Chroma Chaos
IUPUI
Indianapolis, Indiana
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A surreal arcade bullet hell with a color swapping mechanic. Features rhythm elements implemented using FMOD. Developed by students at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. ...learn more
Project status: Under Development
Game Development, Graphics and Media
Groups
2021 Intel University Games Showcase
Intel Technologies
Other
Overview / Usage
Chroma Chaos is a surreal bullet hell where you swap colors to assault monstrosities from another realm.
- Switch to the Same Color as enemies to gain Immunity
- Switch quickly before touching an enemy to Parry
- Switch to the Vulnerable Color of an enemy to gain Critical Damage
- Pick up Powerups gain Alternate Fire Modes
- Fight Bosses at the end of each level
Instructions and more info best viewed here.
- A bullet hell with a color type advantage twist
- Promotes quick thinking, adaptive strategy, and precise movement
- Puts an emphasis on arcade-style replayability and letting players show off their high scores
Team:
- Mark Roebbelen: Project lead, lead programmer, artist, UI designer, particle effects/post-processing/animation designer, music composer, sound designer/engineer
- Eva Junius: Lead artist, sprite artist, animator, programmer, developer
- John Finley: Developer, post-processing designer
- Grant Stephens: Programmer
IUPUI Game Design and Development Faculty Contact:
- Travis Faas - tfaas@iupui.edu
Methodology / Approach
The philosophy at the forefront of development was pushing a surreal artistic and musical aesthetic. Team members wanted the opportunity to gain skills to take with them into their own projects. The game was originally meant to be a rhythm game, but we felt the bullet hell genre gave a greater opportunity to implement a variety of ideas. Music and rhythm remained an important component, and all sound effects were made to be "musical" or play on beats of the song. The implementation of that was done through the FMOD audio engine. All graphics and sound/music were created from scratch for the project - no outside assets or resources were used.
Technologies Used
- Unity
- C#
- FMOD
- Logic Pro X