* Use your mouse to shift rows or columns as far as you want. * The farther you shift a row or column, the more points you score. * Fill up the bars on the left with color for a 15 second Time Extension
Scoring Details for the curious: * Points in each set is Shift Multiplier * Combo Length * Number of pieces * The time extensions on the left are 24 units large. Each time you clear a shape you get (1 + Shift Distance) units added to that color. Fill all the bars for a 15 second time extension.
Nice visuals and (most) sound effects. Not very original, though and I don't really see the 'shapeshift' aspect of the game. And the voice saying 'good' and 'solid' etc. was really annoying. No hate, btw. :)
Fun bejewled twist! I ended up addicted because I enjoy this type of game and liked how you have to drag instead of just plopping a shape from anywhere to a matching area.
Just another Bejeweled game I think at first. And then I spend 20 minutes trying to beat the high score, but maan 80000 is high :o So yeah, not very original, but so well executed!
You capture the essence of that type of game perfectly: feedbacks, lots of feedbacks.. either visual or audible ones. And combos, lots of combos. And the rewarding feeling when we're about to loose and we obtain a time extend. All these details that keep the player focus.
Many entries may have a better concept than yours, but most of them lack of feedbacks, music or sounds (if it's not all three). It's also important to be able to polish a game, even in 3 days. That's why I'll reward you for that in my rating :)
Very well put together for an LD game, you have all the elements of this kind of game done well. I can't really play it because I'm colourblind and I essentially see 3 kinds of objects (I know the shapes are different, but I have to concentrate really hard to play just by shapes). For that reason I am not ranking fun.
When I dragged a row and matched two different sets, I felt excited! If you continue to design this, at first I was unsure if I was shifting the row or column over, or if I was shifting some pieces over. Then I wasn't sure if it counted as further distance when I took the long way around instead of the short way around to wrap, which felt like no more skill involved to wrap the long way.
Really well made game. Works very well as a match-3 while also having enough unique about it to recommend it. I dug the voice overs also; gave it a nice bit of personality.
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Would love your thoughts on my game -- Tito's Revenge
http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=65699
You capture the essence of that type of game perfectly: feedbacks, lots of feedbacks.. either visual or audible ones. And combos, lots of combos. And the rewarding feeling when we're about to loose and we obtain a time extend. All these details that keep the player focus.
Many entries may have a better concept than yours, but most of them lack of feedbacks, music or sounds (if it's not all three). It's also important to be able to polish a game, even in 3 days. That's why I'll reward you for that in my rating :)
I can't open the source btw