Matchkromia (7DRL 2022)

Matchkromia

This game was made in one week for the 7DRL - 2022,

Goal

I tried to take the concepts of match-3 games into a roguelike (but not the kind where you match things in a minigame outside the real game).

You can't directly attack enemies, but you can swap with them. If 3 of the same color are aligned, it's a MATCH. You will find tools along your way to help with this task.

Beware, you are also colored ;)

Disclaimer: the balance is meh. Runs are short: 10min. More of  a boss rush than a dungeon. I didn't manage to get the time to brew an interesting dungeon map with this mechanic.

Controls

Controls are in the game, written at the bottom of the screen.

Tips

• You can also MATCH along diagonals.
• Type Space to activate time freeze. There is a cooldown which decreases when you make MATCHes. So better optimise.
• You also gain a bit of life for each MATCH.
• It actually hurts you to get MATCHed. (at least until you find some items).
• Bosses (the 4 letters in square) should be the target of your efforts.
• The AI never causes a MATCH to happen by itself, even if it would kill you.
• You can inspect things with Enter.
• You can inspect yourself to see your current powers.

Authors

• Drestin: programming, game design, lore
• lehomar2vinci: , Music, SoundFX

Credits

• Made in TypeScript
• Mostly own engine, with some stuff from rot.js
• Fonts: FiraCode, Simple Mood