Very creative idea. I think having a tutorial inside the game, instead of outside, would be an improvement. Other than that, it's way easier than i thought, great job!

uh oh i think i might have learned something

neat idea here, good work!

This was an interesting take, great work!  I do wish there was a small tutorial somewhere in the game to prime me for what I needed to do in the game, but otherwise I was able to figure it out and have some good fun with it.

The VOD is linked below, and will be available for 60 days:
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2859354744?t=1h18m39s

Nice game! Very cool take on the theme. I'm afraid my chemistry knowledge is extremely limited so I couldn't fully figure out which combinations work and which don't, but I had fun nonetheless giving it a couple goes!

Nice job, and congrats on completing your first jam!

I enjoyed it! Initially was a bit intimidated by the chemistry theme, but the description explained the mechanics very well. I think encouraging certain types of combos could be something fun to play around with.

I initially missed that combos were a thing, but figured it out eventually. Got a best of 8076.

Grats on the first jam btw!

I liked the theming, and I love a good matching game. Nice work!

I (as a physics guy) love the idea for your game! One thing I would change is to allow the player to make mistakes. Right now, you cannot really lose, just win less. It would be nice to be able to combine two elements even if their electron counts do not match up and have some randomized destructive reaction happen. I understand that graphics were not you key concern here, but for your next game, I would recommend you to at least create a higher contrast between the letters and the background colour of the ion for accessibility reasons. People with vision restrictions will have a hard time playing your otherwise very educational game.  Overall, you managed to explain a rather complex topic very simply, great educational value!

Cool, original idea. I think the rules explanation is a little confusing and could be made clearer, but once you get going its pretty fun and addictive!

Very addicting little game. I only wish it was more fleshed out so i could combine more than 2 atoms. 

The music got a bit repetitive, but you can turn it off so thats all good.

But i really like the concept and the overall game!

The idea of matching atoms together is definitely something I wasn’t expecting! 

The idea of turning all the chemical elements into a matching game is incredibly unique and cool! The gameplay is fun and blends well with the visuals and music.

I thought i'd managed to balance some chemicals based on the + and - amounts, but it still wouldn't ionise for me.  To be fair, I flunked chemistry so it's definitely a skill issue on my end.

I mean for someone who does not like chemistry that much I liked it, very charming the game has life to it also you forgot to set the song to looping :D