Tilegrid by Binary Gambit

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made by Binary Gambit for LD26 (JAM)
Our entry for LD26 was focused around minimizing the amount of game mechanics. Our other games have always continued to get more complex as the development process wore on, and given the theme and knowledge we only had 72 hours, decided we should try the opposite.

Tilegrid is a simple yet difficult "Match the Colors" game where the player must place tiles from a randomised deck to create scoring shapes.

Some controls we didn't mention:
Press 'R' while playing to reset the current level early.
Press 'Escape' to return to the main menu.
Press 'Spacebar' to swap your tile
Click to place tiles

*UPDATED RULES CLARIFICATIONS*
-White marked edges represent connections - tiles may only be placed when connectors match, or in the starting blue tiles.
-Red tiles must be placed in 2x2 squares to score
-Green tiles must be placed in lines of 3 to score, in either orientation.
-Scored tiles of these types change to purple.
-The brown tiles score one point for each scoring (purple) tile in their row or column (as indicated by arrows) at the end of the game.
-Purple tiles score more points the more tiles you place adjacent to them.
0-1 adjacent tiles = 0pts
2 = 2pts
3 = 4pts
4 = 8pts

-If it is impossible for you to place a tile, the game will automatically discard them for you.

Good Luck and we hope you enjoy our entry!

Made using Actionscript 3 and the Flashpunk library.

Ben(Abregado) and Steve(Pupnik)

Ratings

Coolness 82% 2
Overall(Jam) 3.33 192
Audio(Jam) 2.93 266
Fun(Jam) 2.74 332
Graphics(Jam) 3.33 238
Humor(Jam) 2.00 300
Innovation(Jam) 3.58 83
Mood(Jam) 2.88 283
Theme(Jam) 3.53 178

Feedback

DarkX2
30. Apr 2013 路 13:58 UTC
It looks nice, but even with reading the instructions and playing the first level I did not really understand how it was decided where I can put a tiles.
bvanschooten
30. Apr 2013 路 14:06 UTC
Nice and well presented game. Good music, pity about the loud beeps which afaik you can't turn off. I do not quite understand all the game mechanics yet, so more instructions would be welcome. I could not figure out why I run out of tiles without the game ending, and why the grey spots sometimes appear only after clicking on a black spot. Also I have no idea what the blue tiles are.
Proch
30. Apr 2013 路 14:14 UTC
really really fun to play! you had a nice idea ;) simple and fun mechanics
馃帳 Binary Gambit
30. Apr 2013 路 14:20 UTC
Thanks for the comments, I have updated the notes with some rules clarifications. Unfortunately we didn't get around to implementing the feature to give your score immediately when you run out of tiles.
kbm0
30. Apr 2013 路 14:48 UTC
Nicely done, good graphics. The sound when you place a block is a little annoying after a while, though. I had a difficult time understanding the concept at first, though when I understood it, it was quite fun. Good job!
theplotlessplot
30. Apr 2013 路 14:49 UTC
Great game with really cool mechanics and visuals.
Awesome job!
foul
30. Apr 2013 路 15:14 UTC
Maybe allow to place a tile when it does not match the sides in which case it just wont create combo (draw a white dash at the border explaning the connection there is lost). It is worse when i run out of time and the tile i hold can be placed "somewhere"...
Andy Go
30. Apr 2013 路 15:20 UTC
Some nice mechanics :)
Axelhein
30. Apr 2013 路 15:42 UTC
Took me a little while to figure the mechanics out, but once I did I had a lot of fun.
fysx
30. Apr 2013 路 16:34 UTC
Looks very interesting and made me curious but I found it very confusing. The visuals, audio, and "feel" of the game is superb, but it was totally random for me when I could place a tile.

Is there a certain amount of points you have to make in each level? Or any other condition to win? Or is it just for the pleasure of making points? Would be totally fine for me but it is not clear to me what the actual challenge is.
馃帳 Binary Gambit
30. Apr 2013 路 16:57 UTC
No required points for progression, just a measure of how well you performed on that map. We were thinking of implementing a progression system and some more maps, but time ran out.
fullmontis
03. May 2013 路 09:27 UTC
Very enjoyable puzzle game with interesting mechanics! Grat graphical stye and cool music but the sound effects are quite intrusive...
馃帳 Binary Gambit
03. May 2013 路 19:13 UTC
The bloops are a bit loud, there is an option to turn them off in the main menu though.
syawqy
04. May 2013 路 23:00 UTC
I'm confused
but, I think this is pretty good
shawn42
06. May 2013 路 14:53 UTC
Looks nice. I can tell you spent some time polishing, it shows. Fun gameplay / experience. Keep up the good work.

I think there may be a render bug when in "level 1 with help" mode. If I swap my tiles, the "helper squares" don't update until I try to place it somewhere.
klianc09
09. May 2013 路 12:00 UTC
I'm still not sure how this works, but somehow I enjoyed it.
FrederickK
09. May 2013 路 21:03 UTC
great enter, really fun
lasergans
12. May 2013 路 12:02 UTC
Cool game idea :) Like it!
cadin
17. May 2013 路 00:41 UTC
Nice. I think this could be a really good game with a little more polish. Kind of reminds me of Robo Sockets.
馃帳 Binary Gambit
20. May 2013 路 01:23 UTC
Thanks for all the feedback and (hopefully) positive ratings. Check out our Postmortem and Timelapse, links above.
dx0ne
20. May 2013 路 19:42 UTC
Fine little game. I love such simple puzzlers.
Xanjos
20. May 2013 路 23:48 UTC
Took some time to understand how the scoring mechanics worked but overall it was a pretty fun and interesting game.