Mini Mason

by nekusoul

Overall★★★★★★★★★★3.87

Fun★★★★★★★★★★3.69

Innovation★★★★★★★★★★4.00

Theme★★★★★★★★★★4.07

Graphics★★★★★★★★★★3.61

Audio★★★★★★★★★★3.13

== Goal ==
Place the tiles to match the patterns.
Try to reuse sections from earlier patterns to save space.
Use bombs to remove tiles that prevent you from reusing sections.
Try to get more than 20000 points!

== Controls ==
Arrow keys or mouse - Move the cursor.
X or Left Click - Place a tile or check for a matching pattern.
Z or Right Click - Place a bomb to destroy a tile.
ENTER or P - Open the menu

Tags: #minimalist, #pico-8

Genres: puzzle

Tools: PICO-8

Comments19

LDJam user 3773493 Oct 2023, 00:22

This is a really neat game! The first few patterns were really easy, but then it got progressively difficult as it went on. Maybe I'll come back to it when I'm less burnt out from jamming 😅

Kjip3 Oct 2023, 09:39

A very cool concept I haven't really seen before! Well done!

minjutin3 Oct 2023, 10:24

Such good vibes and nostalgic atmosphere. Fun puzzle mechanic, it would be nice to try and master it some day

mmason4 Oct 2023, 17:30

A fun game, I had fun trying to figure out how to fit the most tiles in

mkoziello4 Oct 2023, 21:57

Love it!

LDJam user 2431935 Oct 2023, 08:18

As requested:

That aside, I love this game and it fits the theme well in which limited space is not from randomness but instead from player's inputs.

owca5 Oct 2023, 09:56

So simple but so clever! I like it!

Nilan5 Oct 2023, 16:41

At first glance, it may seem simple, but once I start placing a few bricks, I realize how much creativity this game offers. I have to say, it's a fantastic game with plenty of innovative ideas.

Flashlight135 Oct 2023, 23:03

Awesome puzzle! :)

Here is my high score

BrokenBridge6 Oct 2023, 18:31

Really cool puzzle game, which makes you think about efficient placement and space usage. The visuals are appropriate, but by no means bad. Liked it quite a lot.

Endurion6 Oct 2023, 18:50

14600 only :)

First I was just clicking to get my patterns, but once the field is nearly full you start thinking. You might want to add an automatic end check, with no bombs and no empty slots and no matching patterns there's clearly game over.

Neat game!

Thomas Volpato6 Oct 2023, 19:13

nice entry!

GameDevJeroen6 Oct 2023, 20:19

this makes for an interesting puzzle! I think abilities like flipping the 3x3 square or rotating it could also be cool, in addition to the bombs :smile:. Well done!

zanagi7 Oct 2023, 13:24

This was a nice puzzle game, congrats on submission!

smiley4057 Oct 2023, 18:54

I think this is the first pico-8 game i played in this jam. runs really smoothly. Liked it. The pattern matching itself is a challenging one. I only managed to score 840 so far. Good take on the theme.

TheLastSlowpoke13 Oct 2023, 00:32

This is a new kind of puzzle, very interesting idea. I loved it! I'm kinda curious how it would play if you could rotate the patterns/board.

It felt weird in the end to have nothing to do except for filling the last spaces with garbage xd The mid-game is the most satisfying. I also liked the bobbing of patterns if they matched, nice design choice.

David Mason16 Oct 2023, 21:10

Nice game, great scope.

digital bacon17 Oct 2023, 10:07

Nice little puzzle game. Excellent work!

HagamosVideojuegos17 Oct 2023, 11:39

It's really original and good use of theme, with a background music and maybe more possibilities like same pattern but rotated 90 or 180 degrees can be really cool.

Of course it's a jam game but with a bit of care can be a fun game to play out of the jam, for example adding a speed mode forced to put your piece in less than X seconds.

Well done! Take a candy! :candy:

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