Sweep Stacks by excaliburjs

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made by excaliburjs for LD31 (JAM)
Prevent the tiles from reaching the top! Play standard mode for a turn-based experience, or try challenge mode for a faster difficulty.

Works best in Chrome, Firefox, IE11, Safari for iOS, and Chrome for Android 4.x.

Ratings

Coolness 100% 1
Overall(Jam) 3.87 76
Audio(Jam) 3.86 65
Fun(Jam) 3.98 28
Graphics(Jam) 3.82 229
Innovation(Jam) 3.11 454
Mood(Jam) 3.56 171
Theme(Jam) 3.66 400

Feedback

6DownStudios
09. Dec 2014 · 04:40 UTC
An elegant style befitting elegant design. Well done!
LexGear
09. Dec 2014 · 05:52 UTC
This game seems too good to be from a game jam! Good Job!
jrap
09. Dec 2014 · 05:53 UTC
Feels like I'm plucking a cosmic guitar.
DefectiveMelon
09. Dec 2014 · 05:53 UTC
Wow, I really liked this. The graphics, sound, and game play really worked together to make a relaxing mood. Excellently done.
SwiftIllusion
09. Dec 2014 · 05:55 UTC
I really love the sound of joining blocks together, and love the visual style, simple but sweet game, great entry :).
seraphki
09. Dec 2014 · 05:56 UTC
Oooh I like it! Clean and fun =D
deadpixelsociety
09. Dec 2014 · 05:57 UTC
Beautiful game, very well done. Agree with LexGear that it feels very polished for a jam game.
Sublustris
09. Dec 2014 · 06:02 UTC
Great game. Nice meditative mechanics and pleasant graphics.
Good job!
liquidmedia
09. Dec 2014 · 06:03 UTC
It's a nice game I could see this on mobile doing well.
Cheshyr
09. Dec 2014 · 06:05 UTC
Good times.
Jacksendary
09. Dec 2014 · 06:05 UTC
Seems like an interesting idea for mobile, pretty fun and hard
ZXeno
09. Dec 2014 · 06:08 UTC
Great visual style. Very solid, and way more addicting than I though it was going to end up being. Very good game! I hope you keep going with it after the jam!
kierygeek
09. Dec 2014 · 07:27 UTC
I do not have enough words to describe how much I love this.
cxsquared
10. Dec 2014 · 05:00 UTC
Super well done game. The audio is so perfect with the music and sound effects really adding to the game. This makes a super solid mobile game and I think it could do really well in the mobile market. Awesome work.
Leaghorn
10. Dec 2014 · 05:01 UTC
Cool game. Mobile version would be nice.
OhFiddleDiddle
10. Dec 2014 · 05:08 UTC
Beautiful game, very pretty with nice audio and very clean and tidy gameplay.
Get this on to the App Store asap. ;)
Javabot
10. Dec 2014 · 05:11 UTC
This is a gorgeous game that SHOULD BE made into an app at once!
Team Flashlight
10. Dec 2014 · 05:12 UTC
Although not a fresh idea, the game has a splendid art style and the music just fit so well, good job! Looking forward to see developed mechanisms (special blocks, etc) so that the game won't be a bit boring after long time of play.
WhoaConstrictor
10. Dec 2014 · 05:15 UTC
Where'd the last half hour go?! I ended up with 5524 points. Very addictive and fun!

This game is dripping with polish and is very well executed. I remember seeing a WIP post on the front page and was really excited to play it- glad it popped up in my queue. I really like the sweeps mechanic.
WatercressStudios
10. Dec 2014 · 06:14 UTC
I liked the guitar strumming sounds. A charming entry.
Raiyumi
10. Dec 2014 · 06:16 UTC
Slick and smooth gameplay. Could easily see this on mobile.
thopis
10. Dec 2014 · 06:21 UTC
I'll be returning for some plays!Really cool and addictive!Bravo!
ArcturusDeluxe
11. Dec 2014 · 00:29 UTC
This is really cool. Love the presentation. The guitar plucking sounds when you drag over the tiles are awesome, they make swiping them more fun than it has any right to be. Would make for quite a good mobile game I think.
Newt_
11. Dec 2014 · 00:29 UTC
Very sleek and fun! Could see myself playing this for hours on mobile!
Milktoast
11. Dec 2014 · 00:30 UTC
This would be a perfect mobile game! I seemed to always get the middle taken care of, but left the sides to tower skyward with no hope of tearing them down. The guitar strumming sound was inspired. Addicting gameplay. Well done!
Croze
11. Dec 2014 · 02:55 UTC
I am super impressed, this is such a fun sit back and play type of game, it feels really polished and satisfying and I really can't find a single thing I dislike about it. 5 stars all around, I may have to keep this in my downloads folder!
Gread72
11. Dec 2014 · 02:55 UTC
Yeah This is well done... love the guitar sounds ... very cool
celanova
11. Dec 2014 · 03:22 UTC
Elegant and quite addicting. Nice job.
Dreii
11. Dec 2014 · 03:28 UTC
The audio and graphic design elegantly plays with the fantasticly simple ruleset!
karlipoppins
11. Dec 2014 · 03:32 UTC
This was a wonderful find. A mix of tetris/bejeweled with the perfect soothing music. And it's a perfect mobile game as well. I hope you guys publish this before someone else does! Great job
dkellycollins
11. Dec 2014 · 03:42 UTC
Simple and a lot of fun to play. Great game.
Samm
11. Dec 2014 · 04:47 UTC
Wow, this is great! Are you sure you made it in only a couple days?
Pat Kemp
11. Dec 2014 · 04:48 UTC
Great audio and mood. Clever mechanic with the "Sweep" buttons. Very polished, although I had trouble starting a standard match a couple times (got stuck in the help). Ended up having to start a challenge mode and click the "try standard" button when I died. Great job!
Justin Mullin
11. Dec 2014 · 05:16 UTC
Nothing new on the gameplay side, but this is incredibly polished and nice. Well done! Am I hearing rubber bands?
eonarheim
11. Dec 2014 · 05:18 UTC
@JustinMullin Actually we recorded all of the sound effects and music off of an acoustic guitar believe it or not :)
kill0u
11. Dec 2014 · 13:32 UTC
Great! Just had a "sweep all", sadly I'll have to stop for now, but I'll definitely come back :)
TheMeorch
11. Dec 2014 · 18:23 UTC
Highly polished and relaxing puzzle game. Highlighting same-color blocks once you have one selected is a brilliant feature. The difficulty could ramp up a bit faster in Standard Mode, though Challenge certainly does provide a good challenge. Great work!
ehtd
12. Dec 2014 · 01:43 UTC
Very nice and fun
Kitch
12. Dec 2014 · 05:44 UTC
Really nice audio work there! I played this a lot longer than I should have because of that. Really good work. Thanks!
rincewind_cz
12. Dec 2014 · 16:53 UTC
Really solid entry! Nice graphics, totally working puzzle mechanism, beautiful music! Well done, I've really enjoyed playing this game, especially the challenge mode :-)
rd127p77
13. Dec 2014 · 01:45 UTC
Cool Game, Love the simplicity
Mach60KAS
13. Dec 2014 · 02:30 UTC
Very polished, challenging and well-designed puzzler game. The graphic design is wonderfully clean and well thought out, and conveys all the information the player could need. The music is very nice, but gets a little tiring after a while. Great job overall everyone, keep it up! :)
Thalia
13. Dec 2014 · 03:04 UTC
Guitar sounds here very cool! But this gameplay is ordinary. What for innovation do you offer? It's usual 3-match.( Very good done of course, but ordinary.
Geckoo1337
13. Dec 2014 · 06:47 UTC
Really nice project with a cool graphics. Well done ++
redoxkun
13. Dec 2014 · 12:11 UTC
Simple, fun and addictive. Very nice game! And love the sound!
Elemental Zeal Games Studios
13. Dec 2014 · 20:53 UTC
Simple, clean and well polished. Great job!
H-Bomb
14. Dec 2014 · 00:57 UTC
Wanted to try your game but I'm color blind and I can't see any difference between those two colors : http://imgur.com/KE8MOcn
Seems cool though :'(
Kuality Games
14. Dec 2014 · 13:39 UTC
Really addictive game, well done! Loved the minimalistic art style too.
asobitech
16. Dec 2014 · 20:00 UTC
Excellent puzzle game, crying out for a mobile version.
ChuiGum
16. Dec 2014 · 22:11 UTC
Good solid game, could definitely see this as a mobile game. Do it! :) Good job
Paisley Games
18. Dec 2014 · 02:18 UTC
Like the sound response. Feels nice.
gre
18. Dec 2014 · 12:15 UTC
Reminds me a bit the trending "Two Dots" mobile game, but with a quite different game mechanism.
Graphics and Audio is very polished, congrats.
Xanjos
18. Dec 2014 · 23:41 UTC
Pretty fun twist on the match tiles puzzle genre and great take on the theme. I actually found standard mode to be more harder than challenge.
Canyon
19. Dec 2014 · 04:40 UTC
I loved this!
ilokimo
21. Dec 2014 · 04:51 UTC
Really love the game design mastery, simple but well though, especially with the challenge mode.
SIMON_SIMON
21. Dec 2014 · 15:07 UTC
Fine, elegant, clever, relaxing yet challenging, classic yet innovative : Well done !
gillenew
22. Dec 2014 · 08:53 UTC
very nice, much like this puzzle style, the graphic was pretty nice, and the game is not complicated to understand :)
fierysquirrel
23. Dec 2014 · 14:08 UTC
Very well done! nice graphics and sounds, simple but engaging mechanics, great!
PapyPilgrim
23. Dec 2014 · 18:19 UTC
Really cool concept (Especially the swipe mechanic which add a lot to the genre).

I think the block repartition could use some work : right know I think it is totally random, and some playthourgh are just doomed from the start
eskivor
24. Dec 2014 · 01:23 UTC
Great music !
kirbytails7
24. Dec 2014 · 02:43 UTC
Very nice. The diagonal matching really adds to the mechanic, and the style is very clean.
Johnro
24. Dec 2014 · 06:28 UTC
Across the board fun! Once I got into it, I got into this great groove.
dunin
24. Dec 2014 · 06:29 UTC
nice polished game. Simple but fun.
The difficulty could increase in one way or another...
(my score: 1566)
puppetmaster
24. Dec 2014 · 12:00 UTC
Cool an polished game, guitar sound give a special mood.
Fast repeating background music disturb the feel.

Well made!
Steven Colling
24. Dec 2014 · 13:57 UTC
Great amount of polish. Simple concept but fun. Make an app out of it :)
gana0
24. Dec 2014 · 14:21 UTC
An excellent puzzle game. I really liked standard mode. Challenge mode seemed a little too hectic for me though, but that idea was good as well. The music was nice and calming, but I got bored of it after playing for so long. The guitar sound effects were a cool touch and fit well with the background music. It would have been a good touch in my opinion to add something like "nice!" or "great!" if you made a really good combo and got rid of a lot of blocks like a lot of puzzle games do. It would keep interest levels up. Overall, an interesting concept and great execution!
DDRKirby(ISQ)
24. Dec 2014 · 20:58 UTC
Pretty cool and well done! Simple concept, nice execution for a game jam.
Grindstorm
24. Dec 2014 · 23:28 UTC
Love the guitar sounds :) nice game
Poupi
25. Dec 2014 · 02:02 UTC
Very nice ;)
ETHproductions
25. Dec 2014 · 02:55 UTC
Very clean for a 3-day game! The mechanics are very smart and well-made, and the graphic style is awesome.
Ossi
25. Dec 2014 · 08:33 UTC
Very cool game! Feels really good to break the tiles and the guitar plucking is really satisfying! Great job!
Kaijuu
25. Dec 2014 · 10:40 UTC
This game is so wonderful in all ways!
Really 10/10
Sorry 5/5 :D
dylanwolf
26. Dec 2014 · 05:58 UTC
Nice puzzle game, and Standard Mode is a take on match-3 I haven't seen before. Having two modes makes it interesting too.
LMT
26. Dec 2014 · 15:59 UTC
Nice simple polished game. I really like the fluidity of the mechanic.
Cake&Code
26. Dec 2014 · 20:50 UTC
Wow, that was really awesome. It's such a simple idea too but so well executed! Love that it was hard to keep the stacks from growing too big even when you have all the time in the world to think about your moves. Very good puzzle game :D
Alexandre Szybiak
27. Dec 2014 · 10:28 UTC
Cool game, love the art style and music. I like how the connecting sound is musical and makes a little melody :D
FistBumpGames
27. Dec 2014 · 12:46 UTC
Very well done game
jsspiegel
27. Dec 2014 · 16:34 UTC
Fantastic game. Manages to be both chill and relaxed and challenging and stressful at the same time. Extremely polished for 48 hours, all around amazing.
Erkberg
28. Dec 2014 · 15:14 UTC
Very polished, seems like it could be a great mobile game. Good job overall!
andreaswitzen
29. Dec 2014 · 05:41 UTC
This could probably be a successful mobile title. The gameplay is simple but addictive, graphics are nice and the guitar gives it a unique touch. Definitley one of the better entries of the >90 I've played.
Bonobo Games & Mechanic Moon
29. Dec 2014 · 05:59 UTC
Very good game. As they should be: simple and entertaining. I never get tired of playing. To take one but the music becomes monotonous.
Dunric
29. Dec 2014 · 11:38 UTC
Fantastic!
Peni6
29. Dec 2014 · 14:11 UTC
Great fun and a lovely playing game. Nice job!
okkolobr
29. Dec 2014 · 21:36 UTC
Impressive for a Jam. Nice concept and realisation.

Well done !