Out of Nowhere, Many gems appeared in space, combining 3 or more of them will make them give you special powers. But you're not the only one. This game is a combination of Bejeweled or Candy Crush, with a top down shooter. Controls: WASD - move ship, Left Click - shoot Right Click- select gem Space - bomb Middle Click - teleport
Oh man, that was tough. I liked the attention split though of either worrying about the enemies or wanting to move things around the grid to improve myself. Good stuff.
I like that you didn't stop at adding simple enemies but made different kinds of them. There are even shootemup enemies that are interacting with match3 aspect of the game which is a great game design decision. This might be a way to bring match3 games back to pc :) Great job.
What a combination! This was really fun, the constant stress of trying to keep an eye on dodging was intense! getting some animations (just some tweens even) in the for all the different interactions would have really helped round off this game as a whole. Really great work! Keep it up!
Hey nice job! Man it's really tricky and crazy and like someone above said, a little bit of "juice" would go a long way, e.g. screen shake or some effects when stuff powers you up, but overall really fun.
Fun and interesting combination of these two. I found it pretty hard to control, and I wish it had built to high difficultly more slowly. I got to a boss on the side once, and that was scary. Although I kept shooting him, it didn't seem to accomplish much. I use a bomb or two but wasn't sure exactly how I earned them or what they were for. But slick, fast, and fun. Simple graphics don't detract, but the simple sounds grated a little after a while. It's a little annoying to have to hit enemies multiple times without any indication of their being damaged.
I like this fusion or genres (I also made a match 3 game). I think that the controls definitely need to be less floaty as it makes selecting tiles difficult, and matching them difficult as well as you will rush over the adjacent tile you want to switch to. You could also maybe change the rules to make it more like huniepop where you can swap with any gem in a row or column.
Great concept, a lot of variety in enemies and items for a game jam as well! Fun overall, biggest gripe would be the UI. Would love to see a post-compo build with more polish.
Difficulty ramped up a little too fast but this is something I struggle with myself. The only other issue I had was with movement. WASD move in the same directions regardless of the way you are facing. took me a bit to get used to that. Good Job though completing and submitting your game!
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This might be a way to bring match3 games back to pc :)
Great job.
Cool game, keep coding :)
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