Complements is a free puzzle game that I have been developing in my spare time. I first released it in 2005 and have been making incremental improvements over the years. My goal is to create a unique and fun game with simple assets and to focus on the fluidity of the game experience. The game mechanics of Complements are best described as a cross between Puzzle Fighter and Snood with a twist of realistic physics. The physics engine was also written by me.
Features
- Unique physics based gameplay
- Easy to learn with tutorial
- Single player and versus modes
- Smooth clean graphics and effects
- Integrated UI
- Game and data all packed into single exe file
Downloading and Installing
To install Complements, simply run the self installing setup program.
- Complements – Download the latest version here. (Requires DirectX 9)
- Complements 256K – For fun I put together a special version that fits everything (images, sound, code) in a single uncompressed 256 Kilobyte file.
Screenshots
Video
Gameplay
- Build chains by attaching gems of the same color together. Then attach a special clear gem that will absorb the color and become active. An active clear gem is ready to set off a break when a gem of the complementary color touches it.
- Black and white gems have special functions. Black joins to any one gem but it can block you off if you’re not careful. White breaks any gems it touches but is much more rare.
- There is also a shake meter that fills whenever a break occurs. Pressing the shake button (right click) will cause the screen to shake a bit.
- Complements currently only has two basic modes: time attack mode and versus. In time attack mode your goal is to clear the screen of pieces as quickly as possible. In versus mode your goal is to fill your opponents screen by sending over attacks. Bonus damage is awarded for longer chains and combos. Sorry, Internet play is not supported as of yet (maybe in the future).
- For more advanced gameplay tricks check out the video demonstration.
Installation Help
- If you receive a missing dll error when the screensaver is run then it is likely that you don’t have a recent enough version of DirectX. Try updating DirectX via microsoft’s site here.
- If Pixel Words is running choppy or slow try unchecking the “High Detail” box in the settings window.
- Contact me at frankforce@gmail.com if you have any other problems and I will look into it.
Press
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License. Copyright © 2009 Francis Lawrence Force
Good game, but at me chains of spheres of one colour are dumped