Wednesday 7 August 2013

How Puzzling


How Puzzling is both a puzzle game and a bit of an experiment for me.

The puzzle aspect is fairly straightforward: Each level of the game presents you with a set of coloured shapes and a series of clues that explains how those shapes fit on the game board.


I've always liked these particular kinds of puzzles, but I wasn't aware of any apps out there that featured them exclusively. They show up in Professor Layton games and things like that, but they usually only have one or two per game; I wanted a lot. So, I had to make the game myself. Unfortunately, that means that I know the solutions to all the puzzles, but we can't get everything we want.

The experiment portion is a little different for me. Rather making the game paid, using ads, or selling paid upgrades, I've decided to let my users pay whatever they want. After completing the final puzzles, they'll be presented with a screen congratulating them on finishing the game and asking them to kick in a few bucks if they'd me to make more levels. If the response is good, I'll make more, if not, then I won't.

That's all there is to it. How Puzzling, available now for Android!