Match Shooter

by gipzo
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.74
Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.69
Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.00
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.08
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.17
Humor★★★★★★★★★★2.62
Mood★★★★★★★★★★3.07

Match-3 Top-Down Shooter :smile:


Damage enemies to color them, try to make lines of same color and watch them explode 😎

But watch out - these creatures bite!

Controls


- Mouse for aiming
- Hold left mouse button for firing
- WASD for movement
- Esc for pause, if you want to

How To Play


- Shoot enemies until they reveal their color
- Push enemies with you projectiles to form a line of the same color
- Watch them explode

Hints


- Forming a match can produce bonuses
- Enemies have different movement patterns that can be used for your advantage

Screenshots



#### Acknowledgment

Thanks to Bosca Ceoil the game has some sort of music.

Thanks to Bfxr the game has sound effects as well.

Catlike Coding for bloom tutorial.

Thanks to Plassion for highscores backend. Highscores are working only in standalone builds unfortunately

#### Post-Compo Updates

*23.04.2018: Scoreboard input now hides after sending*

*24.04.2018: Fixed invalid palette rendering. Found out that scoreboard feature is not working correctly in WebGL build.. need to solve this somehow*

screenshot

Comments19

Centauri
Centauri23 Apr 2018, 09:01
Nice little game. Fun to play
jk5000
jk500023 Apr 2018, 09:05
This is a fun little game, and music is really groovy. The graphics is okay, and it fits the game idea well. Sadly the game got difficult way to fast. But overall a fine LD game.
GameCarpenter23 Apr 2018, 09:38
I sorta understand how you're supposed to play, I was successful in getting SOME matches, but I found it unreasonably difficult. You're really pushing the boundaries of what's possible, and really combining the genre's fearlessly. I think the game would have been a lot more fun if the enemies just showed up at a much slower rate. The bird and alien looked to be a pretty similar color on my PC I thought I might be able to match them. The graphics are just functional, and not really unified. The sound is balanced loud for me, and in terms of content, just passable. Overall an impressively ambitious attempt at the theme.
Jole23 Apr 2018, 10:07
Nice game, i just wish the music was louder so i could hear it without the shooting sounds being too loud.
Lerg
Lerg23 Apr 2018, 11:51
Nice idea.
meskaline
meskaline24 Apr 2018, 18:21
Nice fun game. Cool concept! :D
OmnipotentIndie25 Apr 2018, 00:04
Really great concept, a bit hard to get them lined up.
Fernando Labarta25 Apr 2018, 00:12
AAAAWESOME CONCEPT, and really smart art style, Nice job
Vinterskog
Vinterskog25 Apr 2018, 06:00
Nice little shooter with a twist. Although lining the enemies up correctly is indeed a bit hard. But playing the game feels good anyway.
ppNovAqq25 Apr 2018, 13:01
Difficult but Fun. Cool game
quijipixel
quijipixel25 Apr 2018, 13:07
Greate game! Loved the concept and how fun and easy it is to play!
Hare Software
Hare Software25 Apr 2018, 13:13
Very creative combination, has a blast playing it. Well done!
kilosaurus25 Apr 2018, 13:37
cool one, nice feeling
JavaSaurus
JavaSaurus25 Apr 2018, 19:42
Really nice combination, feels natural playing it. Very well done !
Steel_Dev
Steel_Dev25 Apr 2018, 19:59
This game is a lot of fun! I go the highest score of 8000+ but i couldnt submit it because of the glitch where the screen got filled with health items when i reached a certain wave, and there was no enemies so i couldnt let myself die to submit it :/ so i kept playing and dying on purpose to get on the leaderboards but it didnt save the score i got. rip, Cool game though!
gamesplusjames
gamesplusjames26 Apr 2018, 01:00
This was such a cool concept. I love how it played and pushing around the enemies to line them up was great. I loved the palette switching options too. Nice work!
Langotriel
Langotriel26 Apr 2018, 12:45
The colour distinction between the enemies could be slightly altered to be a little clearer, otherwise the visuals are pretty good. I'd also say that the game could have more satisfying sounds but it is suitable as is and by no means dissatisfying; it's just a point for improvement.

As is, really good title and really good use of theme.
nilstastic28 Apr 2018, 17:52
Ah, this game made me happy. The mechanics worked pretty well, kind of hard to get them to line up at times. The best thing was the feel of pushing enemies around, the powerups were good as well. Great job!

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