Switcharoom
For some reason there is a delay with the sound effects in the html build, so if it bothers anyone I've provided a windows download as well.
Note: You can read all of this in the game's help panel while listening to the music made by bobosupreme and enjoy the color palette made by Matt as well as the font made by codeman38 which are used in the game.
Palette link: https://lospec.com/palette-list/matt36
Font link: https://www.1001fonts.com/lunchtime-doubly-so-font.html
Switcharoom was made for the first Indie Tales game jam hosted by Adam C Younis in less than 72 hours by SteveMCWin and bobosupreme.
Items in your room magically change their appearence (color or shape) when you enter it. The room shown in the main menu is how the room is supposed to look like: red curtains, red lazy bag, long table etc. Anything in the room that has a white outline once you hover over it with your cursor has a chance of changing. An item has an ability of being changed multiple times, even a couple of times in a row, so don't let them fool you! Your goal is to click only on the items which have changed and confirm your guess, if you select more or less items than needed, or if you select items that haven't changed you lose, otherwise you go onto the next level. Keep in mind there is a limited amount of time to complete each level (displayed by the bar above each room) with the time frame shortening as the levels increase. Note that running out of time won't necessarily result in a loss, as it is the same as you hitting the "Confirm button". Also I recommend you play a couple of games while having a screenshot of the original room (the one in the menu) ready as the game can be quite hard, especially in the beginning. And most importantly, have fun!
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Really nice game.
Thanks! I appreciate the compliment!
i failed on round 30 :((((
That is an amazing score! Thank you for enjoying the game so much!
can you like have an example shown of how the window changes. because the window sill changes shape or color in a subtle way when it does, least noticable thing and i want to know the difference, side to side comparison.
also in my experience so far, the screenshot doesnt seem to help that much. I only have a tv, the time is also limited. I'd like to have the afterthefact zoom have a manual button I can press to initiate that, along with an option to also observe the room for the mistake after you've failed it.
I'm not sure how we would add the example of an item changing in the game, since that would require making an example for each item. The window changes by becoming a rectangle. In the future updates we'll work on making the difficulty curve less steep so that you won't need a screenshot at all, but having manual controls for the zoom doesn't sound too intuitive so I fear it may not make it into the game.
Thank you for sharing your opinions with us!
oh okay, a rectangle. also, is there a possibility that sometimes the game makes changes that are not actually visible to me? Like, I've made the window as a last resort at times when nothing looks changed at all. But I'll end up loseing. and at times, it could be like 2 to 3 items and I wont see any visible changes where i may only be able to guess it's the window sill and nothing else. Idk if that's a bug or if Im just overlooking something, but ive been pretty keen enough to get up to wave 9.
I am quite certain it's not possible for items to change and not showing it. We've playtested the game a couple of times before posting it and we've not encountered that. But I want to point out that bobosupreme couldn't spot the items that have changed a couple of times which made him think nothing changed, so that may be the case here.
Update on my highscore. I played for a while and now its 22
I still wanna get to 40 tho
Well I wish you luck! I myself have never even considered going for such an accomplishment!
I played for an hour and got up to level 18
make that 19
Man, that's just pure dedication! Congratulations and thanks for enjoying our game!
hahah yeah I play a lot and now it's 22 :O
some true skills right here :O
wowwwwwwww
Great concept, but idk why it needs 46 MB. Maybe you could compress it or smtg
Well it is a game made for a game jam. When a game is being made in such a short period of time you have to worry more about things like bugs and implementing important features, and even that isn't easy in 2-3 days. Nonetheless thanks for leaving a comment and appreciating the game idea!
A very simple premise with some nice pixel art.
Two improvements I would suggest:
1. When clicking "play" the player should see the first item change before their eyes so it would act as a tutorial of sorts and it would be easier to play the future levels.
2. When you answer wrong, highlight the correct answers so you know what you missed.
Even though small in scope, since it's a fully finished project and no technical problems, I think it's a good submission!
