Welcome, to Shapeshift Inc. The name is essentially unrelated to the game; I just thought it sounded fun. I guess I could call this a finished product, although it's not what I "envisioned." Then again, what is in Ludum Dare? I'm glad I took part.
The aim of the game is to use the tetris-like board on the screen to defeat your enemy. However, the shapes change after each attack, so you could use this to your advantage, or it could permanently cripple your chance of victory. You must select the largest group of shapes of the same type to maximise damage against your foe.
Thank you for reading, best of luck to everyone :)
Unfortunately I get "Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no lwjgl in java.library.path" - I guess the LWJGL dependency should be shipped with it?
I think that combining a pattern matching game with "battle" mechanics is an interesting idea.
If you are going to develop the game further, a suggestion for an additional mechanic, could be to shift the tiles above the removed tiles downwards, tetris-style (and then add the new random tiles at the top). This would allow for more "strategy" in aligning the rest of the colors to your advantage :)
I really liked the concept, but it would be better with more strategic depth than click on the largest area. Perhaps if the different shapes did different actions?
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I would like to see some more depth on it. It ended up being a "find-the-largest-group" game somehow.
Explore some more on this concept, it could be a good game ;)
I think that combining a pattern matching game with "battle" mechanics is an interesting idea.
If you are going to develop the game further, a suggestion for an additional mechanic, could be to shift the tiles above the removed tiles downwards, tetris-style (and then add the new random tiles at the top). This would allow for more "strategy" in aligning the rest of the colors to your advantage :)