Idylls of the Lunar Maria (tuxdb.com)

Tiny Update #5

It's been a month and a bit since the last Tiny Update, here's what I've been making this whole time! Examine this list to get the gist: Levels:

Mysterious Moon Hills

Combat Characters:

PainTer
Pointy
Electrorat
Stopportunist
Flatmate
Dogosaur
Reader Rat

Exploration Encounters:

Penguini
Penguini Show
Penguini Show 2

Exploration Scenery:

Factory Tunnel
Dark Woods
Castle Approach

Meals:

Combo Crunch

Charms:

Snowdrop
Money Magnet
Combo Cup

Tiles:

Stop
Paintbrush
Flatmate
Thief Knife
Paper
Book

Achievements:

Bluesy Enjoyer
Big Damage
Huge Damage
The Red Castle (Gold)
The Recipe for Peace (Gold)
Unda Da Siege (Gold)
Red Rodent Rescue (Gold)
Ice Crisis (Gold)
The Never-Descending Terra Tower (Gold)
Across The Universe (Gold)
The Heist (Gold)
Treasure Cloud (Gold)

Changes:

Master volume default changed to 50% (games are too often unpredictably loud when you first boot them up so thought this would save the odd person a jumpscare)
Combos now have a UI indicator
Dancing Victory Rats
Unda Da Siege ending makes a bit more sense
Ice Crisis ending makes a bit more sense
The Recipe for Peace now has an additional story moment
Tile Upgrades available in the shop should make more sense for your character. (e.g no more mushrooms unless you're the forager)
New hover info blob, which is animated and has bigger text. You can also scroll properly now.
Font rendering should be better (crispier) on scaled resolutions, so that's good for windowed mode and Steam Deck
Bunch of new achievements, mainly for not dying on hardcore. The game now keeps track of your deaths as a stat (or you could call them more accurately "defeats")
Added an option for fixed conversation button placement, as some people don't like the way they move around randomly

This update comes with a variety of new content and adjustments. The stories should feel a little bit more fleshed out and you can now finally play an unfinished version of The Heist (and get the achievement for it). I made a few unique enemies that needed their own special logic and introduced some new mechanics that could be used for later enemies. PainTer will literally paint an enemy in its canvas, dealing more damage to that target (or multiple targets of the same character). Pointy will force what direction you can swap tiles. Dogosaur can be found in hatched or egg form, the latter of which transforms into the former. There is also a new fun character to meet: Penguini, the penguin comedian. Inspired by a snack, this guy can be paid to perform comedy shows if you're into his sense of humour. Combos are getting more utilised by the Combo Cup charm and the Combo Crunch meal. There is lots of potential with a combo based build so I plan to create more items and enemies that are all about combos. Also, there are now dancing victory rats which is very important. I plan to animate more dancing characters. I hope you enjoy this update, it's getting much closer to a 1.0 release! If you have any suggestions or feedback please join my Discord (Steam doesn't allow links anymore, you can find it as a tiny link on the store page) and I will most likely implement your ideas!

[ 2024-11-15 22:00:17 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tiny Update #4

Good Morning (pretend that it's the morning) little & big Idyll gamers. er_heart Behold! This tiny substantial regular update contains the following irregular content: Levels:

Moon Hills
Moon Beach

Combat Characters:

Creature
Octopirate
Orbwave
Treasure Creature
Moochine
Acornucopialadin

Exploration Scenery:

Jelly Hills
Red Rocks

Meals:

Brussels Sprout

Charms:

Big Mode Box

Status Effects:

Geared Up

Tiles:

Scimitar
Moon Wand
Leaf Sword
Red Sword
Brussels Sprout
Leaf Shield
Blue Cog

Achievements:

Match 7
10x Combo

Changes:

UI button colour changed
There is now a tutorial finally!
Big Mode (larger grid, smaller tiles), activated by a charm

This one took a while because I had to experiment with making a good tutorial! Lots of ideas were made and then scrapped, including a little hand that flew around and waved at the correct tiles to swap. It got too complex so I have something cleaner I guess. Highlights include big mode, where the grid becomes bigger (smaller tiles, but lots more of them). For now it belongs in a charm but could be a gameplay option. It's pretty novel though. Also worked on more Tile Upgrades, which adds more to the variety of builds. A couple of new achievements too. I plan to keep making more variety between runs as usual. 142 Combat Characters now! If you want to help me with feedback, or suggest ideas, or just post memes, please join my Discord (Link Here). Thank you to everyone who has played so far! Update you later.

[ 2024-09-23 22:14:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tiny Update #3

Hello, it's me, back at it again, with stuff to share. Here's an organised list of random content: Levels:

Purple Orange Forest
Spiky Ice Cavern

Combat Characters:

Mushy
Deep Squeezer
Venom Soldier
Cool Cactus
Badeggunsmoke

Combat Items:

Slash

Exploration Encounters:

Frumpy

Exploration Scenery:

Ice Cavern
Lunar Stroll

Meals:

Ice Cream
Boiled Egg

Charms:

Combat Bag
Boulder Badge
Tree Trinket

Tiles:

Moon Sword
Fire Sword
Cactus
Boiled Egg
Corrupt Egg

Changes:

Volume Slider preferences are now saved
Marvin's mishap now rewards you with a unique combat

This tiny update brings you more variety with items, which has sorely been missing. Runs should have more options for different style builds. Volume sliders remember your preference! Just a simple but important QOL feature, and it doesn't deafen you on launch! Marvin finally summons the correct enemy. A truly tiny update but not bad for ~5 days of work :) I'm going on holiday for the next week, which means the next update will take longer. As always, if you have any suggestions, please join my discord (Link Here). I listen and consider every random idea you might have.

