic in this prototype is to detect the combination of button inputs of the arrows in order to create different colors. This game has 6 different colors, which you can turn into elements, potions, weapons, anything! We kept it simple with just color matching.
- left = blue
- right = yellow
- up = red
The secondary colors are made by combining the appropriate primary colors.
- left+right = green
- left+up = purple
- right+up = orange
We decided to use down arrow as the submit button but you could include down as a fourth primary element, and increase the total number of combinations possible. We also only used a max of 2 input mixtures, but you could expand it to 3, but be careful because this will quickly multiply into too many possible combinations.
Go ahead and tweak, add, re-theme, and build whatever you want on this and let's make some great input-combo games!
Don't forget to share it here on the BBS with the tag "prototype-party" so we can see what you were inspired to create. And keep your eyes out for more in the coming issues of Pico-View!
Read the full issue here:
Pico-View #8 - August 2023: https://nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Pico-View/?issue=8
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