Hexle
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Hexle is a small number-guessing puzzle game, kindof like Sudoku, with original rules that I came up with after rattling my brain for much of the first 36 hours of the compo!
I ran out of time on the introduction part of the game, but I did try to make the game comprehensible. :smile: Also my take on the theme is a bit meta as it's mostly about possibility space, and how lower numbers of blank squares are usually helpful in this type of games.
Here are the rules, though hopefully the game itself should do a better job of explaining them when you start playing:
* all numbers appear once per 4x4 square.
* each 4 digit column and row has a restricting 'bit': 1, 2, 4 or 8.
* restrictive bits apply no further than the closest 4 digit row or column.
* restrictive bits do not apply to zeros, you should place zeros by exclusion.
* a digit cannot appear twice in the same row or column.
* restrictive bits should be guessed
*This is a compo entry, and so in accordance to *the rules* I made everything myself within 48 hours.*
It was my first time ever making a puzzle game, I'm quite happy I managed to finish it and make it playable! Please do let me know what you think of it!
edit: as is authorized by the Ludum Dare rules, I fixed a crash when trying to restart a level, and fixed the phrasing for rule #5. *(the previous phrasing was plain wrong, sorry* :sweat_smile:*)*
I ran out of time on the introduction part of the game, but I did try to make the game comprehensible. :smile: Also my take on the theme is a bit meta as it's mostly about possibility space, and how lower numbers of blank squares are usually helpful in this type of games.
Here are the rules, though hopefully the game itself should do a better job of explaining them when you start playing:
* all numbers appear once per 4x4 square.
* each 4 digit column and row has a restricting 'bit': 1, 2, 4 or 8.
* restrictive bits apply no further than the closest 4 digit row or column.
* restrictive bits do not apply to zeros, you should place zeros by exclusion.
* a digit cannot appear twice in the same row or column.
* restrictive bits should be guessed
*This is a compo entry, and so in accordance to *the rules* I made everything myself within 48 hours.*
It was my first time ever making a puzzle game, I'm quite happy I managed to finish it and make it playable! Please do let me know what you think of it!
edit: as is authorized by the Ludum Dare rules, I fixed a crash when trying to restart a level, and fixed the phrasing for rule #5. *(the previous phrasing was plain wrong, sorry* :sweat_smile:*)*