New Puzzle Game WIP

[Ian Price]

You could even double right click to act as the double click eventuelly.

Why double right click? Double left click works on Pandora and presumably Android devices too

Did you mean right click to remove rather than double click? If so that won't work quite so easily on a touchscreen...

[spacefractal]

using both mehods. none of them conflict together, so both could been implemeted for same time (right should act like a left double click, without removing the left double click of course). Its not required, its just taste of mind and a idea.

[MrPlow]

WOW! Looks great!! I totally missed this post last week!

Going to give a go shortly and I'll post any bugs I find,
 

[spacefractal]

And I'm can't tell anymore than about eventuelly issues :-). I'm look forward to the final game.

[MrPlow]

Hi Ian

Game plays well...

Here is my screenshot...
I got stuck and couldn't continue as I did not know how to un-select a number that could not join to another...as is was surrounded.

(e.g. Number 4(green) see pic)

Also, I was unsure of the value of have 1 & 2 as numbers included as they offer little puzzlement (especially 1)

Otherwise - very good!
Would it help to have wildcard tiles that could become the tile required if joined to?

[spacefractal]

Just double click to remove or cancel a path.

[Ian Price]

Yep, you can easily cancel any path - created or while creating, by double clicking it.

It would be pretty difficult to create a puzzle that has no 1s or 2s - I try to use them as little as possible, but they have to exist. In themselves they aren't puzzling, but longer pieces do rely on them to exist.


[EDIT] The version you played might be the older version, so things have been updated since then. The latest version is v0.06.

[Ian Price]

Just released a Halloween themed version for Windows pc and Pandora.



Windows pc version - See post #39 for current version.

As you can see the puzzle is now larger than the play area. Use Cursor Keys (or map click) to navigate.

[EDIT] Added map click to select chosen portion of the puzzle.

[spacefractal]

Map is a nice idea, but im dosent like the arrow idea, which is clumsy and quite slow me thinks (you can do keep that throught).

But instead or as a alternative, why not just do a single click on a area on the map you want see? In that why, you still will got a keyboard free game.

Im also thinks, now you have so big a map, do a auto save function when the user quit, and auto resume when the user launch the game again. Im not sure all players will do that in one run.

[Ian Price]

I didn't have time to implement two other control schemes - arrows at the edges of the screen and clicking on the map. They will be both be added when I get time.

This is still very much WIP though, so there's likely to be many more changes.

There is a save system in place already. I'm not going to constantly save the state of the game just in case a user decides to quit.

EDIT - Added map clicking/dragging. Attachment added