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AbleGamers' Web Game of the Week: Ninja Painter

Written by Steve Spohn

Published on 05 June 2011

(sidebar id=1}Sometimes the most unexpected combinations turn out the best results. Peanut butter and chocolate gave us the Recesses peanut butter cup. Pickles and ice cream are one of the most popular snacks for expecting mothers. And now the most interesting concept of all: ninjas and painting.

I'll let you have a moment to absorb how amazing that really is.

All better? Great. Let's proceed. Ninja Painter is a strategy puzzle game from SilenGames. You play the role of ninja who has turned in his katana for a paint roller. Using the mouse or keyboard, you’ll enjoy lots of highflying action as you send your ninja from one side of the screen to the other picking up paint along the way.

The object of the game is to take the corresponding blob of paint to the proper spots on the wall marked by the same color X.

You can't accidentally paint the wrong color no matter how many times you run over an X holding the wrong color. In fact, once you've painted the proper color on the right square it becomes a permanent fixture. In a way, this allows you to fumble through the game even with some colorblindness, although, it's probably best to skip this game if you are colorblind.
There are three difficulty settings with 10 levels to each area for a grand total of 30 puzzles.

The difficulty comes in with the amount of times you need to jump to the various walls. In later levels, you'll encounter spots where you simply ricochet to other areas of the map. This is usually convenient. Although, the wrong move will occasionally get you thrown out a window.
You can also collect stars to maximize your points on each level, however, they are not necessary to complete the game.

One-handed gameplay should be no problem. There are no audio cues to worry about. Everything noteworthy is presented in text at the appropriate times. This would be a perfect game from a game accessibility standpoint if the different colors were clearly marked with some sort of symbol.

Overall, Ninja Painter is an interesting concept or a new twist on an old concept, depending on how you look at it. If you're good at puzzles, this game will only take you an hour to complete.