Give me Six

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.20
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.22
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.40
Theme★★★★★★★★★★2.46
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★2.49
Humor★★★★★★★★★★1.91
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.51
Coolness★★★★★★★★★★93%
Hello there! I am SpiritJZL:)

Welcome to my 3rd LD. I have to say every time the theme is not fit to my preparation...but finally got it done, a six-in-a-row game. You may be familiar with five-in-a-row, but five is far too easy for my game, so I raised to 6

here is the instruction of my work:
1.This is a six-in-a-row game,who makes a row of six block with same color wins. All 4 direction count(↑↓,←→,↖↘,↙↗)
2.This is a 2-player game due to its very type, but 1 person play 2 roles is also kind of fun
3.Players will take turns to click the spheres around the map, then the sphere will change its color,1 in red, 1 in blue
4.The color of every block depends on 4 sphere of its corner,
if red>blue , show red,
if red<blue , show blue,
if red=blue , show yellow(yellow won't affect game resault)
5.Again,who makes a row of six block with same color wins.

You can find the instruction in game too, finally I have to say UE4 is not suitable for small games like this, for the file size is too large(105Mb uncompressed).What's in it?
15Mb for the game content I created,37Mb for the engine file, 38Mb for the system setup file, and 80Mb for the PhysX!!!!(luckily I found 70Mb of PhysX is pdb and deleted them)

That's all, in Chinese '6' could mean "good at". So, How 6 could you be in my game?
Source project is packed in the 7z file,you may need UE4.11.1 to open it

Genres: puzzle

Comments24

Recursiveanomaly19 Apr 2016, 03:08
I expected a much more basic game, but the way I capture four squares at once, and how overlapping squares become neutral was really original and made for a nice game dynamic. Nice work!
Geti
Geti19 Apr 2016, 03:26
concept was fun. The graphics (mostly text presentation) could have been nicer/more readable but its understandable for ld :) congrats on finishing

Would have loved to not download the source along with the game because I'm on AU internet ;)
jasonalighieri
jasonalighieri19 Apr 2016, 03:28
Nice! This should be some kind of board game.
pixelgriffin
pixelgriffin19 Apr 2016, 03:31
Reminds me of a game I used to play with my mom in restaurants haha. Me and my girlfriend had fun playing!
SpiritJZLauthor19 Apr 2016, 03:36
Hi Geti, Actually the source is less than 2Mb, while the rest 100Mb is needed to run the game...
A-Flat Miner Studios21 Apr 2016, 03:02
My fiancee kicked my butt every game. The rules are cleverer than they first appear. Well done!
mayank.technical21 Apr 2016, 03:32
Giving a try on UE4 for such game. Great!! The concept is good but could have been more towards the theme. But I like the game overall
SpiritJZLauthor21 Apr 2016, 04:22
Hi mayank, Think about the shape of pattern shifts when color changes, that is how I deal with the theme:)
WASD
WASD21 Apr 2016, 05:23
I really like the ruleset, cool idea!
paquinn21 Apr 2016, 07:42
I thought this would be very similar to connect 4 but the way cells change each other adds a neat twist that leads to a lot more strategy.
abuzreq21 Apr 2016, 08:27
The game mechanics is really interesting , has some similarities with GO .
Hmmm for some reason I chose after playing normally for a couple of times to try and color all the dots without any one winning .
I did it , but I weren't told it's a draw :P
(A more interesting challenge would have been to color all the board in yellow :) )
Nice game for sure , I liked the symmetrical patterns that results too.
Pixelaborate22 Apr 2016, 01:22
Really struck me as one of those built in windows games for some reason - that's a compliment :P fun little game.
pixel_maniacs
pixel_maniacs22 Apr 2016, 12:05
I honestly didn't expect much but it's definitely a very interesting mechanic, I like it a lot! Obviously, you could improve the visuals. You could also play around with some more rules, but the simple rules also work really well. Great work!

I would also appreciate it if you have time to check out our game as well!
jk5000
jk500023 Apr 2016, 18:20
Simple and fun game. Well done.
Hempuli
Hempuli27 Apr 2016, 10:38
Very cool concept! The idea is neat and it works flawlessly. It feels like the player who starts has a very noticeable advantage, though, because you can change four squares every turn instead of just one.
Marc F.28 Apr 2016, 14:12
Neat game design, solid entry!
El Cabaro3 May 2016, 00:52
Really creative game. Reminds me of reversi/connect 4.
Louspirit
Louspirit5 May 2016, 11:31
Mecanics perfectly done. Couldnt you have make it more beautiful since you use Unreal ? An ambiant music can be nice too.
goffmog
goffmog7 May 2016, 12:16
Very cool mechanics, as always I give high ratings to anyone making up an original puzzle mechanic for Ludum Dare.
methylenblub7 May 2016, 23:20
Really nice game! Pretty interesting concept
LudumAnthony8 May 2016, 01:30
Fun game, really nice mechanics.

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