Crazy Eight Collector

Interesting and challenging game. I included it in my GM48: Collect! compilation video series, if you’d like to take a look. :) https://youtu.be/7cH9DVFtgzM

Interesting puzzle game. Largely felt like a combination of Tetris and Threes, both games that I enjoy, so of course I enjoyed this. The fact that the 8s fall to the bottom and eventually block you from doing things there was neat, yet frustrating!

Wasn't sure at all how I was supposed to play or what the rules were, but once I figured it out I thought it was pretty clever. Controls were intuitive and responsive. It felt good to see all the 8's stacking up at the bottom of the screen. I was having fun until I had a bunch of 6's and 7's blocking everything else and it became impossible to keep up and match anything. Also didn't like those black blocks that I couldn't swap through, felt unnecessarily unhelpful. Also, the beginning of a new game was quite slow, would have liked to see an option for a couple lines of numbers to start the round off with. Cool idea, well executed, I see potential with this!

A very simple but very fun game. I can easily see this doing very well as a mobile game with just a bit more polish. Great job!

Really interesting concept, the description could be a more clear though, in one of those "I didn't understand anything, I'll find out while playing"

It's pretty fun seeing you 8's stack up!

One thing I noticed with my 2nd try is that setting up matches actually helps a lot (got like 1300 points I think). But that also means the start of the game is pretty slow. Maybe the game should start with a line or two of block already in place.

On the other hand, I think the game lacks some kind of ways to deal with stuck numbers. Like you can easily get 6 or 7's in a line that will block pretty much everything until you get that many 1's and 2's. Which is very unlikely. There's also no way to get past a block, which is a fine limitation, but I feel like there should be a way to deal with this.

There's also a big issue for block dropping. I often try to move a block and add it to a newly spawned number, thus ruining my play. I think you should at least indicate where a block will fall, since you already have a timer.

"For goodness sake drop a '1'!" is not a phrase I though I'd be shouting before playing this game! I think this is an instant classic kind of game, like tetris but with a unique twist! With a bit more time and polish, this would make an excellent mobile game! Nice job! Please expand this beyond the game to add music and a title screen then put this on mobile!