Match3-PGE

Simple clone of the common match3 genre using the olc::PixelGameEngine by Javidx9. It's just for fun and educational purpose. Feel free to modify, improve, and use it :) If you want to use the gem assets, feel free to use them in any creative way as I released them into public domain - acknowledgement is appreciated.

Installation

Just do for standard compilation on Linux (tested with gcc 8.2.1):

    # generates the application
    g++ -o Jewel mainJewels.cpp -lX11 -lGL -lpthread -lpng -lstdc++fs -std=c++17
    # run the application
    ./Jewel

Usage

Simply use the mouse to select a gem and another for switching gems. Try to create rows or coloumns with at least 3 similar colored gems or using anycolor gem.

Special gems:

• Bomb: 4 gems in consecutive order row/column
• Rainbow: 5 gems in consecutive order row/column
• Star (AnyColor gem): 7 different gems in consecutive order row/column
• Color Heart (AnyColor bomb): 3 gems + star in consecutive order row/column
• Color Rainbow: 4 gems + star/color heart in consecutive order row/column or 3+2stars

Effect:

• Bomb: destroy 3x3 vicinity of bomb
• Rainbow: destroy all gems of same color
• Star: has every color for replacement
• Color Heart: bomb with every color
• Color Rainbow: destroys all gems as it has all colors

Random Drop:

• Bomb: 1/64
• Rainbow: 1/4096

Color Drop:

• AnyColor: 1/64
• Other: 63/64

ESC : quit

References, License, and Credits

The program is licensed under OLC-3 and acknowledge gratefully the following libraries and refer to the appropriate licenses

• olc::PixelGameEngine by Javidx9
• olcPGEX_AnimatedSprite by matt-hayward

Acknowledgement

Heavily inspired by the Match3 example in the 50K Live code party of Javidx9 giving the idea for this.
For the original source with olcConsoleGameEngine please see: 50K Live code party source code.