CulturedUrbanite VideoGame Selects.

Willy_711 · January 20, 2023, 5:30pm

No X X X X X is 1 match

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 5:31pm

5 horizontal isn't 2? But its [X X [[X]] X X]

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 5:31pm

I do consider this game to be Genre-Redefining, but I need to get this discrepancy resolved. Thank you for helping.

Willy_711 · January 20, 2023, 5:32pm

Its one horizontal set. The size of the set does not matter in determining a match, only potential score.

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 5:33pm

How about a match of 6 in a row horizontally? Would you count that as 2 hearts?

Willy_711 · January 20, 2023, 5:33pm

1 heart

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 5:39pm

Look forward to the February release for major UX polish, improvements, and gameplay additions.

Willy_711 · January 20, 2023, 5:40pm

I do not mind if you use an unorthodox matching algorithm but it would be ideal if it was highlighted.
I was completely baffled when the bat did not die. Having expunged 5 green pieces in the centre of the field you can imagine the odds of pairing another 3 before death was very slim.

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 5:42pm

One of the goals of the game designer is to ensure the players do not get "completely baffled".

SOPHIE · January 20, 2023, 5:59pm

I saw Peglin the other day and all I could think of was Jones Jewels. Probably intentional

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 6:01pm

The game happened to come out at a similar time of our Idea's conception - but some of the UI elements did end up similar due to my studying of all indie games in the last year.

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 6:02pm

But we had the idea of "bejeweled dungeon crawler" before we found out about Peglin.

SOPHIE · January 20, 2023, 6:04pm

Oh yeah for sure. I meant it more for the current iteration that has 2d advancing enemy view.

Good on you for doing competitor research and applying it

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 6:05pm

Thanks I suppose. In fact I was consciously avoiding "copying" it for the longest time, but the player feedback showed that the other iterations were too confusing.

Vanilla_Town · January 20, 2023, 6:08pm

You know I'm pretty sure Peglin was discussed at length by Jones and I like 7 months ago in this thread. If you want to read more about it I would check that out.

SOPHIE · January 20, 2023, 6:19pm

I will thanks. And yeah, I see what you mean. Reminds me of that saying that users don't want better, they want familiar. Maybe discord would've been less successful if they didn't just rip their design from slack and Skype.