![\"alchemist_1\"](\"http:\/\/www.ludumdare.com\/compo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/alchemist_1.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\n My game will be a match-three puzzle with blackjack and other stuff. You’re playing an alchemist who should mix potions by matching three or more ingredients of the same color in a definite sequence (ie red-green-red-blue). If you match ingredients of incorrect color – they’re simply ignored and doesn’t help reaching the main goal.<\/p>\n
The trick is: you have only one minute to mix potion. If you fail – you have to start the level once again. If you succeed – you get additional time and next potion to mix. The difficulty is supposed to grow with every mixed potion.<\/p>\n
As usual, my first day is not very productive and this time I wasted few additional hour trying to figure out something not as commonplace as “only one minute”, but in the end I gave up and decided to make something that I’d love to play by myself. Match-three is a very simple mechanic and I’d love to include it to my main project after the Ludum Dare.<\/p>\n
Ok, the progress report.<\/p>\n
Done:<\/p>\n
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- Mockup art<\/li>\n
- Image preloading, animation loop, controls<\/li>\n
- Main game mechanics – swapping ingredients, match detection, affected cell update<\/li>\n
- Basic animation<\/li>\n
- Deployment<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
Next:<\/p>\n
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- Potion mixing<\/li>\n
- Time limits<\/li>\n
- Boosters & special blocks<\/li>\n
- Scores<\/li>\n
- Art<\/li>\n
- Sounds<\/li>\n
- Tutorial (video or few screenshots with text)<\/li>\n <\/ul>\n
I’m going to get back to the game tomorrow morning and continue working on it till the end of the Compo time frame.<\/p>\n
You can try the current version of my game here<\/a>.<\/p>","time":"December 14th, 2013 9:49 am","title":"Alchemist: Day 1 Progress"}