Prototype Testing

 

This is very much a mobile game mechanic.

You merge (move) same housing types to age them up.

Use the spawn button (coins) to generate 8 spaces (4 on each sides)

After spawn

Then move matching houses to those newly created spawned pieces.  So I ill press the arrow right button to match the houses.

The score increases as you match houses off the board.

When you make the last move and clear the side houses you get a coin/spawn reward.

Then you have to respawn more houses on the sides.

What happens if you hit reset?  It just resets the board back to the original state and clears the score in the top left corner.

OK pro's and cons of this mechanic.

Pro:

• It's different.
• It does have a skill element instead of just luck spinning a wheel or flipping tiles.

Cons:

• It's just not fun and feels like a chore after just a few minutes.  

These prototype testing mechanics are not fully fleshed-out so don't judge on what we see here.  They're trying something new and that's a good thing.