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A jam submission

Gdevelop puzzle game exampleView game page

An example of how to make a puzzle game in 4 steps starting from basic mechanics to the complete game.
Submitted by Letipas (@letipas_studio) — 12 hours, 32 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Gameplay#24.3574.357
Originality#24.1434.143
Overall#63.8213.821
Documentation#163.2143.214
Expandability#173.5713.571

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

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Submitted

It's a nice puzzle game. The code does show the idea of the game and how it could be implemented.

However, the way it's been coded (a different variable, cell and image for each tile) means it's not best practice or easily extended. To add more rows or cells means adding more events and objects for each new tile.

 I think this would be ideal as an example program if you'd consider a refactor using arrays and instance variables on the cells, tiles and possibly select object. It would reduce the project down to a dozen objects and a lot less code. 

After all, your game is simple in concept and events, yet fun to play. Great qualities for an example GDevelop game to learn from.

Developer

I tried something similar to what you suggest, but it turned out to be a bit more difficult task than I seem to have done in 2 days. I will probably try to perfect this concept over time to make it easier to upgrade with fewer copy-past repetitions.

Submitted

Yeah, I understand that one. If you're not familiar with a new way of coding, it's not a great idea to try it with such a tight time constraint.

If you do go ahead with refactoring it to make it easier to upgrade and come across any issues, drop a post on the forum. I'd be happy to help with it (I go by MrMen on the forum).

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Nice job ! Challenging game!

* Events well explained.

* The only thing missing was to leave the events grouped in an "event group" (to be well organized and not have an extensive list of visual coding).

Developer(+2)

You're right. I should have done it that way. In a hurry, I forgot to make it look a little tidier. Thanks for the comment.

Submitted

Nice job... I love puzzle game.

Developer

Thanks mate. I appreciate.

Submitted

Challenging and unique at the same time. Cool stuff! ^^

Developer(+1)

Thanx.

Submitted

Puzzle game example using variable string and text ! :0

that's a smart one !

i loved the game and the example.

the events is well commented.

Perfectly done, Great work !

Developer(+1)

Thank you for comment.

Submitted

absolutely love puzzle games and this one was amazing!

Developer

Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

Submitted

Can be a game and mini game
Great job

Developer(+1)

Thank you. I appreciate it.