Ludum Dare #49compo
Spelldraft
HOW TO PLAY:
Place element cards and form matches to score points and advance to the next spell.
But be careful, if you score too many points, the spell will become unstable!
Reach the minimum score without exceeding the maximum score in this blackjack-inspired card-matching.
ELEMENT MATCHES:
* Fire: 3 points if adjacent to 2 other Fire cards;
* Air: 2 points if not adjacent to any other Air card;
* Earth: 2 points for each adjacent Water card;
* Water: 2 points for each adjacent Fire card (flips* them over).
*Flipped Fire cards cannot be matched with other Fire cards.
ALSO:
Press R to restart a level.
Place element cards and form matches to score points and advance to the next spell.
But be careful, if you score too many points, the spell will become unstable!
Reach the minimum score without exceeding the maximum score in this blackjack-inspired card-matching.
ELEMENT MATCHES:
* Fire: 3 points if adjacent to 2 other Fire cards;
* Air: 2 points if not adjacent to any other Air card;
* Earth: 2 points for each adjacent Water card;
* Water: 2 points for each adjacent Fire card (flips* them over).
*Flipped Fire cards cannot be matched with other Fire cards.
ALSO:
Press R to restart a level.
Genres: puzzle
Comments3
Not_AS_Artistic5 Oct 2021, 08:19
Nice risk-point managing game!
The card interactions added a new wrinkle to the game (one that my smooth brain had a hard time following)
I'd like a few tutorial levels that explain how the points work by gameplay.
Still a nice experience! good job!
The card interactions added a new wrinkle to the game (one that my smooth brain had a hard time following)
I'd like a few tutorial levels that explain how the points work by gameplay.
Still a nice experience! good job!
Wendel Scardua12 Oct 2021, 19:42
The mechanics are really interesting, I could see this working as one of those "card minigame inside an RPG" :).
I like the idea of having the rules described on screen with drawings instead of text. I was going to say that I wish they would match the actual rules better, but I have no idea how to say "Air: 2 points if not adjacent to any other Air card" with pictures 😅.
One thing that I missed was something telling which pictures correspond to which elements (eventually I've managed to deduce / remember, but I think the written rules would work better if we had that information).
I like the idea of having the rules described on screen with drawings instead of text. I was going to say that I wish they would match the actual rules better, but I have no idea how to say "Air: 2 points if not adjacent to any other Air card" with pictures 😅.
One thing that I missed was something telling which pictures correspond to which elements (eventually I've managed to deduce / remember, but I think the written rules would work better if we had that information).
Really like the art and the soothing background music.
If I had to give some feedback it would be the 'win' sound effect. I thought I lost when hearing that for the first time.
Other than that super nice entry. Was able to complete the whole game :D