Released Dot-to-Dot Maker

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Hey Everyone,
That's me released a game I've been working on for... probably a year.
Dot-to-dot MAKER - Make your own connect-the-dot / dot-to-dot images.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.DavidAnderson.Dot_to_Dot_MAKER

I've set it to go on free sale tomorrow if you'd like to give it a go.




I feel like I should talk openly about the development and my feelings a bit...
I began the project as an extension of my previous game which was also interactive connect-the-dots (for children). It seemed to me that a lot of the d2d/ctd games were missing a trick and forgot they have moved to digital format. For example: you can hide dots, which is more interesting imo. They also use the same google-image-search clip-art. I thought if nothing else I can get people to step their game up.

I hoped to look at some more advanced concepts of GM than what I had been doing before... aaand they have given me more than their fair share of trouble. I'm sort of embarrassed of the time it has taken me to create what I have. Surfaces, drawing, paths, text-entry, saving and loading. You would not believe the difficulty they gave me. Probably a lot of which I inflicted on myself. I probably only finished it because of cost-sunk fallacy. 8 months ago i thought i had 3 months left!

I'm not expecting anything from Google-Play really, I don't have the funds to get my game on the actual store list, never mind on peoples radar. But, I'm more confident in areas of my programming now that I'd like to try making something more action-oriented for the PC.


I was helped greatly by the following:

"Draw Sprite along Path" by ticedev has been invaluable to me (as you can no-doubt see).
https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/1602/draw-sprite-along-path
"Savegame Custom plus Encrypt" by KeeVee Games helped me understand how to( after I started tearing my hair out)
https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/2441/savegame-custom-plus-encrypt
"Simple Color Picker" by George
https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/728/simple-color-picker
"Keyboard" by Benton Software

https://marketplace.yoyogames.com/assets/245/keyboard

These people are heroes.​

Advice(?)
  1. I'm trying to think of advice for people. One thing that comes to mind is to use text to make sure something works properly. Don't guess or hope.
  2. Oh and work out screen dimension stuff at the beginning. (whoops)
  3. Take your time
(I'll add more here when I can clear my mind a bit)
:p
 
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