Solitaire version of 15 Puzzle

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#1

The other day I somehow was struck with a nostaligic memory of this card game I used to play, and I really wanted to play it again. My solution was to build it :slight_smile: Thanks to the framework of my FreeCell game, I was able to make this in about an hour and a half. I love the game so I thought I’d share with you guys!

The idea is to rearrange the cards so that every pile has 4 cards of the same value. You can move one card at a time, and you can put it either on a blank spot, or on another card of the same value. However if there are 4 cards in a pile, it’s full and you can’t move any more to it. Also, the Z and X keys work for Undo and Redo.

Fuller controls description and goals description are available in the “Instructions” link just below the game. Check it out and see how you like it!

Solitaire 15 Puzzle

#2

Are all games in GameLizard yours ? Or can I submit my own games there ? I plan to create some multi-player games, but my host doesn’t support java…

#3

I don’t believe I’ve played your Freecell game before but this looks very smooth and cleanly implemented. Card graphics are very effective and nice to look at. Undo-redo works great (animation timing is perfect). Interface is simple, the game starts when it loads.

No complaints. :slight_smile:

I also thought it had a lot of the visual appeal that you usually only see in flash games (good thing); and it lacks a few annoying things flash tends to cause (tab “blocks”, graphics slightly off, right click macromedia menu).

So… good work. I’m going to see if I can solve one of these now (already got stuck twice).

Edit: Thought I’d append this message… I can’t seem to solve it. I managed to sort out 4 stacks and got stuck. Not the easiest game to complete is it?

#4

Haha no it’s not simple! It’s certainly a puzzle. Occasionally you’ll be dealt a game that you can just click right through and your most obvious guesses work out well and the game is solved. I’ve spent 45+ minutes on a game before, so some of them can be much harder. However, they are all possible… as far as I know :slight_smile: My research of the game says it is. However, my solving algorithm isn’t quite done, but when it is I’ll be able to better confirm they can all be done :slight_smile:

#5

Any chance of a hint key? :wink:

Edit: Yay, managed to solve one!

#6

Well, there’s currently a cheat implimented… it would probably be hard to figure out. It involves the keyboard :wink: About 3 out of 4 times now it can solve a game within a second or two. It’s that 1 last time where it doesn’t solve that I haven’t quite figured out how to handle. I’ve read traces of attempts to solve and I can’t find anything it’s doing wrong like looping or anything, so maybe I’m incorrectly excluding moves… but I don’t know, I’ll figure it out eventually :slight_smile:

One more hint, you have to use it before any moves are made. Making a move and moving back to the beginning is fine. The console will tell you if it worked or not. Let’s see if anyone can figure it out… if not, perhaps I’ll tell you guys what it is :slight_smile: