Chaos Element

by nataris
co-authored: @buz-buz, @dyavil, @valoule
Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.25
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.75
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.75
Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.50
Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.25

about the game :

Chaos Element is a puzzle chess game where you place element piece to maintaine the chaos, step after step.

How to play

In the universe exist 3 natural elements : Fire,Water,Air and they try to multiply and break the chaos.

Your goal is to keep even one element from disappearing. To do so you can add elemental pieces to the board. You can also choose to skip a turn to let the elements express themselves but you’ll not see your score rise by doing so.

At each turn, two elements will be at your disposal from which you may choose one to place on the board. The elements interacts in a circle of strength/weakness as follow :

You’ll lose if any element disappears.

about the Author :

This is our Second ludum Dare and even Game publish.
We hope you will like the game :)

What upgrade we have in mind :

- Custom grid

- new kind of piece and behaviors

- new interaction

- add animation (grid creation , piece death … ect)

P.S, we are really grateful for the feedback. We know that the game is FAR from perfect, but we want to make more, so thank you !

credit :


Code - UI : Nataris https://twitter.com/NatarisToneug

Code : Dyavil https://twitter.com/_Dyavil_

3D model : Valoule

music : Buz. https://twitter.com/EYENAUT

Comments3

CloudLunar
CloudLunar5 Oct 2021, 20:20
Quite like the feeling of elemental transformation

But the whole process got a little too out of hand and the game's goal wasn't very clear
Often it feels like the little element I added doesn't have much impact on the board as a whole. It's more like I'm just watching

Consider making the board smaller so that each piece would be more useful. Also consider adding some AOE effect props, it would be more interesting.
josher
josher7 Oct 2021, 11:32
The graphics are quite clear and it would've been nice to have a closer view to appreciate them. It's kind of hard to tell what's happening as a result of your actions, and the idea of maintaining the chaos doesn't really mesh well with the theme. I understand that it's unstable as the board can spiral out of control, but its not exactly clear. As a second Ludum Dare though, it's pretty impressive! Well done.
lonewookie7 Oct 2021, 17:28
I played on Android and struggled at first, but then realized I had to turn my phone to landscape mode (I would suggest forcing landscape in the future). The graphics were nice, but zoomed out too far. Once I got a hang of what I was doing it was pretty fun to place tiles and see how things took over. I thought it was a little easy to keep things stable. I thought the game fit the theme well. I would suggest tweaking some code to make it a little more challenging (without being too difficult). Nice game!

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