Blob Exchange
About
My submission for GMTK Game Jam 2021. This is my first time being in a game jam, as well as my first time actually making a game although I have spent time tinkering. This has been incredibly stressful. I almost thought wouldn't make it on time! But hey, at least I produced something playable.
Controls:
-Left click a Blob to select it.
-Left click an empty spot (each square has room for two blobs) to move a selected Blob to that spot.
-Right click a Blob to join it with a Blob in the same square.
-Right click a joined Blob to separate them again.
Inactive Blob (Grey):
-Cannot move but can be joined by an Active Blob.
-Becomes an Active Blob (White) when one of its color values exceeds its maximum value.
Active Blob (White):
-Can only move or join another Blob.
-Cannot affect the values of other Blobs while separated.
Joined Blobs:
-Cannot move, but can be separated.
-Joined Blobs will permanently increase the color value of the other Blob by a portion of its own color values.
-Joined Blobs will "broadcast" their color values to Blobs in adjacent squares. This will temporarily increase their color values by a little bit, but only while the Blobs stay joined.
Color Values:
-Each Blob has different starting color values, and different maximum values.
-Joined Blobs permanently enhance each other's color values.
-If its color value reaches its maximum, it cannot be further increased this way.
-A Blob can also receive temporary boosts to their color values from adjacent Joined Blobs.
-A Blob can continue to gain boosts to its color value this way, even beyond its maximum.
How To Win:
-Somewhere on the Grid is a special color panel.
-The total color value of the Blob(s) on that panel must equal or exceed the value listed on that panel. You may have to move a Blob away to see the number.
-Once all special color panels have Blobs that have their corresponding color values exceed that number, the game ends.