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A jam submission

Cosmo's StarView game page

Cosmo is trapped on an inhospitable planet, battling unknown creatures by ... matching 3 colored tiles.
Submitted by mhungerford — 3 hours, 6 minutes before the deadline
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Cosmo's Star's itch.io page

Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Graphics/Art#123.1183.118
Humor#161.8241.824
Overall#172.8822.882
Fun#172.6472.647
Mood#182.4122.412
Theme#192.7062.706
Audio#231.1181.118

Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Judge feedback

Judge feedback is anonymous.

  • Fun game, nice work! I like the overall take on match 3 games, original variation of the standard, and it worked well. The visual design is good and consistent, and the scrolling dungeon scene at the top is a nice touch. Suggestions: the game did run a bit slow, but that could be my computer. Also some simple sound fx when blocks are flipped and definitely when matches are found would add a lot. Overall, great job!

Source code
https://github.com/mhungerford/cosmos_star

Tools used
Built using the following open source tools:
Qt+QML cross-platform application framework (OpenSource Edition - www.qt.io)
GIMP Image Editor (www.gimp.org)
Ubuntu Linux
Android NDK
Emscripten/WebAssembly (Qt Backend)

Resources

Resources were all found on http://OpenGameArt.org or PixaBay.com as listed below

Monster Icons by CraftPix.net, License: OGA-BY 3.0
https://opengameart.org/content/monster-2d-game-objects

Match-3 Tiles by Matriax, License: CC0
https://opengameart.org/content/match-3-tiles

Grotto Escape Characters and World Tiles by Ansimuz, License: CC0
https://opengameart.org/content/platform-pixel-art-assets

Mobile Game GUI Buttons by SetyByrd, License: CC0
https://opengameart.org/content/mobile-game-gui-buttons

Title Banner by pencilparker, License: Pixabay License
https://pixabay.com/illustrations/toys-astronaut-rocket-planet-3644073/

Icon Base by pencilparker, License: Pixabay License
https://pixabay.com/illustrations/sketch-cartoon-space-set-3045125/

Building on Ubuntu with OpenSource Qt:
sudo apt install build-essential
sudo apt install qt5-default qttools5-dev-tools qtmultimedia5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev sudo apt install qtbase5-private-dev
sudo apt install mesa-common-dev libgl1-mesa-dev
sudo apt install qtcreator
qtcreator cosmos_star.pro

Your website
https://mhungerford.github.io

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Comments

Submitted

Great idea to combine two game principles. The implementation is technically flawless. Great game, keep it up!

Submitted

Cute and unique puzzle game. It's pretty clever to combine a match 3 with a memory game and I liked the animation at the top of the screen. Great job!

Developer

I got a few reports that the WebAssembly (Browser version) crashes on iPhone/iPad. 
It works on Firefox/Chrome on Ubuntu, IOS, Windows.  I'll see if I can slim down the memory usage to make it mobile friendly via the web (although for Android I provide the APK).

Submitted(+1)

Nice work !

Developer

WebAssembly build (run in the browser) hosted on itch.io here:
https://mhungerford.itch.io/cosmos-star