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Depot Games: Crystal Crisis

Current Version: RC2

Project Status: Completed

Links: Web Site

Category: Puzzle

Developers: PIRATE ★ DREAMS, madpenguin

Number of Players: 1

Ports: Windows

Source Code: Not Available

Author's Description: A new, completely original take on match-3 puzzle games.

Controls:
Up Arrow moves the reticle up.
Down Arrow moves the reticle down.
Z rotates the highlighted row left.
X rotates the highlighted row right.
Space activates the Bomb (when unlocked).

Joypad input is also supported; please see manual.html for details.

Source code will be posted sometime in August.

What's New:

RC2
Completed!

alpha 13
Eye candy enhancements, options menu (doesn't save yet), selectable difficulty.

alpha 11
New HUD, various minor fixes, better method of handling background animations (although some really bad ones are in at the moment).

alpha 10
New BGM composed, sound handling stuff rewritten, high score feature implemented, better menu sounds, actual strategy required to get high scores now, bomb feature implemented, camera shake removed (a warning siren will be added later to replace it).

Still missing: level backgrounds, character redesign, better tile animations, more eye candy in background, better HUD, better results screen.

Screenshots
starting a new game
starting a new game
Public Opinion
Overall Rating: 8.0
  • 8Good game, but the shaking as you are going to loose, makes the game really hard to play, and just makes you die quicker, maybe less shakeyness, or allow the user to control how much it shakes.
The Developer
PIRATE ★ DREAMS
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