{"id":1901,"edition":10,"categories":1,"features":0,"size":11650,"name":"It Comes in Threes","authors":[{"name":"Daniel Bucci","url":"superftc.com","login":"dlbucci","gh":4268191}],"description":"

It Comes in Threes is a match-three game of sorts.

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Move your character with the arrow keys and see what happens!

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How high can you score?! How long can you last?!

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(Source: https://gitlab.com/dlbucci/threes)

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Surely an original game, and I like that. I feel it’s not easy to replicate a game like this, you put hard work in there! I think it’s too hard though, you should make the game a bit more easier, it’s harder to concentrate to running and getting points at same time, but this can be just me. Congratulations again!

\n","games":["Bye Roll!"]},{"at":315987574,"author":"João Lopes","login":"lopis","gh":2715751,"url":"www.jlopes.dev","text":"

Ok so the goal is to make groups of 3 tiles of the same color, and there are some clocks i can collect to gain time. But the shadow dude comes way too fast for me to even start having fun. There’s so much to this game, but it seems way too hard. Is the goal maybe to avoid groups of 3 tiles? Because I can’t move when the groups are disappearing, but the shadow dude can.\nGood graphics and sound effects.

\n","games":["Planet B"]},{"at":316217869,"author":"Jasper Renow-Clarke","login":"picosonic","gh":26137750,"twitter":"femtosonic","text":"

A fun game idea. I liked the low res graphics and sounds.

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The time bonus was handy to have.

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Having the character pause when you get 3 or more aligned was frustrating when being chased.

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I found that not all groups of 3 or more adjacent tiles would be recognised as expected.

\n","games":["Bee Kind"]},{"at":316336297,"author":"Mark Vasilkov","login":"mvasilkov","gh":140257,"url":"https://mvasilkov.animuchan.net","twitter":"mvasilkov","text":"

Nice take on match three! Shame it’s not turn-based, I want to plan my moves, but then the game ends after 10 seconds. Mad dash to the nearest clock pickup, while disregarding the colors entirely, seems to be the optimal strategy.

\n","games":["The Neatness"]},{"at":316846252,"author":"Thiago Romão Barcala","login":"thiagorb","gh":821208,"text":"

smooth and catchy game. with the chasing dude and time running out too quick, the goal of matching 3 tiles vanishes, you just focus on running away and catching extra time. The little pause after the tiles matched is slightly annoying, especially when this shadow dude is running so fast

\n","games":["Death Tournament"]},{"at":316848292,"author":"Harry Cummings","login":"hgcummings","gh":1159423,"url":"http://tinear.games","twitter":"hgcummings","text":"

The twist on the tile sliding mechanic is really neat. I also really liked the very ominous enemy encroaching.

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I found it a little unclear what I was supposed to be doing. Neither matching tiles nor collecting clocks seemed to be very effective at staving off death, but perhaps that was the point!

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The various end game text prompts were fun too…

\n","games":["kill -9"]},{"at":316950640,"author":"Jonathan Vallet","login":"jonathan-vallet","gh":5329099,"text":"

Nice idea to mix a character with jewels game, but death comes really quickly.\nSounds and graphics are ok

\n","games":["Tindeath"]},{"at":317069835,"author":"John Edvard","login":"johnedvard","gh":656024,"url":"https://reitgames.com","twitter":"ReitGames","text":"

I think the point is not to get 3 in a row, because it makes me halt, and the ghost kills me very quickly. I lasted 23 seconds.

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I like how the sound becomes more and more scary the close the ghost comes.

\n","games":["Hang by a thread"]},{"typ":2,"at":317192126,"author":"Matt Hackett","login":"richtaur","gh":24601,"url":"https://valadria.com","twitter":"richtaur","text":"

Interesting idea to include an avatar into a puzzle game like this. Nice sprites, good colors. The thing chasing me felt way too fast. Overall good job!

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Colourful idea. It seems unfair that the dark thing chasing you keep moving while I’m stuck in the “winning” animation when I score 3 or more squares.

\n","games":["Stand By Me"]},{"at":317244486,"author":"Christoph Schansky","login":"DerBenniBanni","gh":5499976,"text":"

good game-idea, but really annoying, that the player-sprite gets stuck, when it managed to pair three tiles, while death is not restricted.

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28 seconds 600 points after countless starts ;-)

\n","games":["Death's Apprentice"]},{"typ":2,"at":317317623,"author":"Michelle Duke","login":"mishmanners","gh":36594527,"url":"mishmanners.info","twitter":"MishManners","text":"

Interesting description of the game. The large screen format - using the entire screen is really good and helps with accessibility too. The screen is VERY bright though - I don’t mind it too much but maybe think about different colour options for accessibility if you want to build this game out more.

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I like the innovative thinking here, it’s very different than a lot of other games. I think the “figure out how it works” mentality of the game suits for your game.

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The ‘game over’ screen and stats are nice, and gives the player a sort of goal to go by. I like how you thought about the ‘game over’ screen and having various different messages (useless, worthless, pointless etc.). Having a player’s top score however would be a great addition as it would encourage players to try and beat their previous go or their best score. Having the game slow down a little would be good to give the player time to figure out how the game works exactly before being eaten by the black pile of dust!

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Being able to use the WASD keys would be great. Some sound effects would be great here and some background chiptune music would fit nicely with the 8-bit artwork.

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