August 24th-27th 2012 :: Theme: Evolution
A simple match 3-like game that revolves around forming rows or columns of same-colored cells in order to generate mutations (represented by white-damaged cells). Each mutations increases the Time Counter and awards points!
Points can be spent (while in-game) on cell-bombs, which clear an area of 3x3 cells.
Goal: Mutate x number of cells. X increases with each level. So does the spawn rate of the cells. You loose the game if the timer reaches 0, or if there are more then ~34 non-mutated colored cells on the field.
Controls:
Left mouse button to place a cell
Right mouse button to place a bomb
Key 1 for Red Cell, Key 2 for Blue
Q - to return to main menu
Known bugs:
- you cannot form a row or column with all the pieces on the first layers of the grid (math error, can't fix it without rewriting the CheckCellStatus function! Maybe after two hours of sleep).
- The web version has problems with displaying .ttf fonts. The text will appear miss aligned.
Downloads and Links
Ratings
 | Coolness | 57% |
| #465 | Innovation | 2.62 |
| #490 | Audio | 2.00 |
| #545 | Theme | 2.44 |
| #593 | Mood | 2.18 |
| #612 | Graphics | 2.27 |
| #621 | Humor | 1.11 |
| #624 | Fun | 2.20 |
| #667 | Overall | 2.33 |
Comments
@Andrei Barsan: Key 1(number 1 on the keyboard) for Red Cell, 2 for blue! Scrolling is a good idea! Also, Right Click = drop bombs, when you have enough points!
@Ragzouken, fr_automatik: Thanky :D
Pretty tricky and I didn't really understand why I lost when the timer didn't run out.
Also, you can't get lines of 3 in the edges for some reason. That's really irritating.
@Ninjakannon: You loose when the timer runs out or when there are too many un-mutated cells on the screen ('bout 30-34 on the first few levels). I should have added the reason why you lost the game! And yes, I know about the 3 lines on the edges.. sadly I said I would fix it in the end, but it slipped my mind until I submitted the game! Will fix post-compo! Hope you enjoyed it!
Interesting game, its was quite hard though. I'm not sure if it was because of all the unregistered groups of three, which stack against you. I did get to level two though(and then immediately died).
creative630: Thanks, yeah, I forgot to fix that bug of unregistered groups on the sides! You can use bombs to destroy them though!
Stuff happened fast, I kind of wanted a little time to plan & think about things. Overall I liked it though, nice idea, clean visuals
Clean game. I like the opening menu most of all things. The transparent buttons are really nice. The game play didn't keep me playing but I had fun nonetheless.
I clicked a bunch and won two levels, and then I clicked a bunch and lost. Nice concept, but it would be cool to have some instructions with pictures to go with them.
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I couldn't really beat it... :(
The thing is, even with the info, I couldn't really figure out the best way to play the game. How do you switch between the two awkward cell colors? You should allow something like rightclick or scrolling to do it.
Also it would be nice if you could click on the game over screen to restart, instead of having to press a key.