Open Beta (GDIAC Showcase)

Arcane Tectonics

Capricious Croissants

Annie Hughey, Alejandro Devore-Oviedo, Brandon Walker, Joseph Ienna, Rowena Chen, Tyler Thompson

Open Beta Release

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS

Gameplay

Mika is the girl character whom the player is controlling.

Win Condition

Player (Mika) destroys all the enemies on the board.

Lose Condition

Player (Mika) gets destroyed.

Destroy Enemies

Create a match of three or more tiles in a straight line to destroy them. Any enemies standing on a matched tile are destroyed.

Game Loop

Player (Mika) and enemies alternate turns.

• Player can slide a row/column of tiles. Do NOT need to make a match with the slide.
• Enemies can move and attack anything in range.

Enemies

Plump Purple Cats - Dumb enemies who move in the direction they're facing and turn around when they hit an obstacle. They have melee attacks.

Skeletons - Smart enemies who always move toward Mika. They have melee attacks.

Dragons - Dumb enemies who have ranged attacks. They can attack anything in their row or column.

Plants - Immobile enemies who the player cannot move. These enemies do not attack the player, but the player cannot move the tiles these enemies root into.

Grade

Please grade on Android.

TestFlight

We will have a TestFlight distribution. Please send us your email if you would like access to this.

Open Beta

Arcane Tectonics

Capricious Croissants

Annie Hughey, Alejandro Devore-Oviedo, Brandon Walker, Joseph Ienna, Rowena Chen, Tyler Thompson

Open Beta Release

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• Mac
• PC

Gameplay

Mika is the girl character whom the player is controlling.

Win Condition

Player (Mika) destroys all the enemies on the board.

Lose Condition

Player (Mika) gets destroyed.

Destroy Enemies

Create a match of three or more tiles in a straight line to destroy them. Any enemies standing on a matched tile are destroyed.

Game Loop

Player (Mika) and enemies alternate turns.

• Player can slide a row/column of tiles. Do NOT need to make a match with the slide.
• Enemies can move and attack anything in range.

Enemies

All enemies only have melee attacks, so they attack Mika by moving onto the same tile as her.

Plump Purple Cats - dumb enemies who move in the direction they're facing and turn around when they hit an obstacle.

Skeletons - smart enemies who always move toward Mika.

Dragons - dumb enemies who have ranged attacks. They can attack anything in their row/column.

Plants - immobile enemies who the player cannot move. These enemies do not attack the player, but the player cannot move the tiles these enemies root into.

Levels

1. Dumb enemy tutorial
2. Dumb enemy tutorial 2
3. Dumb enemy level
4. Smart enemy tutorial
5. Dumb and Smart enemy level with Allies
6. Medium/Hard smart enemy level
7. Ranged enemy level
8. Rooting (plant) enemy tutorial
9. Easy rooting enemy level
10. Easy rooting enemy level
11. Medium rooting enemy level
12. Medium rooting enemy level

Grade

Please grade on Android.

TestFlight

We will have a TestFlight distribution once it is approved (probably by Sunday).

Extra Notes

Icicle enemy death animations are placeholders for all the non-ice tiles. There will be different death animations when enemies die on the other tiles.

Closed Beta

Arcane Tectonics

Capricious Croissants

Annie Hughey, Alejandro Devore-Oviedo, Brandon Walker, Joseph Ienna, Rowena Chen, Tyler Thompson

Closed Beta Release

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• Mac
• PC

Gameplay

Mika is the girl character whom the player is controlling.

Win Condition

Player (Mika) destroys all the enemies on the board.

Lose Condition

Player (Mika) gets destroyed.

Destroy Enemies

Create a match of three or more tiles in a straight line to destroy them. Any enemies standing on a matched tile are destroyed.

Game Loop

Player (Mika) and enemies alternate turns.

• Player can slide a row/column of tiles. Do NOT need to make a match with the slide.
• Enemies can move and attack anything in range.

Enemies

All enemies only have melee attacks, so they attack Mika by moving onto the same tile as her.

Plump Purple Cats - dumb enemies who move in the direction they're facing and turn around when they hit an obstacle.

Skeletons - smart enemies who always move toward Mika.

Levels

0. Dumb enemy tutorial
1. Dumb enemy tutorial 2
2. Dumb enemy level
3. Smart enemy tutorial
4. Dumb and Smart enemy level
5. Ally tutorial
6. Same as level 5, but more tile colors
7. Medium/Hard smart enemy level

Grade

Please grade on Android.

Icicle enemy death animations are placeholders for all the non-ice tiles. There will be different death animations when enemies die on the other tiles.

Alpha Release

Arcane Tectonics

Capricious Croissants

Annie Hughey, Alejandro Devore-Oviedo, Brandon Walker, Joseph Ienna, Rowena Chen, Tyler Thompson

Alpha Release

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• Mac
• PC

Gameplay

Mika is the girl character whom the player is controlling.

Win Condition

Player (Mika) destroys all the enemies on the board.

Lose Condition

Player (Mika) gets destroyed.

Destroy Enemies

Create a match of three or more tiles in a straight line to destroy them. Any enemies standing on a matched tile are destroyed.

Game Loop

Player (Mika) and enemies alternate turns.

• Player can slide a row/column of tiles. Do NOT need to make a match with the slide.
• Enemies can move and attack anything in range.

Enemies

All enemies only have melee attacks, so they attack Mika by moving onto the same tile as her.

Skeletons - smart enemies who always move toward Mika.

Plump Purple Cats - dumb enemies who move in the direction they're facing and turn around when they hit an obstacle.

Technical Prototype

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS
• Mac
• PC

APK

APK has been attached as app-debug.apk

Settings Menu

The settings menu is for testing purposes; it will not be part of the game.
At the moment, the "Place Player's Pawns?" checkbox does not do anything.

Gameplay

• The grey squares are your allies, who you want to protect.
• The black squares with red dots are your enemies, the ones you want to destroy.
• Make a match underneath an enemy to destroy it.
• After you make a move, each enemy will step one square in the direction it is
  facing. Enemies face in the direction of their red dot.
• If an enemy steps on an ally, the ally will be destroyed.
• Destroy all the enemies to win.
• If all your allies are destroyed, you lose.

Gameplay Prototype

Supported Platforms

• Android
• iOS