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3min Matcha - Tea Timed Match 3 is LIVE on itch.io!!

A topic by Hatcher Technomantics created Nov 05, 2023 Views: 388

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3min Matcha is my latest released game, where everything you see, hear, and interact with was made by 1 person.

The game is set to Pay what you want: https://technomantics.itch.io/3minmatcha

----Theme and design goals of making the game:

I aimed to have it be a 1990s looking PC game, restricting the color palette, RAM used, and drive space used. Japanese matcha tea is one of my favorite drinks to make and drink, and I thought it would make for some really chill vibes with a strict time limited match 3 game. The sound effects fit this as well. The music is more modern but overall still providing creative vibes. You can listen or download the album from your favorite provider listed here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/josephhatcher/3min-matcha-game-soundtrack-by-j...

If you select the credits button on the title screen, you can see some of my hand drawn designs while I was working through the design treatment for it. If you make the high scores (local only), the lucky golden egg provides you a random piece of advice, wisdom, or sarcasm (in English).

I worked hard on this game from prototype form over several years in what little spare time I could muster with a full time job, 7 children (all mostly grown now) and 4 grandkids. I started on the soundtrack near or after I released my other game on itch.io, LOOTRONS 1982.

It is pretty amazing playing 3min Matcha on a Steamdeck too! That initially has its own challenges, but Valve and the communities working on everything has smoothed it out this year for PC executables.

I look forward seeing how you all play the game! It would be cool to see screenshots of your highscores and if you rate or comment that would be a sweet bonus. :)

---- Some about the creator:

My career has consisted of being in the game industry doing QA Testing, Tech Support, or Game Design while at Electronic Arts, Perfect World/Cryptic/Runic and then 5th Planet Games. I have also been in the Entertainment, Amusements/Arcade, Preventative Maintenance and Reliability Industries. I enjoy designing, drawing, composing, inventing and more!