Four Square Blues

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#1

Here is a game I just finished using GTGE (http://goldenstudios.or.id).
I would appreciate any feedback.

FOUR SQUARE BLUES

[game screenshot 240X180 pixels]

http://www.biggoldstar.com/images/squaress.png

Genre: Puzzle
Status: v1.0 complete
Size: ~1.3MB
Brief Description: Flip groups of tiles to create 2X2 blocks (Four Squares). Higher levels have multicolor tiles, locks, and color bombs.
Developer: Kameron M Rowe
E-mail: kameronr(at)gmail(dot)com
Game Website: http://www.biggoldstar.com
Source Code: available on request

:: Play Game via Applet
http://www.biggoldstar.com/games/FourSquareBlues.htm

#2

Good work. Pretty unique concept, but its sorta hard to grasp. Imo it involves a bit too much thinking for a casual game. The theme is also a tad too dark (imo anyways).

Btw you can also use webstart for applets.

#3

Thanks for the feedback oNyx. Some of the guys on the GTGE forum also thought it was a little difficult at the start, so I have changed the first few levels to 4 colors to make it easier to find matches. I also changed some probabilities for the special tiles to make ‘good’ things happen more often at first.

[quote]The theme is also a tad too dark (imo anyways).
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The scoreboard area closely imitates a blues concert poster I found on the net. As far as the background behind the tiles, I actually tried some lighter colors, and they just didn’t work as well. I made the tile images before I had the Blues theme, so it just got stuck that way. I would like to eventually change the tile images and background to match the Blues theme a little better. Maybe when (if?) I get around to that, I’ll experiment with some lighter/brighter colors.

Thanks again. And by the way, Four Square Blues is today’s featured game at http://www.gamespotter.com. </shameless plug>

#4

I dig it. Many puzzle games are rehashed concepts, but this one is pretty fresh.