So what makes this game unique?

The big reason why we wanted to make this game is to get some experience. There are 650+ match3 games on steam, so the world probably does not need yet another match 3 game.

However, is that they offer enormous opportunities to extend a well establish mechanic into doing something a little bit different. Many websites that will host your game and even bundle your game so you might make some actual money.

Bug-Free

Looking at the reviews on Steam, the most important factor is whether your game is buggy, both technically and logically. It plays to our strengths. All of the code is ours and even some of the art – the background art.

To help make the game bug free, we do these things:

1. Have an exhaustive number of unit tests, so when we make a change we don’t introduce defects.
2. Use code analyzers to check our code – they are quite good these days.
3. Run heaps of simulations. It is surprising the number of corner cases – especially in those matches that lead to a cascade of other matches.
4. Have exhaustive internal state consistency checking. In a sense, it does not matter how a mechanic plays out, as long as it is consistent.

Level Editor

Examining other comments, we found that another big complaint was along the lines of difficulty. Some people are better than others. It got us thinking along the lines of what if you wanted to play games with someone that just found it too difficult and if you could just make a level for that person. There is also the “fun” of designing a level as well. It is quite challenging lining up the ducks so to speak. So we put in a level editor.

One-Button

We’ve always been intrigued by one button game and always seemed to be enormous opportunities. It came from Apple’s one-button mouse vs the multi-button mice. Things are done differently and not necessarily with any positive vs negative direction in user experience. So the plan is button-down, you cycle through the match possibilities on the board, button-up and you do the match.

So there you have it, this game offers uniqueness in that it has a level editor and it will have a one-button mode.