Match! Drop! Match!
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Match tiles to go deeper and find treasure!
Match! Drop! Match! is an action puzzle game. Try to make it onto the leaderboard!
Use UP/DOWN, W/S, or the scroll wheel to move up and down between boards.
As you go to deeper boards, you'll get many more points for making matches.
Press A to enable accessibility mode (helpful if you have trouble distinguishing the colors).
There are two game modes. The main mode is timed - you get 2 minutes to score as many points as possible. There is also an untimed mode if you want a more zen experience (to submit a score in untimed mode, you have to click the "End Game" button in the bottom-right).
Making a match on the top board gives you 1 point, and each board below that is worth 3 times as many points. So making a match on the second board is worth 3 points, the third board is 9 points, the fourth board is 27 points, etc.
(Note: you definitely don't need to know this to play the game, but we're mentioning it just in case you're interested) When you make a match, the first and last tiles change in a deterministic manner. In particular, if you put the six colors in a "cycle" of red->orange->yellow->green->blue->purple->red, the first tile's color will move backwards one in the cycle, and the last tile's color will move forwards one in the cycle.
Design and programming by Phillip Ai, Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, and Anderson Wang.
Music by Anderson Wang
Art by Phillip Ai and Colin Lu
Match! Drop! Match! is an action puzzle game. Try to make it onto the leaderboard!
Controls and basic gameplay
Drag the mouse along three tiles with the first and last matching. When you make a match, the middle tile will drop down to the next board, and the first and last tiles will change color. (See the gameplay GIF above for some examples)Use UP/DOWN, W/S, or the scroll wheel to move up and down between boards.
As you go to deeper boards, you'll get many more points for making matches.
Press A to enable accessibility mode (helpful if you have trouble distinguishing the colors).
More gameplay details
There are two game modes. The main mode is timed - you get 2 minutes to score as many points as possible. There is also an untimed mode if you want a more zen experience (to submit a score in untimed mode, you have to click the "End Game" button in the bottom-right).
Making a match on the top board gives you 1 point, and each board below that is worth 3 times as many points. So making a match on the second board is worth 3 points, the third board is 9 points, the fourth board is 27 points, etc.
(Note: you definitely don't need to know this to play the game, but we're mentioning it just in case you're interested) When you make a match, the first and last tiles change in a deterministic manner. In particular, if you put the six colors in a "cycle" of red->orange->yellow->green->blue->purple->red, the first tile's color will move backwards one in the cycle, and the last tile's color will move forwards one in the cycle.
Credits
Made with HaxeFlixel.Design and programming by Phillip Ai, Colin Lu, Jon Schneider, and Anderson Wang.
Music by Anderson Wang
Art by Phillip Ai and Colin Lu