ChromaGun Review – Paint with all the Colors of a Gun

<p>Experiencing color is a huge part of many sensory experiences&period; Some colors pass on a meaning or a symbolism&comma; while others can make things more or less appealing&period; Even the absence of color can affect an experience on a sensory level&period; <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> is a game about color that seems to be visually inspired by <em>Portal<&sol;em> and other Valve titles&period; <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> is NOT a fan-game or a mod of <em>Portal<&sol;em> and is a separate game created by publisher and developer <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;pixel-maniacs&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Pixel Maniacs<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em>&comma; you are a human put into a series of testing chambers for the ChromaGun&period; This gun can change the color of things&comma; providing a number of possibilities for puzzle solving&period; It is immediately obvious from the beginning of the game that <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> maintains the same sort of humor as <em>Portal<&sol;em> and other games like it&period; There is an emphasis on humor as your guide leads you through the various testing chambers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112112" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112112" style&equals;"width&colon; 690px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112112 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;29002136&sol;ChromaGun-1-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;ChromaGun&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar; " width&equals;"690" height&equals;"388" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112112" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>ChromaGun<&sol;em>&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The ChromaGun allows you to paint walls or objects with color&period; Droids and other robotic obstacles &lpar;some of which are violent&rpar; are drawn to surfaces that are the same color as they are&period; You can use the <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> to bypass obstacles&comma; using the various colors to properly navigate&period; Energy mesh prevents you from painting certain aspects of the environment&comma; which is where the puzzle elements come in&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The controls &lpar;with a gamepad&rpar; are a little twitchy&comma; but with a mouse&comma; you can adjust the sensitivity in the options menu&period; One great aspect of <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> is the colorblind mode&period; Considering 8&percnt; of the world’s population is colorblind&comma; Pixel Maniacs provided an option that makes each color correspond to a different symbol&comma; making it fully playable for the colorblind&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112113" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112113" style&equals;"width&colon; 690px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112113 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;29002226&sol;ChromaGun-Colorblind-Image-1024x611&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;ChromaGun&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar;" width&equals;"690" height&equals;"412" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112113" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>ChromaGun<&sol;em>&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The puzzles start out simple&comma; mixing the primary colors to guide droids to various places&period; As you progress they become more complex&comma; adding things like electrified flooring&comma; which serve as both hazards and puzzle elements&period; The worker droids also become more complex&comma; as some can harm you upon touching them&comma; while others are entirely harmless&period; In order to proceed through the entirety of the ChromaGun’s test chambers&comma; you will need to be very careful and pay great attention to the details of each chamber&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> also has a speed-running mode for gamers who like to test their limits and want to participate in a different sort of speedrun&period; I personally cannot imagine playing on the speedrunner mode&comma; as the game is frustrating enough in places without racing against the clock&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Make no mistake&comma; <em>ChromaGun <&sol;em>quickly becomes difficult and does require critical thinking and creative use of game mechanics to succeed&period; Despite saying that&comma; <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> is incredibly fun&comma; and I found myself losing hours in going through test chambers&period; The colors are vibrant&colon; the mechanics are imaginative and interesting&period; While it is clear that it is inspired by<em> Portal <&sol;em>and its testing chambers&comma; the game itself is well polished and interesting&period; I greatly applaud the foresight by the developers to create a colorblind mode for the game as well&semi; it isn’t often that developers think of ways to make games more accessible&period; With a game that has color as such a vital part of it&comma; the colorblind mode is heavily useful if you are visually unable to tell colors apart&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112114" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112114" style&equals;"width&colon; 690px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112114 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;08&sol;29002502&sol;ChromaGun-6-1024x576&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;ChromaGun&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar;" width&equals;"690" height&equals;"388" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112114" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>ChromaGun<&sol;em>&comma; Pixel Maniacs&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>On the other hand&comma; one of the few problems that <em>ChromaGun <&sol;em>has is that the difficulty scales in weird ways&period; Some levels are brain-numbing and difficult&comma; while others can be breezed through quickly&period; These difficulty spots may be subjective&comma; depending on how each player looks at things&period; Gamepad controls are somewhat sensitive as well&comma; but other than minor issues&comma; I applaud Pixel Maniacs for their well crafted game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you like <em>Portal<&sol;em>&comma; or other puzzle and exploration games&comma; <em>ChromaGun<&sol;em> is worth every penny&period; From its clean&comma; crisp visuals&comma; to the imaginative color mechanics it offers&comma; this game won’t disappoint you&period; Any age of gamer can enjoy it&comma; making it great for family play&period; Something else to think about is that parents who want to teach their kids how to mix primary colors may find this game very useful&period; <em>ChromaGun <&sol;em>is a fun&comma; frustrating exploration of color&comma; and puzzle fans are sure to love it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Code was provided by Pixel Maniacs for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;