Elementalist (RMiranda)

Elementalist A game for Ludum Dare #43 Compo

As one of the few elementalists, your goal is to manipulate the four elements (fire, water, earth and air) to the maximum of their power. But beware, for not all manipulations come without a cost.

Indeed, if you want to master the elements, sacrifices must be made.

Rules

Everytime you press a direction, the elements will try to move into that direction, unless it has reached the edge or is blocked by another element.

Whenever an element is blocked by another, the elements will try to interact with each other; such interaction can happen in 2 ways:

1 - You will merge 2 elements if they have the same type (color) and level (number).

2 - You will destroy an element if the incoming one has elemental strength (as shown on right panel) against the destination element, as long as the incoming one has a higher level.