My submission for GMTK Game Jam 2021. This is my first time being in a game jam, as well as my first time actually making a game although I have spent time tinkering. This has been incredibly stressful. I almost thought  wouldn't make it on time! But hey, at least I produced something playable.

Controls:

-Left click a Blob to select it.
-Left click an empty spot (each square has room for two blobs) to move a selected Blob to that spot.
-Right click a Blob to join it with a Blob in the same square.
-Right click a joined Blob to separate them again.

Inactive Blob (Grey):

-Cannot move but can be joined by an Active Blob.
-Becomes an Active Blob (White) when one of its color values exceeds its maximum value.

Active Blob (White):

-Can only move or join another Blob.
-Cannot affect the values of other Blobs while separated.

Joined Blobs:

-Cannot move, but can be separated.
-Joined Blobs will permanently increase the color value of the other Blob by a portion of its own color values.
-Joined Blobs will "broadcast" their color values to Blobs in adjacent squares. This will temporarily increase their color values by a little bit, but only while the Blobs stay joined.

Color Values:

-Each Blob has different starting color values, and different maximum values.
-Joined Blobs permanently enhance each other's color values.
-If its color value reaches its maximum, it cannot be further increased this way.
-A Blob can also receive temporary boosts to their color values from adjacent Joined Blobs.
-A Blob can continue to gain boosts to its color value this way, even beyond its maximum.

How To Win:

-Somewhere on the Grid is a special color panel.
-The total color value of the Blob(s) on that panel must equal or exceed the value listed on that panel. You may have to move a Blob away to see the number.
-Once all special color panels have Blobs that have their corresponding color values exceed that number, the game ends.

Comments

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Really intrigued by this concept/ruleset!
Not sure I've fully got my head round it but still very cool.

Thank you for the encouragement. If people like the idea I'll try fleshing it out more after the Jam is over.