M3 – Molesting the Match-3 Market
This game is from the old Ludum Dare platform. The original page is no longer available.
Inspiration for this game was this
blog post
, which somewhat explains the name.
The idea in the game is that you’re a casual games’ level designer and it’s your job to create levels for the game, in which the players can get the maximum score without really doing anything. Because the truth is that’s what most commercially successful casual games are like. Big rewards with minimum input from the player.
Download
M3_ludumfinal.zip (2.3 Mb)
(Windows binaries)
M3_source.zip (0.5 Mb)
(Source code)
Instructions
Drag the pieces around and click start. The colors will be destroyed as they touch each other. Try to go for the big multiple chains.
[space] – swaps between the editor and game.
[m] – toggles sounds.
Read more from
game’s “homepage”
…
blog post
, which somewhat explains the name.
The idea in the game is that you’re a casual games’ level designer and it’s your job to create levels for the game, in which the players can get the maximum score without really doing anything. Because the truth is that’s what most commercially successful casual games are like. Big rewards with minimum input from the player.
Download
M3_ludumfinal.zip (2.3 Mb)
(Windows binaries)
M3_source.zip (0.5 Mb)
(Source code)
Instructions
Drag the pieces around and click start. The colors will be destroyed as they touch each other. Try to go for the big multiple chains.
[space] – swaps between the editor and game.
[m] – toggles sounds.
Read more from
game’s “homepage”
…