I picked Mai-Chan's Sweet Buns for this Jam.
I'm working inPico-8 which I think fits nicely to the NES cartridges of the Famicase.
I've been working for 18 days on the project so far. I've been streaming pretty much every minute of it:
Here is the full playlist.
The game itself is a mix between a match-3 type puzzle game and solitaire. It has with some unique mechanics.
Players draw cards from a deck. The cards represent orders. Players need to fulfill the orders by finding correct sequences of pastries on the board - either verically or horizontally. Once an order is fulfilled the card is discarded an a new card is drawn from the deck. The game is over when all orders from the deck have been fulfilled.
At the end of each level players gain coins.
The coins can be spent to purchase recipies for other pastries.
There will be 16 pastries in the game.
Each pastry comes with its own special ability card which can be used to get out of tricky situations.
I've contacted Louis, the arist behind the cartridge and he seems to be pretty hyped about the project.
The progress was really great so far. Currenty creating the final art on some of the card abilities and making the menu more pretty. The game should be out by beginning next week!
