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Show HN: I made a daily puzzle game about mixing colors

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Post by tlackemann »

While on paternal leave, I wanted to create a game my newborn daughter could eventually play and learn something from. I was heavily inspired by the daily puzzle games I consistently play such as Wordle and Strands.

Refractor is a game about connecting colored tiles together to reach all the goals. Use "refractor" tiles to combine two colors together but be careful not to trap yourself in! The game is won when all goals are fulfilled.

The tech stack is: Laravel + Inertia, React + TypeScript, and DaisyUI + TailwindCSS.

Open to any questions or feedback. Hope you might find it interesting!

Show HN: I made a daily puzzle game about mixing colors
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Post by alok99 »

playingalong wrote: post #4

Nicely done. I need to admit the second step in the tutorial took me a while. It's not obvious the mixing tiles accept incoming colors only at some of the sides. I.e. you need to go further with the blue and make a U turn.

Agreed. I think a tutorial step with mixing from obvious directions followed by the current one would be better.

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Post by uxamanda »

playingalong wrote: post #4

Nicely done. I need to admit the second step in the tutorial took me a while. It's not obvious the mixing tiles accept incoming colors only at some of the sides. I.e. you need to go further with the blue and make a U turn.

Ah I gave up until I read this comment

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Post by dustyduster »

playingalong wrote: post #4

Nicely done. I need to admit the second step in the tutorial took me a while. It's not obvious the mixing tiles accept incoming colors only at some of the sides. I.e. you need to go further with the blue and make a U turn.

I had the same experience. Once I figured it out though, it made for a really fun mechanic. Better I think than what I expected (that I could "enter" the tile from any direction).
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