Monochrome Worlds

Monochrome Worlds is a simple puzzle game where players must help two people reach a common goal. These two people, one of them black and the other white, live in different worlds and must work together in order that both of them reach the gray-colored spot, which is the only place where they can share the same space.

In order to help the other, each character can toggle some of the game’s blocks from one world to the other and back again. This can lead to some interesting situations where a character must remove a block from the other’s world in order to let her companion pass through.

It is a remake of a Flash-based game called Monochro Observer created by Tatsuya Koyama. The motivation behind the remake was to be able to play the game in environments that have no Flash players available, such as the GP2X.

This game is known to work on GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows platforms.

Screen Shots

Playing the first level Clearing the stage Falling from a tall wall Changing some blocks automatically

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Controls

The game is controlled exclusively using the keyboard or a joystick / game pad that maps its buttons to keys.

On desktop computers use the following controls:

  • Left and Right arrows: Move the selected character left or right.
  • Shift: Changes the currently selected character. The selected character will have its same-colored blocks visible and the others invisible.
  • Z: Toggles the block in front of the selected character between the two worlds.
  • X: Undo the last potentially dangerous movement, such as falling or toggling a block.
  • C: Resets the stage to its initial state.
  • Space: Shows or hides the stage’s tip.
  • Escape: Pauses the game and shows the in-game menu.

For GP2X systems, the controls are:

  • Left and Right directions: Move the selected character left or right.
  • A: Changes the currently selected character.
  • B: Toggles the block in front of the selected character between the two worlds.
  • X: Undo the last movement.
  • Select: Shows or hides the stage’s tip.
  • Start: Pauses the game and shows the in-game menu.

For Dingux:

  • Left and Right directions: Move the selected character left or right.
  • A or Y: Changes the currently selected character.
  • B: Toggles the block in front of the selected character between the two worlds.
  • X: Undo the last movement.
  • R: Shows or hides the stage’s tip.
  • Select or Start: Pauses the game and shows the in-game menu.

Bug, Features, Enhancements

If you find any bug or want to propose any feature to Monochrome Worlds, please add a new issue ticket to the issue tracker located at:

http://bitbucket.org/geishastudios/monochromeworlds/issues/new/

Also, if you prefer, feel free to send me an email to jfita@geishastudios.com with a description of the bug or feature.

License

Monochrome Worlds is distributed as Free Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.

Credits

ChangeLog

1.0.2 (2009-12-12)

  • Fixed the issue of showing mouse pointer in GP2X.
  • Added port to Dingux.

1.0.1 (2009-08-30)

  • Updated Geisha Studios' logo.

1.0.0 (2009-04-13)

  • Initial version.

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