Color Match Combat

Johnybot's head-to-head falling-block puzzle in the style of Super Puzzle Fighter, against the computer or a second player.

Bomb blocks blow up connected blocks of their colour and drop garbage on your opponent, and Super Bombs clear a whole colour for half as much garbage. Garbage blocks turn normal after a few turns. Each player picks one of nine patterns that decides what garbage they send, and matches can swing wildly.

Johnybot entered it in the NESdev Compo 2023, where it ranked 4th for gameplay, 6th for sound, 7th for overall impression and 9th for polish. There is a normal build and a separate compo edition, and one jam commenter found the AI well suited to beginners.