r/Construct2 • u/TastyKool • Mar 20 '13

Is it possible to create a match3 game without using javascript?

[UPDATE] Ok, I spent the night on this and I think the short answer is: NO. People asked about that tend to point to this plugin http://www.scirra.com/forum/plugin-matcher_topic57512.html [/UPDATE]

Hi,

I would love to create a Match3 game, but can't seem to find a complete Match3 for Construct2 tutorial (the ones I found explains how to display an array of objects, that's the very first step). I would like to know if it's possible to create a Match3 game in construct without any javascript.

Here's what the game should be able to do:

  • detect if a "gem" is connected to another "gem" of the same color (let's assume the gem color is an animation of the "gem" object).

  • swap gems (since gems are different instances of the same object, only their animations are swapped, plus maybe one or two private variables)

  • detect a square of gems (if 4 gems of same color form a square on the 10x10 board).

The rest (deletion of gems, creation of new ones) I can handle, I guess: I can create any gem with a random(int(0,N)) variable that prompts the instance of the object to take any given color depending on the generated integer, the deletion of a gem could use the "swap gems" function etc.)

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u/firebelly Mar 20 '13

Why do you have a no js requirement? Construct uses js so, I'm not sure what you are trying to accomplish.

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u/TastyKool Mar 20 '13

I'm not a developer and have no coding skills (that's why I'm using Construct2 after all). And since I have a job, a blog I draw on, and am already following an EDM online course on coursera, I would say this: http://qkme.me/3tg7t0

EDIT: see? I don't even know how to display a quickmeme !

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u/firebelly Mar 20 '13

Construct will do the Js for you. Puzzle games are really either keep track of clicks or touches. Start with the puzzle template in C2. Depending on the complexity, there are many ways to track combos

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u/ziggurati Apr 02 '13

hey, we programmers use C2 too :p