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Gizzame!!!

A simple game written in C++ using the OpenGL graphics library

Written by Russell Palmiter

Project Description

My Gizzame draws much of its influence from the game "Candy Crisis," previously titled "Skittles," a game produced for the macintosh computer. For those of you who are not familair with Skittles it is a game that closely remsembles Dr. Mario. And for those yet who are still not familiar with Dr. Mario, it is a game that resembles that of tetris, only the objective is match piece colors together and not tightly pack lines.

Game Lineage

The object of the game is gain as many points as possible. To obtain points you have to connect pieces of a similar color and pattern. The scoring system consists of an exponential component for the number of pieces you make dissappear at once and a multiplier for the number of different combinations that result from that. For example, if you were to make 4 pieces disapear at once, and they then in turn made another piece fall that caused 5 pieces to dissappear you would get 2^4 + 2*2^5 pts.

Additional Things That Can Happen

For every 100 points you earn the game levels up. Leveling up includes changing the current song, background, and texture maps for the pieces.
If you get any combo that adds up to 40 or more points there's an Extreme Twist. An Extreme Twist includes the board twisting around (rotates around y axis) and the playing controling the pieces in the opposite direction. This effect is only temporary and will return back to normal shortly.
If you get a combo that adds up to more than 100 points the game will perform yet another Extreme Twist, but instead of rotating around the y axis it will turn upside down and you'll have to control the pieces as they fall up. Note that like the previuos Extreme Twist the effect is only temporary and will return back to normal shortly.

User Guide

The following keys control the shape as it falls into place: