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[Chris Pavia]

What's the price point going to be? $10? $15?

Only $2.99 my friend!

[ink.inc]

i could see you charging more than that, but then again i don't know how much game there actually is

[Chris Pavia]

It's not that big of a game. There are 24 back-to-back battles, with each 8th one being a boss fight. There are 40 enemies in all, so you can play several times and run into new enemies each time. Different enemies have different combinations of puzzle pieces that they player encounters, so the game does play differently depending on the opponent.

Once you have a good grasp of the gameplay, you can beat Normal difficulty in 1-2 hours (although it takes many play throughs to get that good). Hard difficulty is longer though, of course.

[pluckyporcupine]

Only $2.99 my friend!

Woah. Awesome. Yeah, first day purchase here.

[Chris Pavia]

A Youtuber did a

, which is great since it explains the gameplay better than the trailer does.

[Chris Pavia]

The Steam store page for the game just went live.

[Ouren]

It's been a long road...

[sexybeastfareast]

Just found out about this game and it looks great, cant' wait to play it!

And congrats on making it on Steam! $2.99 is the price for the IOS versions right?

[Chris Pavia]

$2.99 is the price for all versions!

[pluckyporcupine]

A Youtuber did a

, which is great since it explains the gameplay better than the trailer does.

After watching that, it looks even better. Still a bit unsure of the exact manner in which certain details work (specifically the mixing of different colors of diamonds) but it definitely looks like it has an addictive factor to it.

Watch this space for beta codes!

Just curious - what's the deal with these?

[Chris Pavia]

A Youtuber did a

, which is great since it explains the gameplay better than the trailer does.

After watching that, it looks even better. Still a bit unsure of the exact manner in which certain details work (specifically the mixing of different colors of diamonds) but it definitely looks like it has an addictive factor to it.

Watch this space for beta codes!

Just curious - what's the deal with these?

Mixing different colored strikers in the combo allows those character to participate in the attack, and all benefit from the multiplier. Each rune in the combo contributes +x points to the multiplier all characters in the combo get. x is 0.1 per character in the attack. So if you get all 4 characters in the combo, that's +0.4 per rune. But all you really need to know is to get as many characters and individual runes in the combos as possible to maximize the multiplier. There is an interactive tutorial in-game that does a good job of explaining everything.

I've been doing a lot of difficulty tuning lately, wanted to get that done before I started handing out beta codes. I'll try to give some out this week.

 

[Ouren]

Getting from there to here.

[pluckyporcupine]

-mixing strikers-

Gotcha. Does arrangement affect anything? He fiddled with a few of the larger arrangements quite a few times before they appeared to work. I couldn't tell if you manually had to activate strikers or he just had them positioned poorly.

I've been doing a lot of difficulty tuning lately, wanted to get that done before I started handing out beta codes. I'll try to give some out this week.

Awesome! Can't wait.

[Chris Pavia]

Arrangement does matter somewhat. When you tap a striker (diamonds), it activates any other strikers (of all colors) on the same row/column, which then activate any further strikers on the same row/column as them, etc. This determines which heroes get to attack. The round ones (chargers) have to be on the same row or column as the diamond (strikers) of the same color to be included.

Enemy runes on the same row/column as any striker in the combo take a hit (most are 1 hit, but some require 2 or 3).

It sounds more complicated than it is, after the first few battles people usually "get it". More gameplay gets layered in as you get farther, such as runes that can't be moved, or enemy runes that can only be destroyed by certain color strikers. Also, only the character who starts the combo (the rune you tap) gets the energy toward activating skills (special attacks), so you have to think about that if you want to charge up a particular character (like having the healers resurrect skill ready to go).

[Chris Pavia]

Oh, and in addition to combining 3 matching chargers to create a striker, you can combine 3 matching strikers to create a Super Striker, which combos all the runes on the board.

[pluckyporcupine]

Oh, and in addition to combining 3 matching chargers to create a striker, you can combine 3 matching strikers to create a Super Striker, which combos all the runes on the board.

Cool. Thanks for the solid explanation.  Doesn't sound all that complicated. Just a few small details that don't communicate well over video.

[eigenbom]

Awesome, well done. I'll be getting the iPad version for sure.

[Chris Pavia]

Thanks!

[Uykered]

This looks great, pity you're unable to do Android.

[Chris Pavia]

Actually there's a good chance it will come to android, but it's still a ways off. I'd rather get started on the next game(s) than deal with android stuff, so we're talking to someone else about porting it.