{"author_name":"Ithildin","cat":"LD #26","comments":[],"epoch":1367152500,"likes":1,"metadata":{"p_key":"44129","p_author":"Ithildin","p_authorkey":"15664","p_urlkey":"79787","p_title":"Basic gameplay done","p_cat":"LD #26","p_event":"LD26","p_time":"1367152500","p_likes":"1","p_comments":"0","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"15664","us_name":"Ithildin","us_username":"\/author\/ithildin\/","event_start":"1366934400","event_key":"16","event_name":"LD26"},"text":"

Well, at last I have the basic functionality done.<\/p>\n

\"Yup,<\/a>

Yup, it’s a match-3 :D<\/p><\/div>\n

Short, watermarked video beyond the link<\/a><\/p>\n

There still might exist some bugs in the match calculations, but I’m having trouble to catch them and they’re rare enough, so I’ll try to sort them out later.<\/p>\n

I think that if I submitted it right now it would be 100% fitting with the theme both aesthetically and in terms of gameplay, which is what I was more interested in. Still, I would like to expand a bit more on it, so these are my next steps, after a late lunch:
\n – Additional visual cues, to make the available options clear.
\n – Sound.
\n – Gameplay enhancements (making it time-based, allowing to sacrifice some time to discard a plate of blocks, levels, …).
\n – Game screens.
\n – Some more stuff.<\/p>\n

I’m still considering my original idea for the theme, which is to take a simple, possibly well known game concept, bloat it with superfluous elements (unnecessary visuals or sounds, metagame\/non-social features that no one cares about and detract from the game experience,…) and as the player progresses through the game, strip it from everything non-essential until she gets to the most basic core of the game \u00a0(I would use “purest”, but that would make me look pedantic :D).<\/p>\n

 <\/p>","time":"April 28th, 2013 7:35 am","title":"Basic gameplay done"}