Match 'n Slash by Lemons

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made by Lemons for LD 41 (COMPO)

Match 'n Slash

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Match 'n Slash is a survival game fused with some match-3 mechanics. The goal is to craft a rocket and escape the world! During the day, scavenge resources and food, during the night defend yourself from goblins!

How to Play

Character
MOVE - WASD
INTERACT - LEFT CLICK

Inventory
CHANGE ITEM - Scroll Wheel/ 1 - 5
DROP - Q
SWAP ITEM POSITION - RIGHT CLICK
CRAFT - LEFT CLICK + DRAG


Your inventory acts as a match-3 game, all items will try to move downwards in your inventory, you will need to move and swap them around to get them in the order you want.

Crafting is done in the inventory, simply drag your mouse over the items you wish to craft together Shape of the craft doesn't matter, but order of items does

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Recipes

Crafting
STICK - Log, Log
TORCH - Stick, Stick
CAMP FIRE - Stick, Stick, Rock Rock
SWORD - Stick, Iron Bar, Iron Bar
ROCKET - Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, TORCH, TORCH, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar, Iron Bar

Cooking (Don't forget to light the fire)
COOKED BIRD - Raw Bird
IRON BAR - Iron Ore


Ratings

Overall 344th 3.381⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Fun 340th 3.286⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Innovation 252th 3.548⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Theme 268th 3.762⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Graphics 332th 3.286⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Audio 301th 2.976⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Humor 392th 2.476⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Mood 302th 3.095⭐ 23šŸ§‘ā€āš–ļø
Given 27šŸ—³ļø 9šŸ—Øļø

Feedback

KRP
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 02:38 UTC
I love the gamplay and art, I just wish the UI was a bit better.
patvanmackelberg
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 02:54 UTC
Very neat. Great art and sound.
TimeLoad
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 03:01 UTC
Great game, love the music. I couldn't figure out how to make a sword though. You said stick>stick>iron bar>iron bar, but I couldn't figure out how to obtain an iron bar. I got the brown rocky thingy but that didn't seem to work, figured I needed a oven or something to make it. But despite that, it's a really awesome game :)
šŸŽ¤ Lemons
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 03:08 UTC
@TimeLoad Oops, that should be stick> Iron bar> iron bar. You get iron bars by putting the ore onto a campfire :smile:
TimeLoad
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 03:14 UTC
@Lemons Ahh, that makes sense. I tried doing stuff with the campfire but I couldn't figure it out X3 I'll definitely keep this game in my collection for when I have a spare few minutes every now and then
Crown Games
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 04:02 UTC
I'm not the best at puzzle games, so I'll rate what I can based off of the experience I was able to have. It was great. I loved the crafting mechanic, and it all matched the theme so well. I've always wanted a 2048 game like this, where I get to choose what items enter the grid. It worked well with the twist of all the items moving downwards, and the crafting system was original and innovative. I do however feel that the enemies spawn **way** too frequently. I didn't even have time to make a sword before I was ambushed by at least 20 zombies. Other than all of that though, the game was fun :smile:
BenPeterson
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 06:00 UTC
Super impressive bunch of systems and stuff for such a short period; animations are on point

really wish i was smart enough to build that rocket XD gg
spthiel
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 08:07 UTC
Very fun game (had to restart 3 times to get the rocket ^^)
Thibaut Blanca
23. Apr 2018 Ā· 11:58 UTC
Cool game, the crafting system is really good!
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NateTheGreat
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 02:49 UTC
Really impressive game! It is challenging to go back and forth between survival and match 3 crafting! The only issue I saw when the zombies came after me I was able to hide off the top edge of the map but then my character was stuck and I couldn't see how to get out.
Vinterskog
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 05:59 UTC
Nice game with great mechanics and artwork. Congrats!
achebit
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 06:15 UTC
Knew i would have to play this from the GIF's on twitter. Fun mix up!

p.s. spawning the campfire where you are standing traps you xD
saoi-games
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 08:28 UTC
I’m not sure if you were able to see it, but I played your game on my stream at https://www.twitch.tv/saoigames tonight.

I couldn't figure out how to combine everything. I made sticks but could never attack zombies. Is there a weapon like a sword I can make? I couldn't tell if there was ore in the game. I was taking my experiences with Minecraft and transferring them to this game. However I'm not sure how much overlap there is.

Can you build a shelter? Do you have the option to make bow and arrow?

There were a few times that I got stuck on a tree or a rock. After I figured out how to switch weapons it became easier, but I didn't know how to move things to my active bar so I could do things like eat berries.
Gavin Camlin
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 15:26 UTC
I really like your idea! The execution was really well too! The one thing that I wish this had was names for the items, I couldn't figure out what was the Iron Ore. I thought it was the orange rocks but when ever I tried making it it didn't work. Again great job! I feel like this game could be really cool!
šŸŽ¤ Lemons
24. Apr 2018 Ā· 19:38 UTC
@saoi-games Thanks for playing, shame you couldn't work it out though. All the controls and crafting recipes are mentioned in the project description here :wink: