New Puzzle With Shapes And Colors
Another game involving shapes and colors. I created the graphics for the Trio Match Game, and thought "I wonder if I can use these in a different game..."This one is pretty simple; you've got 16 tiles, and each tile contains half of a colored shape along each edge. Your job is to place the tiles into the 4x4 grid in such a way that the edges of the tiles match. In other words, if a tile has half of a red circle on its top edge, the tile directly above it has to have the other half of a red circle on its bottom edge.
Also, the 4x4 grid "wraps" - the top edge of tiles on the upper row of the grid have to match the bottom edge of tiles on the lower row. Likewise, the left edge of tiles in the first column have to match the right edge of tiles in the last column. You might think that will make the puzzle more difficult, but in reality it makes it easier, because you don't have to worry about where you place the first piece...it can go wherever you like!
The game is not quite complete; I haven't added in code to verify when you've successfully completed the puzzle. So when you solve the puzzle, you'll be sitting there thinking "Now what?"
This puzzle, like the previous puzzle, does not use a database at all. In addition, this one doesn't use session variables, either. When it comes time to transfer The Problem Site to its new server, this is probably the game that I'll make the "featured" game. That way, if there are database/session problems, it won't affect players.
Game Link: Quad Puzzle
Posted On Mar 20, 2006 at 6:05 AM
On Mar 20, 2006 WOW wrote: That was fun!
On Mar 20, 2006 Doug wrote: I added in the instructions, and the "checker" to verify when the puzzle is complete.
Does anyone have any problems with it? (especially, anyone who uses a mac browser?
)I discovered this page today: Things To Do That Won't Rot Your Brain Or Get You In Trouble
You'll notice that three of those game links are TPS links. One of them is the game added just last week. I especially liked the game description for "My Secret Word": Similar to "Wheel of Fortune," without Vanna.
On Mar 21, 2006 Mr. T wrote: It works fine on the Safari on the Mac. . .
Once I got a few squares correct, then it all seemed to fall into place. The trick, it appears, is to get the first three or four squares matched correctly.
Neat Game. . .
Doug Replied: Thanks. I found the same to be true, although the difficulty does vary some; sometimes it takes awhile to get those first few in place properly.
On Mar 21, 2006 WOW wrote: You're right. I did several pretty easily, but tonight I got stuck and quit on one. Guess it must be getting bedtime!!!
Doug Replied: The computer generates the puzzle pieces randomly...if I studied these long enough, maybe I could figure out what makes a puzzle "hard" or "easy" and then categorize them. But...not something I'm going to tackle right now!
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