Symblyx by AgentParsec

made by AgentParsec for LD35 (COMPO)

Shift rows and columns of different shapes together in order to match and clear them. The faster you clear the board, the more points you earn! Take too long, and it's game over!

(I did everything myself--the programming, graphics, sound effects, and music--within 27 hours, using Unity 5 Pro, Flash, Goldwave, and Project 5. Sorry that there's no Mac or Linux versions this time; Unity wasn't giving me the options anymore for some reason, so I may have to reinstall it.)

(I should probably come up with a name for this character that I keep putting in my games. He was in Dreamshift (LD30) and Downbeat (LD32), and now this. If you have any suggestions, let me know in the comments!)

WebGL	http://www.parsecproductions.net/Symblyx/
Windows	https://www.dropbox.com/s/vsvhwngfp1chc6t/Symblyx_win.zip?dl=0
Source	https://www.dropbox.com/s/kl59ravgmhhwafp/Symblyx_source.zip?dl=0
Original URL	https://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=12468

Ratings

Coolness	56%	3
Overall	3.46	250

Audio	3.79	53
Fun	3.14	459
Graphics	3.25	376
Innovation	3.21	395
Theme	3.46	403

Feedback

keyboardmonkey

17. Apr 2016 · 05:02 UTC

Nice game, great tune!

ViliX64

18. Apr 2016 · 03:39 UTC

I only get white screen in the WebGL version. :(

vini60

18. Apr 2016 · 03:41 UTC

So metal !!!!!
Great concept, just a bit repetitive. I had great fun!

holgk

18. Apr 2016 · 03:41 UTC

Nice simple game.

CMLSC

18. Apr 2016 · 03:46 UTC

It is a bit buggy. The squares keep "connecting" without bordering anything, and sometimes they won't work when they should. .-.

🎤 AgentParsec

18. Apr 2016 · 03:50 UTC

@ViliX64 -- It does that at first, but should load eventually. Otherwise, try in a different browser?

@CMLSC -- I've never had that issue in all the testing I did. Not sure what could be causing it for you...

Arvydas

18. Apr 2016 · 20:30 UTC

Fun puzzle game....extremely loud music

mikedirl

18. Apr 2016 · 20:55 UTC

Nice gave, pretty addictive. Would work great on the phone.

Pusty

18. Apr 2016 · 21:15 UTC

Nice game!

APantaloni

18. Apr 2016 · 21:15 UTC

Very neat puzzle game! Love the metal style music. Original interpretation of the meaning of "shapeshift" ;)

FrozenCow

18. Apr 2016 · 21:16 UTC

I think I ran into the same bug as CMLSC. Some squares were overlapping (as though they weren't actually part of the game) and some were connecting seemingly without a reason, but probably the tile was only shown in the wrong position.
I used the WebGL version on Chrome.

That said, fun game. The music added quite a lot too.

EstrelSteel

18. Apr 2016 · 21:19 UTC

The tune was great! Would have preferred buttons on the sides to move the rows and columns, as I was having trouble shifting them.

Pellanor

18. Apr 2016 · 21:20 UTC

For those wondering how the controls work. Click and drag.

Moving the whole row felt very awkward. Still, a decent enough game.

MintArcade

19. Apr 2016 · 15:20 UTC

Very nice game. Great use of the theme. Get's hectic at some point, but that's a point! Great!

pixzleone

19. Apr 2016 · 15:38 UTC

Really cool! Good job!

KairosXIII

21. Apr 2016 · 08:01 UTC

Nicely done, game is very smooth. Would be awesome if you can change up the rules at some point to break the repetition.
Unity 5.3+ requires you to select all your platform build options during the installation process.

ruchirbapat

21. Apr 2016 · 08:44 UTC

puzzling little game, controls are a bit awkward for me but its painfully fun >.<
play and rate my game here: ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-35/?action=preview&uid=88260

rodobodolfo

21. Apr 2016 · 08:44 UTC

I didn't like the click and slide controls though they would have been ideal on a touchscreen. Nice idea and still pretty fun. I like the literal interpretation of shape shift haha.

fin_nolimit

25. Apr 2016 · 01:03 UTC

Very cool match 3 type of game!!! The music just made it that much more enjoyable!!!

LukeZaz

25. Apr 2016 · 01:57 UTC

Very fun game. Got a nasty bug though it turned out to be helpful in the end. Music was very nice to listen to, by the way!

Omiya Games

07. May 2016 · 01:43 UTC

Had a lot of fun playing this puzzle game. The shapes being in the same column/row never merging tripped me a lot, but it was a challenge worth overcoming.

Personally speaking, I would have liked arrow keys controls rather than the mouse. The mouse would make more sense on touch screen, but I definitely wanted to be able to select the row/column more quickly than what I had right now.