[ 2024-08-30 14:10:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tiny Update #2

Hello again. Here is a mundane list of some inane content. Levels:

Jelly Town
Unda da sea
Sunlit Seabed
Ice Cavern

Combat Items:

Poison Potion

Combat Characters:

Deep Siege Beast
Shroom

Exploration Encounters:

Ordinary Snowman
Impassable Snowman
Prospector

Exploration Scenery:

Snowy Place
Snowy Trees
Jelly Town

Meals:

Lemon
Friendly Pie
Blob Snack

Charms:

Snake Plush
Giraffe Plush
Flag of Plan B
Blaze

Tiles:

Pickaxe
Frosty Sword

Changes:

Ice Crisis can have snow in the exploration scene
Achievements! 9 For now, one for each story
Chest tile looks less like a bread loaf or a brick
Cool title theme by Huw Roberts!!!

This update was delayed due to me taking part in the GMTK jam! You can see it here: https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-2024/rate/2903904 This update includes some new items, backgrounds and characters to meet. Notable addition is the blob snack, that transforms the player (if you are one of the three main characters). Achievements for completing each chapter should have been easy to implement, but I came across some odd problems. Let's hope nobody crashes. I'm confident it works, I am, uh I am it's fine trust me. Welcome Huw Roberts to the squad! He's a musician and has made the title theme! Check him out in the credits. I have some plans for upcoming content for this game, but in short you can expect WAY more items than there are currently. That will be a major focus to increase the replayability. As always if you have any suggestions or feedback I will take note of it in my Discord (Link Here). See you again soon! Hopefully next Friday :)

[ 2024-08-22 23:02:22 CET ] [ Original post ]

First Tiny Update

Firstly, a massive thanks to everyone who bought the game already(!!!!) As promised, regular updates are here. Here's a boring list of everything in this exciting update: Levels:

Fireplace Place
Sparkle Woods
Sunset
3 Terra Tower Levels
Dino Deck
Red Castle Hallway
Crater

Combat Items:

Health Potion

Combat Characters:

King
Stilton
Deep Sleeper
Icyclearly
Bark
Coin Cat
Green Knight

Exploration Encounters:

Squeaks
Deep Sleeper
Collected Cat

Exploration Scenery:

Terra Tower
More Trees
Inside the Red Castle

Meals:

Tough Cookie

Status Effects:

Friendly
Tough
Sleepy

Tiles:

Crown
Cookie

Changes:

Horsey Tiles are rotated for better visibility
Tweaked some UI ordering
Story Blobs wobble on mouseover
Red Rodent appears in forager's hand in Red Rodent Rescue
Some boring characters have changed stats/mechanics
Improved visiblity of Darkness tile, Wide and Tall Status
Changed the initial owl conversation to at least give you some tips if you ask for a tutorial

Okay okay what does that all mean!? Not much without context. That's why you should join my Discord Community (Link here). A good chunk of the new content was based on player suggestions and feedback. You can see my work-in-progress in real-time and help steer the direction of the game as it grows, bobs, weaves and spins and eventually crash-lands into full release. This update tries a little bit of everything to give variety, particularly with levels. I do like a good change of scenery. There is also three new status effects and a small pile of new characters you may encounter, bringing the total up to 128. You can now finish the Coin Collector Cat and the Deep Seaker's quests, though I may spruce them up further in the future. Expect similar updates in a weekly fashion? We'll see. See you next week, I think.

[ 2024-08-08 23:10:49 CET ] [ Original post ]

Idylls of the Lunar Maria is here!

Finally, I've released something on Steam! The game will get regular updates with new content and I will consider all suggestions in my discord (Link Here) as well as steam reviews and discussions. I won't increase the price so don't feel like you should buy it now. In fact I'd recommend waiting unless you want to support me. Cheers! :)

[ 2024-07-26 21:11:59 CET ] [ Original post ]

Idylls of the Lunar Maria is almost here! Kind of!

Idylls of the Lunar Maria is releasing as Early Access very soon! I haven't finished the game to where I wanted it to be but I want to get it out there. There's much more content than in the Demo, also bug fixes, quality of life changes and balance improvements. The roadmap is vaguely this:

Each main character will have 3 stories to play through, each changing up the game in some way.
There might be a bespoke soundtrack! Will update on this if it happens.
I would like to add Steam Achievements eventually
All feedback will be considered! That includes desired additional content and changes. You can contact me in my Discord (Link Here)
All bugs will be squished before I consider the game released

I hope it only takes a few more months! And if you are unsure on buying the game during Early Access, please wait until release! It will get much better over time. Thanks to everyone who has tried out the demo or wishlisted so far!

[ 2024-07-23 14:15:44 CET ] [ Original post ]

Idylls of the Lunar Maria
Charlie Batten

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Charlie Batten

Publisher

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Match-3 like never before!

Battle monsters, upgrade your powers and meet quirky characters along the way. Whimsical serendipity, mm.

Tons of characters to fight against (and with!)

Build up attacks, defensive moves and special powers using the match-3 grid. Line up combos and strategise against your enemies' unique strategies and twists.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Linux
Processor: CPUMemory: 512 MB RAM
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: GPU
Storage: 600 MB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Linux
Processor: CPUMemory: 512 MB RAM
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Graphics: GPU
Storage: 600 MB available space

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