I love it. At some point for me, there seemed to be a bug, circles started disappearing
Same here. Game breaking bug on level 5. iOS Chrome. Swipe up a few times on a column and a circle disappears.
Show HN: I made a puzzle game in HTML5
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#92Cool game. Lose the email nag screen.
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#93addictive! ...played all levels, really nice!
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#94Lovely game! I wonder if it might be a nicer UX if you could choose for the Shift key to be needed to slide circles around rather than to move the selection. In my mind, conceptually, arrow keys are for moving the selection, and tessellating objects "requires more work" so I'd expect Shift to be needed for that - not vice-versa.
It was exactly the way you describe in the earlier prototype. But I changed it based on feedback. I guess there's no set of controls that can satisfy everyone. :) I do think you develop muscle memory for it pretty quick. Additionally, you can also use mouse, which can be convenient based on your preference.
I agree with the parent. I love the game but the controls are not fun for me. I would do the following (for ME):
- arrow keys move the cursor
- the cursor is easier to see. Just a circle is probably better for me than the overlapping shadows
- shift + arrow does the move
- the cursor follows the moved element
Re: Show HN: I made a puzzle game in HTML5
#95Super fun to play on iPhone browser. However I can’t see the target pattern on my old iPhone 7 :(
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#96Super great, like the way shift works :)
Super fun to speedrun, has level 8 down to 3 seconds - would be nice if the counter also reset when you press reset.
edit: oh and miliseconds on the counter ;)
Re: Show HN: I made a puzzle game in HTML5
#97Lovely game! I wonder if it might be a nicer UX if you could choose for the Shift key to be needed to slide circles around rather than to move the selection. In my mind, conceptually, arrow keys are for moving the selection, and tessellating objects "requires more work" so I'd expect Shift to be needed for that - not vice-versa.
It was exactly the way you describe in the earlier prototype. But I changed it based on feedback. I guess there's no set of controls that can satisfy everyone. :) I do think you develop muscle memory for it pretty quick. Additionally, you can also use mouse, which can be convenient based on your preference.
You could also do arrow keys for selecting column/row and wasd for moving it.
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#98I'm really interested in knowing if your used any frameworks or libraries for this game, and if that's the case, which ones? I'm on my phone now so I can't easily check your source.
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#99Is lvl 23 solvable? I quickly solved 7 levels and then tried doing lvl 23 and have been stuck on it for 10 minutes, always ending up with 2 circles next to each other that I cannot swap. Cool game!
All permutations are solvable.
To swap two horizontally adjacent elements and leave the other cells unchanged, place the cursor on the left element and enter 'dsdwdsddw'.
Re: Show HN: I made a puzzle game in HTML5
#100Super fun to play on iPhone browser. However I can’t see the target pattern on my old iPhone 7 :(
Also doesn’t work on my iPhone you cannot see the pattern