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Re: Hextris

#21

Post by loganengstrom »

moultano wrote: post #13

I'd remove the reload button. I've hit it three times by accident already.

Hi, I'm one of the main developers of the game - I just made an issue for that on GitHub. I'll try to address it later this weekend - thanks!

Re: Hextris

#22

Post by loganengstrom »

5414h wrote: post #17

How can the iOs version weight only 4,7mb , i dont get it .

The iOS version is essentially just a static website inside of a webview. Since we only use paths to render the shapes, Hextris doesn't require too much space.

Re: Hextris

#24

Post by loganengstrom »

highace wrote: post #15

Coming up next: a bot that plays this automatically.

That'd be great! We were thinking of doing that for the homepage, but didn't find the time. I'd happily merge it in if someone were to make an AI for Hextris.

Re: Hextris

#25

Post by RoryGlyphic »

EXCELLENT.

Maybe a little walk through/instructions displayed for longer. Had to start over to quickly read again (was zoning out first time)

Re: Hextris

#26

Post by loganengstrom »

chasing wrote: post #20

Interesting idea. One quick criticism: I played a couple times and maxed out around 700pts. Then played a game where I didn't touch a single key -- no rotation whatsoever -- and managed to score 3292pts. I'm not sure what this indicates, but it feels off.

That's a valid criticism - I don't know how it could be fixed.

Maybe more colors could be added? Game balance has been really tricky with this game, as changes play out very differently on mobile devices and "real computers."

Re: Hextris

#27

Post by stinos »

abritishguy wrote: post #9

It gets too fast - if it had a limit to how fast it got then it could go on forever but with it as it currently is there are limits to how high your score can get before it is too fast for you to be able to react and once you reach that score you aren't very motivated to keep playing. I'm struggling to beat 5863

this. After a while it goes so fast I have no clue what I'm doing anymore and it's not that much fun anymore :P Maybe make the overal acceleration a bit slower?

Btw the speed seems to depend on the machine you play it on. On my wife's close to 10 year old laptop it's way slower than on mine. But the rotation is still fast enough, so scores are higher. She's at 20000 now and the speed is roughly similar to what I get at 1000 points. Old hardware FTW.

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