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General => Other Free Games => Topic started by: Vegetal Gibber on April 16, 2010, 21:41:49

Title: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on April 16, 2010, 21:41:49
Description:

TAG is a short, experimental 1st person shooter created by students of DigiPen Institute (just like the team who designed "Narbacular Drop", later hired by Valve to make "Portal"). Instead of using conventional weapons to battle enemies, you'll only be carrying a paint gun that you can use to spray paint of 3 different colors. Each color has a certain property that you can use to make your way towards the exit of the level. For example, if you spray green paint over the floor, you'll be able to bounce on it and reach high platforms.

It's a pretty short game, but it's fun and creative... and it's, of course, completely free :)

Images:

(http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7838/tagscreenshot3.png)

Gameplay video (spoilers): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyxZ9Agav9Y

Download link:

https://www.digipen.edu/?id=1170&download=1506  (I couldn't post a direct link to the file. Go to this page, check "I agree on the terms" and then click on the Download button.)

Note: This game requires a Pixel Shader 2.0a capable graphics card.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Razzorman on April 16, 2010, 22:53:22
TAG is a short, experimental 1st person shooter from the original designers of "Portal".
Not so.
The original Narbacular Drop team got hired by Valve. Nobody who originally worked on portal worked on this.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: verballyinsane on April 16, 2010, 23:00:25
They just went to the same school...

This game was awesome! =)
I love the idea behind it. It's definitely different not being able to jump as easily as in other games.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Vegetal Gibber on April 16, 2010, 23:49:44
TAG is a short, experimental 1st person shooter from the original designers of "Portal".
Not so.
The original Narbacular Drop team got hired by Valve. Nobody who originally worked on portal worked on this.

Hmm, seems you're right, I didn't know the entire story. Also, my poor English writing skills made it extra difficult for me to explain it correctly :S  It's fixed now.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Gorfinhofin on April 17, 2010, 00:22:11
This game may not have been made by the same people as Narbacular Drop or Portal, but I would like to point out that paint-based puzzle solving just like this has been revealed to be in Portal 2.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Razzorman on April 18, 2010, 17:25:29
Played it now.
Its Awesome.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Mr. Monkey on April 25, 2010, 04:06:04
oh man guys it's working on linux for me this is great and stuff

this game is great you all should play it

i beat it it's short
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: kritter on May 13, 2010, 03:14:59
Sweetness! Short but sweetness!

And the amazing thing is it doesn't run my processor hot. All games (even 2d simple games) make my processor get hot enough for the fan to speed up, but this one doesn't.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: smeagle on May 14, 2010, 08:48:21
I should so mod this, import the .X meshes and change the textures!
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: smeagle on June 17, 2010, 11:33:50
sorry for the double post, but look

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGlyQmmvj0w&feature=related

Portal 2 has the SAME game play mechanics as tag!
Now we can expect some awesome paint/portal gun combo puzzles!!
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Razzorman on June 17, 2010, 13:51:13
What? As far as I know, there won't be any paint gun in portal 2, just the paint itself.
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Firecat on June 27, 2010, 22:44:00
What? As far as I know, there won't be any paint gun in portal 2, just the paint itself.

Yes, but if we combine the portals. The paint gun isnt required.  C)

I think VALVe knows from which institute get ideas from...
Title: Re: [FPS/Puzzle] TAG: The Power of Paint
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on August 31, 2010, 17:16:47
Sorry for the necro, but I finally got this running (had to get a new computer in order to do so, actually), and I actually played it through twice, just because it was so much fun. :^^:

The only bad thing is that I'm now even more anxious for Portal 2 to come out, something I didn't even think was possible.