Looks like the save file (save.json) couldn’t be loaded but I have no idea why. Normally if the file isn’t readable the game will create a new one. The only explanation I have is that the contents of the file are somehow corrupted. Can you try removing the file in the net.monometric.sketch-share-solve folder and see if it loads?
There will be easier modes in the finished game than what's in the demo. I haven't planned to include a mode that completely disables gravity but I'll put it on the wishlist.
I will add an accessibility option that should help with reading the orientation faster. Thanks for the suggestion.
There’s two main reasons that the game is on itch.io and not Catalog (the official store).
1. The game launched a year before Catalog did. It might have even been the first Playdate game on itch.io.
2. For the longest time the game was set to “pay what you want” which is great to get a game seen by more people and still make some money but that option is not available on Catalog. As the game matured and got more content I eventually changed it to “paid” which makes it compatible with Catalog and I hope to get it on there eventually.
To get your save data you’ll have to put your Playdate into data disk mode and copy all files from Data/user.1234.sketch-share-solve/ to Data/user.1234.net.monometric.sketch-share-solve/ where 1234 is your user number.
In this puzzle and others when you don‘t know what to do next, find a longer block and try placing it in a corner. Often you’ll find that it will contradict with the next line once you continue from there and you’ll be able to cross out the corner square. You can also see this technique illustrated in the "mouth part" of the tutorial.
If you have to draw a bit to clearly see the contradiction, you’ll be able to remove the wrong parts with the undo action afterwards.
Yes, the main issue is that some of the assets including the puzzle solutions look pretty bad when inverted. A proper dark mode would need more consideration. Is there anything specific you’re looking for in a dark mode?
Currently the only way to do it is by putting your Mastodon profile in the Website field which also has the rel=“me” attribute. Additionally, you need to save your Mastodon profile to have it check for the link.
Yes, if there was an error trying to read the file we’d see this error in the simulator and I don’t think that’s the case here. Normally the game goes through all files in the import folder and opens them. My assumption is that this is where it fails so it doesn’t even see the file. There’s some extra logic with combining two different directories in the SDK so a couple of things could be happening and it’s hard to tell with remote debugging.
It looks like the file that contains the puzzles (import/rdk.json in the pdx) is not readable for some reason. I assume that it’s a Linux issue. I’ll try to investigate but it will take a while as I don’t have a linux machine at hand.
