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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Originality | #102 | 4.220 | 4.220 |
| Presentation | #145 | 4.280 | 4.280 |
| Overall | #434 | 3.680 | 3.680 |
| Fun | #885 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
Ranked from 50 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
How does your game fit the theme?
You control the game via a Match 3 game, which often leads to you spiraling away from your plan of attack
Did your team create the art for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all art during the game jam
Did your team create the audio for this game during the 48 hour time slot?
Yes
We created all audio during the game jam
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This game looks great, the control scheme is innovative, and it looks like it holds a lot of variety and depth, but it absolutely kills me that the hardest action in this game is to take a single step forward. If movement spaces were more common, or forward movement was free, or something, it would feel a lot more fun to play. If the concept was polished up though, i'd love to try it!
Rated! This is quite an unique idea, and it feels really good to play. I think areas that might need improvement are the levels, but I'm aware the programmer had very little time to work on them, so it's forgiven. Definitely something to keep in mind if this game continues development after the jam, though! I'd also suggest making the Match-3 grid smaller, because at some points the tiles you need are on each corner of the grid, making you spend too much time getting them to connect.
Besides that, I really enjoyed the slow-pace of it and the music was really calming!
Great idea, AWESOME visuals. I think that the idea has a lot of potential to one day become very popular for mobile users or as a browser game. Don't abandon this project after the jam please!
Come back here after the judgement period ends ;)
The game definitely has a nice, weird take on the theme. The turn-based movement and abilities system definitely made the game slower-paced, but I think it works as a strange control scheme. The sound design is good in this game, as well - an annoying sound effect would have been a killer for sliding around tiles, but I found the sound to be great! Also, I like the ornate art style for items that have been picked up. Great job!
Also, here's a bit of bad fan art:
I LOVE THIS OH MY GOD
Thank you for taking the time to play the game! And thank you so much for the fanart! I love it :D
Looooll! That needs to be put on the game xD I think a funny dialoque would work on it xD
Just fantastic - I was terrible at it as you saw, but I feel with a bit more practice I'd really get into it :D The art and music is just WOW
The look of the game is stunning and the controls are very clever.
I find the game fun but very slow. Maybe every move ( turn and forward ) should be stacked as potion so you can use them whenever you want. Another solution would be to remove the turn action and let the player do the turn with a left and right button for one action point.
Thanks for the feedback! I like the idea of turning being a part of the match three because its more 'out of control' this way. Interesting idea regarding the action points though. I'll think about that.
absolutely "Out of control" , Really love this game
The randomness of this game is kind of smart. Usually it doesn't make sense gamewise, but your game used the 'out of control' aspect very creatively, I liked that. Perhaps, you might consider adding a more gradual tutorial throughout the game, but I understand that we had a little time. Also, what a good visual look, so appealing :) great game!
Having a game within a game that controls the origional game is very much big brain. Sadly, the match 3 game was pretty tedious and you missed a tutorial. Improvements can be made here!
This is a mix of two types of games I love, very clever idea ! For sure moving the hero is a nightmare and take too much time, but the concept can be easily changed.
a) Once there is no more enemies in the room only tiles for movement fall down, this should already make the game much better.
b) Once there is no more enemies in the room, maybe you just have to click on items to collect them, having to move to get all the items is a real nightmare.
For the rest, this game is a great idea, I would love to see an improved version of this great concept, with maybe a better IA for the enemies too. I hope you will go on and improve this game.
Looks and sounds great but are far too few "step forward" tiles.
Great concept and amazing visuals! It definitely feels out-of-controly when combos that you didn't expect start happening.
Some feedback: I killed the mage in the second level and he was still able to hit back in the turn I killed it, that felt unfair.
Thanks! Re: the mage, that's not supposed to happen and sometimes it doesn't. Thanks for playing!
This is an interesting concept! It could do with a bit of a tutorial to make sure the player has got the grasp of things, but other than that, it's a great mashup of the match 3 and roguelike genres! Music and visuals are also top notch :D
This is a super cool concept! On most match 3 games its a bonus to get random fallout, but in this it can really mess with your strategy and make things "out of control". I like it a lot! And the polish is pretty astounding! Great game! :)
The mechanic is very cool. However, the game itself is a slog because there just aren't enough gray "move forward" tiles and you run out basically instantly, meaning you stand there shooting, slashing, exploding, or doing nothing for a few turns just so you can move another space. Additionally, it's very tedious to get three turn tiles in a row by accident and have to spend a turn or two (or three) getting faced back the correct direction. I even tried spending a bunch of turns trying to "build up" movement tiles in stacks of two at the bottom of the screen, and it just wasn't enough. I would propose replacing the move and turn tiles with a single tile that lets the players choose where they move, or some other solution (maybe make it a turn-based rpg instead?) I got to the third room before I gave up. But the idea is great.
Really clever idea! :)
Thanks, also hi Toby!
dude this is well polished and neat mechanics ! sick job!!!
This is one of the more compelling examples of this mechanic that I've seen - really nice work! I wonder if just giving more APs per turn could move it along (it is pretty glacial as implemented). Alternatively, just cheat a bit and spawn blocks the player doesn't have represented (I spent multiple turns looking for enough "forward" blocks, e.g.)
Yeah, it wasn't until literally an hour before submissions that we had levels that were actually strung together. I noticed that by the time you exit the first room you have basically zero movement tiles and though "well we have like 50 minutes left and I gotta upload this thing"
Thanks for playing!
It is insanely hard to move anywhere, even after your plan of attack is over because all enemies are dead, mostly because there are not enough grey tiles (or I just don't fully understand the game).
Apart from that, it's absolutely brilliant. Love it :]
Yeah the mechanics are very experimental. I wanted to do a lot more tuning but we ran out of time. Thanks for playing!