Gem Party

Honestly super fun once it clicks, but since it's a demo as of now, the UI is a bit messy tho The good stuff!: the animal characters are super adorable, and the match-3 core loop is simple to pick up. Once you play a bit, it gets pretty addictive trying to beat your high scores, and seeing the next enemy coming up is a nice touch. The rough parts...: there is basically zero onboarding right now! Upgrades after fights don't explain what they do, and you're so glued to the puzzle board that you'll totally miss important stuff in the corners. Things like the boss timer, the bottom-right attack counter, or what the end-game stat bars mean are pretty hard to track. Also, the pause menu buttons are kind of confusing. It has a ton of potential as a chill indie game, but it desperately needs tooltips and some UI cleanup before full release. Sending my thanks to the developer for releasing a free game, and I'm super excited to see future updates :D

no idea what im doing or what the upgrades do