The author is intentionally limiting this app to touch-only for touch-capable users. This breaks the game for anyone wanting to use a touchpad or mouse on their touchscreen laptop. The offending code (from http://gameaboutsquares.com/game.c.js , beautified): (function($) { try { document.createEvent("TouchEvent"); return; } catch (f) {} var eventMap = { mousedown : "touchstart", mouseup : "touchend", mousemove : "tou…
Why are people doing this? There must be a reason.
Game about squares
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that hyperbole or would Google actually do that? I'm not familiar with the Play Store or Android in general but it seems like a lot of clones and cheap ripoffs are available.
It's not a hyperbole but it's hard to say what Google would do in that situation, but I've read some stories of people getting banned. For example, this story: https://medium.com/@sgehrman/banned-for-life-c62f2404f66 Relevant excerpts: One day I saw my son watching Khan Academy videos on YouTube and I wondered if I could make the experience easier for kids. [...] Wouldn’t it be cool if the could just click an app and…
Google plays by their own rules and likely suspends only if someone files a DCMA claim or receives multiple reports from users. It's likely an automated system if it's from users. Getting your app. reinstated is unheard of, even if you weren't in the wrong. You will have to provide undeniable evidence to have any chance at re-instatement. The three strikes and-you're-out is not a hard-and-fast rule.
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#123I love this kind of games. Reminds me of good ol' Sokoban. Where are the mobile versions? I'd like to play it in my iPad. Kudos.
Sokoban rules, you can get it for free here: http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/231/Sokoban.html You need DosBox to play that. But there's probably a multitude of online clones as well.
Heroes of Sokoban is a great twist on the concept: http://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=6860122
and Heroes of Sokoban II: http://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=6891949
and III: http://www.puzzlescript.net/play.html?p=7072276
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's always a bit of a shame when software provides no affordances for the colourblind. It's not nearly as uncommon as some people think it to be. Games and visualisation software tend to be particularly bad culprits in this. (Also, you want the one on the left)
While software should be designed with accessibility in mind, ideally this could be managed by the display, allowing applications to be agnostic to the needs of colour blind users. Would it be possible for displays to insert a colour-transformation layer to shift all colours to different palettes which are more distinct for each type of colour blindness? This might only work for partial colour blindness, but does any…
I have always wondered about this.
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#125Really liked the game, but I'm colorblind and it blocked me on level 20: I can't tell which square should go on which circle ( http://imgur.com/CX7XWJ4 ). I genuinely played that level as if the two bottom squares were the same. Maybe you could add another differentiator, like a different shape.
I am colorblind too, but I solved level 20. I just assumed there were two of the same color. It sounds like I lucked out..
Level 21 however is being a pain.
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#126From level 25 forward ( minus 26, spirals seem to be easy to simulate for my brain ) it's a fascinating example of how your subconscious bruteforces.. I managed to finish 25 and 27 but I honestly have no idea how I did it and if I had to do it again it'd take a while. I was wondering, for you guys out there that went past 25, were you able to visualise how the puzzle worked and plan out the moves or did you try diffe…
I never finished the book, but I'm reminded of Malcom Gladwell's Blink whenever I have moments of subconscious problem solving. It's a strange feeling: insight followed by a confused determination as a my conscious mind pieces together what the sub figured out.
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#127I'm stuck on level 3, help please? I seem to be missing something re: controls.
Squares can push other squares sideways.
I think there are those people who persist and work it out, those who politely ask for help (OP) and those who say "Impossible. Game is broken!" and leave you a 1* review on the App Store.
We just released our first iOS game and sadly that latter group can be enough to hurt your ratings!
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#128Fun!
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you from the US? I'm from the UK and I really liked the comments too. I really find that people from the US are more likely to dislike humour in this kind of game. Especially Californians.
I'm from the US, born in California, and I definitely enjoy the comments :)
Also from the US and California. I bet the guy above us has bad teeth and likes Dr. Who.
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#130Earlier quoted context omitted.
I specifically liked the comments between levels, it was obvious what he did there after the second message :)
Are you from the US? I'm from the UK and I really liked the comments too. I really find that people from the US are more likely to dislike humour in this kind of game. Especially Californians.
Ever notice how people from the UK tend to generalize in a condescending way that only really serves to highlight their backward, provincial attitudes? Sort of like this?