Thanks a lot for the suggestions! Seeing the first item change is something that would be tricky to implement because the way things are as of now, so we can't really go with that approach as it would require a lot of rework, but highlighting the right (and wrong items) after the player clicks the confirm button is something that will surely make it into the game!
Hii, I've made a video about the game and wanted to share some feedback about it, hopefully it is useful to you ^^
-The concept of the game is really cool.-The gameplay mechanics are well implemented and give replayability to the game.
-The game visually looks great and fits really well the theme of the game.
-It could be interesting to have an animated/moving background with slowly changing colours after you beat level 8/10, to make the game harder.
Hopefully this is useful to you :D, also if you could subscribe that would help me a lot :)
Regards
Thanks a lot for playing our game and thanks even more for uploading it to youtube!
The backgrounds changing color is a really interesting idea, but for now we have to work mostly on making the game a bit easier with a better learning curve, but nonetheless it will be considered!
With gratitude,
Steve
You are welcome :D
Great take on the theme and very well handled. I asked my wife for help and together we were able to get to level 14 and not far. How many levels are there!? :) Great job done!
Oh wow, that is farther than I thought anyone would reach to be honest, great job guys! Glad you found it enjoyable with someone :D
As of now the game can actually last for about 40 rounds, it would be simple enough to make it playable past that number but I wouldn't be able to scale the difficulty more after that point the way it's scaled now.
Cool, really nice idea!
i got to 22 :D
I actually think that is bigger than my best score. I mean I didn't get to play the game too much at the end, but I was the one who drew every single item in there... Well guess I'll have to beat 22 now...
hahah, it took me a while but I think you can do it
thanks for the kind words :D. 14 is crazy...my brain stalls out at about 7. kudos to you and your wife.
Nice and refined piece! I like almost everything: the music, the art, the colors, the website and the UI were done with care and diligence, I really like :)
However, I found the game tedious and quickly wanted to stop playing, but my daughter actually liked it and continued playing for a long time, and I realized I was just being lazy :D
In my opinion, it would be better if the game gave more feedback, such as highlighting which item has changed, when the player failed. Also would be nice if it was more generous with a second chance, and allowed us to start again from the latest level instead of starting from scratch.
Anyway, it's still a nice piece that I enjoyed looking and listening the song, so, keep doing it that you're in the right path!
thank you! i'm glad your daughter ended up liking it :D. it definitely is a tedious little game...
very good call with highlighting what changed each round. i think me and steve got so used to seeing the art that we may have underestimated how long it takes to memorize the room...
Well it is my fault as the game designer that I couldn't keep you as the player interested long enough, so no worries! Showing which item's were the changed ones is definitely something I've considered but just wouldn't have the time for since it's a jam game. If the game gets developed further it is a must add feature!
The idea for continuing from a level you chose would be a bit interesting to figure out how to do, whether to make it as a second chance or make a save point. But at least it shouldn't be hard to implement codewise so it may make it into the game.
Thanks for the kind words as well as for the feedback!
Interesting idea! It started as such a struggle (i think i lost at round 1 maybe ten times :’) ) but managed to make it to round 7. If you wanted to make it into a cute mobile game I think it would do well with some kind of progression mechanics to ease the player through the experience instead of one wall of mass memorisation. (start with a sparse room and objects can be persistently added to it as you get more successful maybe). Enjoyed this experience ^-^
(sorry i think i posted the reply in the wrong place)
thank you so much! good idea with the progression.
EDIT: round 7 is pretty good...i playtested the game repeatedly and didn't get any farther than 6 (ㆆ_ㆆ)
That is a really great idea that was considered, but couldn't make it into the game. Adding more items progressively would be the best way in my opinion as well to scale up the difficulty, so I hope I'll manage to get it into the game in some way.
Also sorry for making you play the first round a lot, I was the one who drew the room and playtested most of the time so I was pretty used to the game and just powered through it, forgetting the fact that other people may not be able to memorize 20 different items all at once... Thanks for the feedback and the compliments!