Hello Guardians! We saw your feedback, and decided to have this HUGE update based on your opinions. Our goal at Fair Play Labs during Color Guardians development was to have a challenging side-scroll action game and we accomplished it! With this update release, gamers can decide
Hello Guardians!
We saw your feedback, and decided to have this HUGE update based on your opinions. Our goal at Fair Play Labs during Color Guardians development was to have a challenging side-scroll action game and we accomplished it!
With this update release, gamers can decide how big you want the challenge to be. You may now decide whether to play in Normal(new option) or Expert Mode. In Normal settings, the player will have a more casual gameplay experience while in Expert mode, you will be able to experience the original mayhem of the game!
To celebrate this, Color Guardians will be on sale for 50% off! Be sure to test out the new update and share with your friends!
Hello Guardians! We saw your feedback, and decided to have this HUGE update based on your opinions. Our goal at Fair Play Labs during Color Guardians development was to have a challenging side-scroll action game and we accomplished it! With this update release, gamers can decide
Hello Guardians!
We saw your feedback, and decided to have this HUGE update based on your opinions. Our goal at Fair Play Labs during Color Guardians development was to have a challenging side-scroll action game and we accomplished it!
With this update release, gamers can decide how big you want the challenge to be. You may now decide whether to play in Normal(new option) or Expert Mode. In Normal settings, the player will have a more casual gameplay experience while in Expert mode, you will be able to experience the original mayhem of the game!
To celebrate this, Color Guardians will be on sale for 50% off! Be sure to test out the new update and share with your friends!
Hello Guardians! We are happy to share with you some GREAT news: Color Guardians Update 3 Maintainence update on boss levels and several other levels throughout the game! Several bugs fixes Steam badges and goodies are now working correctly! Fixed a rare crash for some users in t
Hello Guardians!
We are happy to share with you some GREAT news:
Color Guardians Update 3
Maintainence update on boss levels and several other levels throughout the game!
Several bugs fixes
Steam badges and goodies are now working correctly!
Fixed a rare crash for some users in the extras screen
Small performance fix for some systems
Color Guardians Demo
We now have a free playable demo! Play as Rod and experience the crazyness of Color Guardians in a small dose! It features 5 different and amazing levels from our adventure, including Windmill breezes, Crystal Caves, and the Dark Fort.Tell all your friends about it!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/377770
We also wanted to let you know that a BIG update is coming really soon! Stay tuned!
Hello Guardians! We are happy to share with you some GREAT news: Color Guardians Update 3 Maintainence update on boss levels and several other levels throughout the game! Several bugs fixes Steam badges and goodies are now working correctly! Fixed a rare crash for some users in t
Hello Guardians!
We are happy to share with you some GREAT news:
Color Guardians Update 3
Maintainence update on boss levels and several other levels throughout the game!
Several bugs fixes
Steam badges and goodies are now working correctly!
Fixed a rare crash for some users in the extras screen
Small performance fix for some systems
Color Guardians Demo
We now have a free playable demo! Play as Rod and experience the crazyness of Color Guardians in a small dose! It features 5 different and amazing levels from our adventure, including Windmill breezes, Crystal Caves, and the Dark Fort.Tell all your friends about it!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/377770
We also wanted to let you know that a BIG update is coming really soon! Stay tuned!
NEED TO KNOW What is it? A fast-paced side-scrolling action game Reviewed on: Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Intel Core i7-4720HQ, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M / 3GB GDDR Play it on: Intel Core Duo 2Ghz / Nvidia 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4GB RAM Copy protection: Steam Price: $15 /
NEED TO KNOW
What is it? A fast-paced side-scrolling action game Reviewed on: Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Intel Core i7-4720HQ, 16GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M / 3GB GDDR Play it on: Intel Core Duo 2Ghz / Nvidia 8800 GT, ATI Radeon HD 4850, 4GB RAM Copy protection: Steam Price: $15 / 11 Release date: Out now Publisher: Niffler, Ltd. Developer: Fiar Play Labs Multiplayer: None Link: Official Site
In the 90s I played dozens of shareware games on my state of the art 486 PC. It was a golden era for free DOS games, but for every classic Duke Nukem, Doom or Jazz Jackrabbit there were the games I d play just because they existed. No point questioning whether they were fun: the games existed on a disc, there was nothing else to do, and so they needed to be played.
