Color Swap Speedrunning

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  most of the code for the square

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  who broke my level!11!!!

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  this one probably took the longest

Inspiration

Some games that inspired me were games like "Big Tower, Tiny Square" and "Just a Platformer" which can also be found at coolmathgames.com.

What it does

This is a short platformer game that bases its idea off color-coded buttons. If you press one of the buttons, the room you're in is shifted into a new color, and you'll see some notable differences throughout the room.

How we built it

To build "Color Swap Speedrunning", I used scratch, a simple block-coding website. I originally thought of building it entirely on "Visual Studio Code" (python, pygame), but adding sprites and collisions for each sprite in visual studio code is a lot easier said than done.

Challenges we ran into

Around the beginning, I ran into many problems with collisions and random areas being triggered early on. Luckily I caught on to it and I was able to make the next rooms without much trouble.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

I'm honestly just proud of making an actual (still small) platformer game. It felt great to be building each room and understand what was going on. I'm not nearly as good as some other people in here, but it's just great to know that I understand everything I've made up to this point.

What we learned

Throughout this techathon, I've learned a lot of things about platformer games and their code throughout its game. It's a very fun topic and can be made very well, and I'll definitely get better at it in the future.

What's next for Color Swap Speedrunning

I might actually work on this game for practicing platformer games. It's been a great experience building it, and the fact that it even works definitely surprises me.

Built With

• block
• scratch