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Hi all,

The puzzle game I have been working on is now available for free on the App Store.

Here is the link

Thanks to those who helped with my code, and to @omz for the awesome Pythonista Xcode template!

I have been working on a simple game to try to learn the Scene module. Feel free to try it. I would welcome feedback of any sort. I am a beginner and so my code will not be particularly tidy!

It consists of a few files (high score saving, configuration etc) and can be downloaded from GitHub here.

@JonB @cook @shaun-h @Webmaster4o @disorientedp @ccc @omz

Version 1.2 is now on the App Store with a host of bug fixes! Thanks for pointing them out.

The high score table now just shows the top score for each player, so the table is simpler and won't be taken up by those who play a lot; not looking at anyone in particular! 😉

By the way, App Store reviews are very much appreciated of course! 😀

@Webmaster4o I'm starting to learn JS now, so hopefully it won't be a problem!

@Webmaster4o Looks great! I'll check it out.

Are the attributes of the scene.Rect class not x, y, width and height (without parentheses as they are attributes, not methods)?

@WTFruit

This seems to work for me (code within an instance of scene hence use of self:

my_path = ui.Path().rounded_rect(0, 0, 20, 20, 4)
my_path.fill()
my_path.close()
		
self.my_node = ShapeNode(my_path, color = 'white', position = (100, 100), size = (20, 20))
self.add_child(self.my_node)

self.my_node.size = (40, 40) # Changes size

In your method, which uses the path object, the x and y can just be zero I think, and you could set a variable equal to the path object like above to simplify the code. Not sure why the above is not working for you though, sorry! :)

Hi @dat2357
Try making line 4 this:

sender.superview['txtOutput'].text = (str(sum)) #4

The equals sign is all-important. Hope this helps!

I hadn't realised the A.call() thing existed - loads of possibilities for animations!

@Webmaster4o @JonB
Thanks for the feedback. I've reproduced both those bugs. I think it's something to do with the difference between A.rotate_by() and A.rotate_to() animations.

I also use a method to stop animation of squares when needed, but it doesn't seem to reset square rotation back to zero. I'll play around with this and look at releasing an update when I can.

@JonB I never thought of filling up with locked squares to get the white square bonus! Maybe the bonus is too generous or the penalty for locked squares too lenient?! 😉

Some impressive scores from @JonB !

@cook @shaun-h
Version 1.1 is now on the App Store. I've made changes based on your advice regarding the highscore button, settings and instructions screens etc. It's also a universal app now. Thanks!

@Webmaster4o
Thanks - I didn't realise as I don't use Twitter!

@dgelessus @JonB @Tizzy @ccc

So I have produced a game which has a highscore table for each of three difficulty settings. I have now adapted this to use a MySQL database to store results for any user, rather than just a local highscore table.

For this I set up a limited database user account (not my admin account!) with privileges restricted to INSERT and SELECT (i.e. not DROP, TRUNCATE etc). Is it safe/acceptable to bundle the account username and password in the code so people can use this feature? Would you suggest a different way?

I have not pushed it to GitHub yet as I'm new to SQL and wanted some advice! :)
(I am aware someone could cheat and simply use the details to insert a top score if they wished, but I'm hoping for honesty!)

Thanks

Oh and I should say thanks to @Cethric and @JonB who helped with some queries in this post last month.

Thanks to @ccc for many useful edits. I've just learned a lot! :)

Yes I wrote it on an iPhone. I did try to make the geometry relative to screen sizes, but don't have an iPad to check what it actually looks like! :)

Thanks @omz
Yeah I was thinking I need to provide instructions. The object is to clear a white path across the grid by pressing squares. Doing this toggles the 8 surrounding squares and takes the pressed square out of action (this can be reset using the second 'power-up' below the title).

The other two 'power-ups' toggle all the squares, or allow you to toggle only a single square and not those around it.

Score is awarded for maximising the number of squares in the path, and points are deducted for remaining white squares and squares that you pressed. It's possible to lose points in a given round. The timer gets quicker with each level.

Unfortunately I imagine it will only work on iPhone 6/6S size screens, though I hope to change this.

Thanks @Cethric and @JonB for the advice.

I've posted the code here.