Survive 35 rounds and save as many slimes as you can!

Welcome to Happy Merger, the cheerful little game where absolutely nothing can go wrong…

…Until it does.

Beware of "The Nothing"

A dark, insatiable force lurks in the shadows. "The Nothing" is a powerful, invisible slime that stalks its prey. Every time you make a move, it moves too—slowly fading from view as it hunts.

But The Nothing isn’t unstoppable. If it eats a slime or interacts with certain items, it will briefly reappear, giving you a chance to track its position and fight back.

How to Win

Your goal is to survive until salvation arrives. Rescue as many slimes as possible to unlock powerful upgrades that will aid you in your fight.

Can you master merging and use your tools wisely to make it through all 35 rounds without losing a single slime? If you do, you’ll unlock the ultimate endgame challenge.


How "The Nothing" Reacts

Moves "The Nothing" (Counts as a move)

  • Moving a slime to an empty space
  • Merging 3+ neighbouring slimes of the same colour into one
  • Merging 3+ neighbouring coins into one (bonus coins!)

Makes "The Nothing" Visible Again

  • The Nothing eats a slime
  • The Nothing interacts with certain items

Does Not Count as a Move (The Nothing Stays Still)

  • Clicking to collect a coin
  • Placing an item from your inventory

Items & Tools

Use these to your advantage!

  • 💥 TNT – Explodes when placed down. If dropped directly on The Nothing, it will stun and reveal it.
  • ⚠️ LandmineExplodes when The Nothing steps on it, stunning it for 2 turns.
  • 🚨 Alarm – If The Nothing moves within its surrounding tiles, it goes off and reveals it.
  • 🔵 Merge Ball – Allows you to merge 2 slimes into 1 instead of needing 3. It also extends the reach of merges, enabling connections between slimes that wouldn't normally be adjacent.

Playing on Mobile?

The game works in-browser on mobile! Just avoid pressing fullscreen mode—things might get weird if you do. 🤙

Comments

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Neat concept packed full of charm! Once it gets ahold of you it's hard to put down, I could see this polished to a stage where it makes for a cool app. Music is an absolute bop too.

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thank you so incredibly much ♥️. I'm really glad to hear that. Wasn't sure if I'd get away with a 15/8 time signature, but I'm glad it worked hahaha. And so nice hearing that you've struggled to put the game down and think it's worthy of a full release.

Plan is to go ahead and clean it up for mobile and steam release soon 🤙. Just unfortunately got a cyclone that's knocked out power so it might be a bit before I can start on that :3. 

If you've got any feature or changes you'd like to see in the full release, I'm all ears. 

Ta ♥️♥️♥️

pretty fun merger game, I like the puzzle and the upgrade aspects great job!

Thank you very much <3 

I really like the concept! The visuals were nicely done and the gameplay loop is really solid.

Really appreciate your appreciation for those things. Thx ^_^

I love the visual, great game! but i think i need some tutorial to play ;_;

Thank you, yeah realising now the let players waste their time figuring out how the game works approach probably doesn't work the best for a game jam 😅. 


I'll get my lexdysic ass to update the game description with some instructions today, probably with a few typos thrown In by accident ♥️

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Very fun game! At first I was a little confused, but I think you've made a really good game flow here. The art style and music were also really cool, so overall congrats on the game!

Thank you, glad ya enjoy the core loop! Yeah my sister kicked ass with that art, My ego is going to inflate after the compliments about my beats tho :p

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Really good game! Had a lot of fun playing this, I dont even have anything bad to say about this game. Really liked the art style to!

Thx soooo much, I appreciate the play and the kind words! Glad ya enjoyed it ^_^

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cute style

Thank you so much, really proud of the artwork my sister did! Twas the first game jam either of us have done, and her first game entirely.

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Game is a very good start! Wish I got some info when things happen, like the shadow slime. Also seems that some of the numbers either cut off or block what is behind it.

Thank you for that feedback and for trying the game! Really appreciate it. I managed to get around to improving those things a bit! :3

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Tutorial please

omg wasn't expecting people to find this lel. Tutorial is half added now :p