[GAME] "Around the Block!" - a minimalist puzzle game

Game/Demo Showcase
#1

Hi guys,

I want to show you my new game “Around the Block!”
It is a minimalist puzzle game with simple one touch controls.
A cool feature of the game is, that you can alter the game speed freely.
After some games written in cocos2d-objc, this is my first game using cocos2d-x. it has been a simple transition from cocos2d-objc to cocos2d-x except for the android setup :confused:

I´m using cocos2d-x v3.13 and the SDKBOX review plugin.

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Here is the trailer: Around the Block! - Mobile Game for iOS and Android - YouTube

And the download links:
iOS: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1190369938
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.RobinKnothe.StretchIt

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#2

WOW! I think the idea of this game is fantastic! Congratulations! :slight_smile:

#3

Looks great! I really like these animations.
What did you use to animation the blue block?

A little criticism -

  • The icon does not attract attention.

  • The finger on the second screenshot looks strange.

#4

Thanks for your feedback guys!

@ProjIn7
1: All blocks are simply Scale9Sprites. I calculate the position, color and content size every frame depending on the current jump progress.

2: The icon should look as simple as possible due to the minimalistic art style. But I also think about changing it.

3: The finger looked so funny to me when I created it that I kept it that way :slight_smile:

#5

Thanks for the reply!

  1. I’ve never tried Scale9Sprites. I’ll keep it on mind. It looks really cool.

  2. Honestly, I’m not sure how to do it better. Maybe draw a few blocks on the icon, or change the color to red.
    The current version is more associated with an app for reading documents. But this is just my impression.