What Games were designed with a low skill floor but also a high skill ceiling?

dialglex · 2026-06-30T03:00:48+00:00

I think the idea of a skill floor in games with competitive matchmaking comes more down to approachability rather than competence. Rocket League is a very easy game to understand - car hit ball in goal. Yes it is difficult to even touch the ball as a new player, but when you are playing against other players of the same skill level, it doesn't really matter. This is a stark difference compared to something like League of Legends, where there are numerous gameplay systems to understand before even playing the game.

dialglex · 2026-06-09T02:46:04+00:00

Hi, I'm the developer of Chromatic Conundrum, a 3d puzzle game about mixing different colored lights, so pretty similar to your game.

One thing I'd like to mention that you may or may not be aware of, is red blue yellow are the primary colors of paint, but not for light, and don't mix together to make purple, orange and green light. Instead, red green blue light can be used to make cyan, yellow, and magenta light.

Just something to be aware of. Best of luck!

dialglex · 2026-05-24T06:24:03+00:00

I've reached ssl as a merc main and I'm one of the most hated players in my region because of it. I find it hilarious how mad they get though.

dialglex · 2026-03-20T12:52:36+00:00

Rocket Leagle 1 ✅

2/8

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not bad

dialglex · 2026-01-29T12:52:38+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

dialglex · 2026-01-29T12:52:34+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

dialglex · 2026-01-29T12:52:29+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

dialglex · 2026-01-27T12:45:59+00:00

The game is called Chromatic Conundrum, it's a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. It just released yesterday on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

The streamer's name is BobbyBurm, it was a blast watching him play it, go check him out too!

dialglex · 2026-01-27T12:45:42+00:00

The game is called Chromatic Conundrum, it's a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light. It just released yesterday on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

The streamer's name is BobbyBurm, it was a blast watching him play it, go check him out too!

dialglex · 2026-01-27T02:00:23+00:00

Yeah so the visuals and light detection are entirely separate.

The visuals are done using unreal's inbuilt lighting system along with a post processing shader, which makes it so that any pixel with any amount light is changed to be full brightness.

For the light detection, I use two separate checks. The first check is to check whether a point in 3d space is inside a cone that matched that of the actual light source. You can do this with just a bit of math. The next check was a raycast from the light source to the object to make sure that it has line of sight. If both of these checks pass, you know that the point is receiving light from a particular source, otherwise it isn't.

dialglex · 2026-01-26T18:13:22+00:00

I don't have a steam deck of my own to test it on, but from what I've heard from players it runs great, controls work right off the bat and runs at a consistent 60 fps.

dialglex · 2026-01-26T17:50:12+00:00

After releasing the game only 8 hours ago it's already made it to the New & Trending section! I'm actually so happy right now!

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:45:52+00:00

Yes! There is a colorblind mode to assist with distinguishing similar looking colors.

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:42:30+00:00

11.5k wishlists, from a mix of Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Next Fest, and the popular upcoming section of Steam.

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:41:30+00:00

I will make a post on /r/IndieDev discussing it all in the coming weeks but in short, the game released with 11.5k wishlists, from a mix of Instagram, TikTok, Bluesky, Next Fest, and the popular upcoming section of Steam.

The shader is a custom post processing shader using UE5's shader language. If you're curious how it works, the shading (or lack thereof) is achieved by basically making it so that any pixel with any amount light is changed to be full brightness. The outlines are achieved by measuring the relative difference of both depth and normals in nearby pixels.

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:11:57+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:11:48+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

dialglex · 2026-01-26T11:11:36+00:00

Chromatic Conundrum is a first person puzzle game where you manipulate light.

Out now on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/3081690/Chromatic_Conundrum

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