Color Guardians reminds me of the countless hours I spent playing forgettable shareware games. It s not terrible by any measure, it s just kinda average in every conceivable way. An on-rails platformer with rhythm game elements, you play as a series of curiously dead-eyed pixie creatures known as Guardians, tasked with running color-coded gauntlets in cloyingly whimsical settings in order to bring color back into the world.
Playing well makes the world colourful. This is what happens if you play badly.
To elaborate: your dead-eyed pixie is capable of morphing into blue, red or yellow pixies. Morphing between colors is as simple as pressing the corresponding color on an Xbox 360 controller, which the game was clearly designed for, or struggling with the keyboard equivalent, which maps red to S, yellow to A, and blue to D by default. You ll need to switch between colors in order to clear obstacles of the same hue, while tapping the correct button before picking up a collectible will net you more points.
Set across three lanes, the levels require rapid switching between each as you match your pixie s color with oncoming obstacles. It s not always obstacles you ll need to pass, though: trampolines, launch pads and even Donkey Kong-esque cart tracks are color sensitive. Oh, and Color Guardians is tough. Managing your color, the right lane to be in, and managing oncoming death traps requires a lot of mental bandwidth, and while the challenge is appealing at first, there are some critical problems.
Chief among these is that Color Guardians is ugly. The art style is passable if bland, but the game s way of incentivising perfection basically undermines any joy you ll find in getting good. See, if you don t consistently collect the colored orbs as the appropriately colored pixie, the levels are dabbed in an oppressively dull black, blue and grey color scheme. It s easy enough to lift this patina in earlier levels, but when things get hairy you d better get used to looking at those three colors for a very long time. After a while you want to give up and go play something more colorful, like Fallout 3.
It s a really weird decision in a game so hellbent on being cheerful. When you re good enough to see colors they re vibrant and inviting, but the environments are a bit cluttered for a game demanding this much precision, especially in busy levels. I often mistook obstacles for decorative elements, or else misjudged a landing because I was looking at the wrong lane (there s a floating reticule to help with this, but it s difficult to follow in the heat of the moment). To make matter worse, when you re doing terribly and the world is bereft of color, some obstacles, like lane-separating fences, are difficult to detect at speed. Bottom line is: not having color in a colorful action game is not fun.
Some bosses require you to pick up and toss back bombs.
Despite the drab presentation and Whimsical Platformer 101 graphical aesthetic, the sound effects and music nail the snappy feedback required in a precision platformer. Changing colors is quick and responsive, to the extent that the game rewards a split second leeway when transforming mid-obstacle or launchpad. As a palette cleanser played between other games—ideally for less than an hour—Color Guardians works well, but spend any longer with it and anxiety, depression—even a worrying desire to smite mankind—may overwhelm. And that s no fun at all.
The biggest problem with Color Guardians is that, despite varied environments and a steady culmination of new obstacles and tricks, it lacks a sense of momentum. Set across five worlds, each with ten levels, a boss and secrets, I found the game far too repetitive to feel any sense of gratification at having completed the levels, nor did I feel compelled to perfect them in order to unlock more. When I completed a gruelling section I didn t feel overjoyed, but relieved that I d never have to do it again. For a game so excruciatingly difficult at times, incentive to win isn t enough: I want to enjoy my time in the gameworld. It needs to fascinate. Color Guardians fails on both these counts.
