Pixels: A Game of Pictures

Author

Andre Askari ([email protected])

Description

Pixels is a game where users create a picture by flicking pixels into place onto a grid before the timer runs out. With every completed picture, users get a rating out of 3 stars on their performance in the level and also a series of coins to buy future packages of pictures to complete.

As pixels are shot from the dashboard below onto the screen, the timer is replenished just a little bit but players will need to rely on streaks of pixels (without missing) to beat the levels. With every streak of 5 pixels, not only is more time rewarded but some pixels are automatically placed on the screen helping complete the picture faster.

Screenshots

This is a screenshot of a level where a player has almost completed the picture. As ou can see, there is a pixel at the bottom waiting to be flicked off the dashboard.

This is the screen players are greeted with after beating a level.

This screen shows a package with multiple levels already completed, the next level avaialable (with a glittery question mark), and the levels still locked.

This screen shows the main view where players swipe through all available packages.

What's working

• Basic gameplay
  • Pixel loading
  • Shooting mechanism (uses collision detector)
  • Loading menus (pause, nextLevel)
  • End of game result
    • After winning
    • After losing
  • Timer
  • Shooting range limitation
  • Bonuses
• Packages Scene
  • Scrolling
  • Swiping
  • Tapping (uses location sensing and not actual object recognition)
  • Loading packages and levels
  • Buying packages

Analytics

• Level Completed (completedLevel)
  • stars
  • level
  • pack name
• Pack Completed (completedPack)
  • pack name
• Level Failed (failedLevel)
  • missed pixels
  • level
  • pack name
• Purchased Pack (purchasedPack)
  • pack name
• Tutorial Step (viewedTutorialStep)
  • level
  • duration viewed

To Be Implemented

Major Features

• Multiplier Display
• Pause gameplay when goes into background
• Sound effects
• Settings page
• Credits page
• MGWU SDK (Deprecated)
  • Social network implementation
• Packs Scrolling/swiping recognition implementation
  • Fix bug for currentTile
    • Realign if more than one action at a time
  • Fix bug with moving tiles animation onEnter
• Tons of packs

Minor Misc. Features

• Slightly harder for 3 stars
• Fixed bug for purchased pack
• Made it harder to earn stars
• Add fake pack to plist and then add new objects to plist stored in documents
• Add Social Media Pack

UI Improvements

• Interaction for locked package
  • Flash red
  • More tint?
• Sounds
  • Bonuses
  • Coin load (for package scene and end of level)
• Slide back to menu
• Analytics
• Tutorial introduction

Bugs

• Scroll while tiles load/move

Future Analytics

• Tutorial
  • Whether fails tutorial or beats level without completing tutorial
  • Whether skips tutorial
• Levels and packs unlocked
• Retention rate
• Facebook posts, tweets, google+ shares