This is a pattern filling game where you take pieces from your tray on the top right and fit them into the play area to fill the marked pattern with the specified color for that level.
You work your way through the levels in order but you keep your score as you go.
Bonuses are awarded for filling more than one pattern tile with a single piece. The bonuses are exponential (1 pattern filled is 100, 2 filled is 400, 3 is 900, etc).
You get a penalty for changing the color of a pattern tile that has already been turned to the target color (-200)
There are about 12-13 levels and then they repeat (adding another color to the mix). Then a third set, adding yet another color to each level.
I hope to do some testing and tweaking and do a post-jam version of this, so any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Really interesting idea. Started out seeming too simple since you could simply place unneeded tiles around the pattern (and since you can "stack" them, you never run out of space) but things changed as early as level 2 :) I'd say it's worth making a post-LD version of this.
Only suggestion I can make is some more polish: Sound effects when placing tiles (especially when you place tiles correctly to give positive feedback), visual feedback when placing tiles, maybe show the player how much points their last move gave them directly on the grid so they won't have to look over at the score section.
But I assume you'd have implemented most of that already had there been more time :P
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Only suggestion I can make is some more polish: Sound effects when placing tiles (especially when you place tiles correctly to give positive feedback), visual feedback when placing tiles, maybe show the player how much points their last move gave them directly on the grid so they won't have to look over at the score section.
But I assume you'd have implemented most of that already had there been more time :P
Finish and sell it :-)
Good job!
Well done!