Hello Guardians! We are very happy to share with you the second Color Guardians update, addressing several of your concerns: Faster timing on both unlocking a level and restarting after dying! Fixed a credits freeze. Several small bug fixes and glitches. Removed a pesky column bl
Hello Guardians!
We are very happy to share with you the second Color Guardians update, addressing several of your concerns:
Faster timing on both unlocking a level and restarting after dying!
Fixed a credits freeze.
Several small bug fixes and glitches.
Removed a pesky column blocking visibility in the fort environment.
A weird bug sometimes happened allowing the player to get stuck in wall.
Screensaver will no longer show if player is using a gamepad.
Also, we are also excited to share with you an update with the Final Boss! We have watched you play and seen all your feedback, and the final boss has been tweaked so it feels more strategy-oriented over randomized feel, adding a much more rewarding experience!
Please let us know any other comments or feedback that you have for the game. Have a great weekend and keep on coloring!
Hello Guardians! We are very happy to share with you the second Color Guardians update, addressing several of your concerns: Faster timing on both unlocking a level and restarting after dying! Fixed a credits freeze. Several small bug fixes and glitches. Removed a pesky column bl
Hello Guardians!
We are very happy to share with you the second Color Guardians update, addressing several of your concerns:
Faster timing on both unlocking a level and restarting after dying!
Fixed a credits freeze.
Several small bug fixes and glitches.
Removed a pesky column blocking visibility in the fort environment.
A weird bug sometimes happened allowing the player to get stuck in wall.
Screensaver will no longer show if player is using a gamepad.
Also, we are also excited to share with you an update with the Final Boss! We have watched you play and seen all your feedback, and the final boss has been tweaked so it feels more strategy-oriented over randomized feel, adding a much more rewarding experience!
Please let us know any other comments or feedback that you have for the game. Have a great weekend and keep on coloring!
Hello Guardians! We have seen you play and listened to your feedback! We have made some changes, improvements and bug fixes. New video settings window! Video settings have been updated with a much more intuitive navigation. Fixed a game freeze when user pressed ESC button repeate
Hello Guardians!
We have seen you play and listened to your feedback! We have made some changes, improvements and bug fixes.
New video settings window! Video settings have been updated with a much more intuitive navigation.
Fixed a game freeze when user pressed ESC button repeatedly on Main Menu
All UI buttons on score card are clickable.
Fixed some controller issues, including control scheme not being saved.
Water on mountains now have a nice animation.
Fixed a weird game reset when going back from options menu.
Some minor bugs and fixes.
We will be releasing another update with some more fixes, and a bit more tweaking so stay tuned! In the meantime, ´please let us know any other comments or feedback that you have for the game.
Hello Guardians! We have seen you play and listened to your feedback! We have made some changes, improvements and bug fixes. New video settings window! Video settings have been updated with a much more intuitive navigation. Fixed a game freeze when user pressed ESC button repeate
Hello Guardians!
We have seen you play and listened to your feedback! We have made some changes, improvements and bug fixes.
New video settings window! Video settings have been updated with a much more intuitive navigation.
Fixed a game freeze when user pressed ESC button repeatedly on Main Menu
All UI buttons on score card are clickable.
Fixed some controller issues, including control scheme not being saved.
Water on mountains now have a nice animation.
Fixed a weird game reset when going back from options menu.
Some minor bugs and fixes.
We will be releasing another update with some more fixes, and a bit more tweaking so stay tuned! In the meantime, ´please let us know any other comments or feedback that you have for the game.
Now Available on Steam - Color Guardians, 10% off!
Color Guardians is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!* Color Guardians is an exciting fast action side scrolling game that combines quick thinking with frantic gameplay into a hard to master challenge! Switching colors and collecting items, all while avoiding obstacles will s
Color Guardians is Now Available on Steam and is 10% off!*
Color Guardians is an exciting fast action side scrolling game that combines quick thinking with frantic gameplay into a hard to master challenge! Switching colors and collecting items, all while avoiding obstacles will surely test your reflexes!
