Echoes Of War

A game of strategy, speed, and luck.

With each round of new gravestones, movement on the field becomes more limited.

Use strategy to maximize your ability to move as the game progresses.  Good luck!

Gameplay

- Left-Mouse-Button to pick up and move pumpkins and cats

- 7 rounds of new burials/gravestones

- Normal difficulty  - 5 open spots at start

- Hard difficulty - 4 open spots at start

'Strategy' hint - be proactive about moving the game pieces around from the very start.  Actively arrange pumpkins to clear room for cats so they have more move options.  You are trying to maintain the total number of 'open spots' on the board and ensure open spots are near cats.  Any gravestone that does not smash a pumpkin (or cat) will reduce your open spots.  Prevent open spots from getting trapped behind gravestones; if spots are about to become inaccessible, keep shifting pumpkins to fill those spots as well as the spots where gravestones will drop.  While you can't avoid the luck element, you can maximize your chances through gameplay choices and execution.

No cats were injured during the making of this game.

This first version completed for One Minute Game Jam #8 (2022).  My second Game Jam ever, second published game, and was a solo development (with the help of many talented artists, creators, and coaching developers on the internet; I guess it's never really that solo.  Many thanks!)  Credits viewable within game.