Colors! 3D dev diary – Paint with Friends
My wife and I recently had the first full-fledged collaborative painting session. Using our two dev-kits, I shared a painting session that she connected to, and we painted together on a single canvas.
While I spent a lot of time just testing collaborative paining to make sure everything functioned correctly, I haven’t really been able to really just play with the feature until now. It might not have been pretty (I can’t really paint, if you didn’t know), but it was definitely fun. We fought over canvas space, painted things behind layers for the other to find and “improved” each other’s creations.
The feature is called “Paint with Friends” and is a local multiplayer feature that supports 2 players. We initially intended to make it a 4 player feature – but then realized that we don’t have that many dev-kits. :) (those things are pretty expensive.) And really, it’s a pretty small screen to fit 4 people onto anyway.
I’m really excited about the collaborative painting feature, partly because I don’t really know what people are going to use it for. Playing checkers? Sending secret messages back and forth? Teaching each other how to paint? You tell me.
Or better yet, you’ll be able to show me, once Colors! 3D has been released. We just implemented collaborative painting playback in the gallery, so here you go. The first real collaborative painting in Colors! 3D.
(Click the image to visit the gallery and see the playback)
Colors! 3D won’t get an exact release date yet until it has passed Nintendo submission. Our best guess is that it will be out in 2-5 weeks. It will be $6.99 in the US eShop and something similar in the European one.
Posted: January 25th, 2012 under Colors!, Projects.
Comments: 11
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Comment from Kasumi
Time: January 25, 2012, 12:10 pm
Heh. This is pretty cool. I can’t wait to try it.
Comment from DarklingDragon
Time: January 25, 2012, 12:15 pm
How fun! I’m sure most people won’t mind that the collaborative painting was changed to two players. Most collaborative paintings I’ve seen usually only have two people on at the same time anyways.
Comment from Jon S
Time: January 25, 2012, 1:19 pm
Way to go Jens! This looks awesome!
Comment from Danjel Ricci
Time: January 25, 2012, 2:24 pm
This Collaborative Painting thing is awesome. I bet this is a good reason to buy a 3DS to my girlfriend!
We both love to draw and paint. She’s very good with pastels, while I’m better at digital painting. Our styles are pretty different, so I wonder what will come out while playing Colors!3D two-players. :D
Comment from shash*
Time: January 25, 2012, 10:36 pm
2-5 weeks!!!??…i was waitin for it since december!!…but i guess patience and waiting is still worth such an awesome app..and drawing in 3d is something nowhere else available..
Comment from MrFun
Time: January 26, 2012, 3:59 am
Does it support Download Play?
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Comment from Jens
Time: January 26, 2012, 3:49 pm
@MrFun, no you need to separate versions of Colors! 3D to use Paint with Friends.
Comment from LordSinclair3DS
Time: February 3, 2012, 1:11 am
Waooo… What a great idea ! Painting with my children ! I’ll show them how to draw, they will color the drawing !
Comment from Hugo
Time: February 3, 2012, 3:20 pm
Will it support Wifi Connection?
Comment from Jens
Time: February 3, 2012, 3:25 pm
@Hugo, Wi-Fi Connection is not a term they use on the 3DS as far as I know. But if you meant to ask if you will be able to paint with friends over the Internet, then the answer is no. Paint with Friends uses Nintendo 3DS Local Play, which is a local only feature.
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