I was thoroughly disappointed by Greyout... it's totally too short and too fun!
THANKS Foxblock!! I love it, great work!
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BTW I'm not a gamer - greyout is actually one of the few games I play(ed) on my pandora...
Thank you for this great response, it means a lot!
(I have to admit, you had me with the first line though)
After reading this thread, I'm now curious about the original level 2 - any chance to get that (including instructions on how to add it to my current installation)?
It would be good to have instructions on making new levels too, btw.
Not sure what you mean with "original level 2", the first and current (publicly available) version is the one you have in the game. There is no prior one and it has been cut from the most recent version (which is in private beta testing).
A guide on how to create levels can be found here:
http://pandorawiki.org/Greyout - The basic principle is still correct, but I have not updated the tables in a while and many new features are missing. (Don't be overwhelmed by the amount of data on that page, most is just tables of unit and property names you can use as a reference).
BTW the last level was almost too hard; I don't really like puzzle games where at some point the arcade element takes the upper hand so badly, and it's really tricky during the falling part to get to the right spot. Matter of taste I guess, but I really love the levels where you have to scratch your head and think to find the solution (and at least half of them were really like that, grand!) - more of those!!
I totally agree and there will be a better mix of levels in the coming version.
And an extra idea: doors (pairs) that are doorways amongst themselves (as opposed to the exit doors that lead to the next level).
Like the wrapping (cool!), but between different places, not left-right or top-bottom aligned.
Also door triplets (etc): going through door 1 gets you to door 2, but entering door 2 doesn't bring you back to door 1 but to door 3; or even one way doors?
Other idea: colour change (by special apparatus) in grey zone..?
And multiplayer (on the same device!) would be great too!
Doors can actually be created in the current version, but I haven't used that, because I haven't found a use in a level for it yet.
Wrapping to other rooms or part of the level seems rather confusing, wrapping already is now, I think I want to keep it as simple as possible.
Colour switching has been considered in the very beginning of the game, but I never implemented it and while it potentially could provide some interesting touch to the mechanic, I won't implement it now. One reason being that I consider the game feature complete and after over a year working on it I just want to get it done, another one being that it won't fit into the story of the current version (yes the final game will have somewhat of a story - nobody except me has seen it yet
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Multiplayer is a great idea and the game just wants to be played in cooperation (like
At a distance). It would fit perfectly with the story and mechanics, it even would expand the latter so one could do a few timing puzzles.
I don't have a good excuse to not implement it, but I won't, because again, I just want to get it done. After working on a small project for that long you kind of burn out, ideas are starting to become scarce and you want to move on.
The source code is open, though, everyone is free to implement new stuff (the source also has my very recent changes, with many new features, fixes, etc.):
http://code.google.com/p/greyout/
So yeah, sorry I guess, those ideas are actually not bad, but the game is nearing completion, all that is missing are a few levels and some polish. I won't give an estimate on when it will be done though.
Thanks again for the comment and good ideas, I hope you will enjoy the final game as much as you did this measly "prototype".
