For some reason, it's really hard to change the alpha value of a tile layer in GameMaker. You can do this easily for sprite or instance layers, but not tile layers. So here's a video on how to easily update the alpha value of tile layers in real time.

Menu system of the future! #Nojong

Wonder if anyone can guess what kinda game I'm working on right now with this GameJolt session data as the only clue. I bet someone can sleuth it out!

10 More Levels Just for fun I added a harder version of world 1 with inverted colors! You can get to it from a tough to reach spot on level 2-10. Here is a screenshot of it, you might recognize the level.

Sleepy

I'm currently making a Tetris + Mahjong hybrid game called #Nojong. Match colored blocks in the field to make clears. After a number of clears, the blocks left in your hand are scored, so you want to try and keep triples and quadruples in your hand.

Some awesome fanart from Zyalin! https://twitter.com/Zyalin_Art

Nojong, an arcade mashup of Tetris and Mahjong is out now!

Coming Soon! #Nojong

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