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[Sudoku 2009.01.15]

I agree with the rest

The check button is absolutely necessary, and can't be too much work.

In case you don't know how (sorry if you know already, but I have no idea about your programming skills) :

An easy way to do it, is putting the answer in an array and comparing that one with the correct solution. That's only a couple of lines of code.

You can use exactly the same to load different sudokus in the same graphical frame : make the sudoku an array with the puzzle, with every position in the array corresponding to a position in the sudoku. Adding a new sudoku is simply adding one array for the puzzle and one for the solution.

I also found the hard one rather easy, but that's mainly because I'm a SUDOKU addict and I solved literally hundreds of them already.

You should also make the "main menu" link a button. Now you have to click right on the text, or it doesn't work.

All in all a nice try, and therefore passed. With a bit extra effort, you can actually make a fun game where you can easily add more puzzles.

donutlab responds:

Thank you for your comment. Actually, I don't know how to make the checking function in the game. Can you pls teach me in more detail? Thank you for your help!

[Super D]

Very nice!

The gameplay is easy but entertaining, the graphics are very good. The music is rather boring to irritating even, but well, that's a matter of choice I guess.

One little bug : when you talk to the old dice and you click outside of the screen, the game freezes. Impossible to get back. So I didn't get to the boss yet, but I will!

freeworldgroup responds:

sorry - will try to get the bugs fixed - I seem to have uploaded an old version of the game... need to find the new one.

[Block Defence]

Very nice executed

The game works fine, and is presented nice and clean. One thing I noticed : the amount of money sometimes has a ridiculous amount of digits (like 49.999999999...). Needs a check.

Other than that, you can take a look at other tower defense games for some nice additions. One thing I miss tremendously though, is a fast forward. I'm typing this review now while the game is running at level 18. It is zzzzllooooowwww...

DJMoran responds:

I've fixed the problem with the digits, I forgot to add rounding to some of the sums.

[DotVille deluxe]

FrUNstrating

I've played the game to the end many times, especially trying to get those crazy high scores. Didn't manage.

The game is quite easy to grab, and once you realize that the market places are the money makers, life gets easy. I tried different strategies, and quite some of them work actually, albeit with a different score.

One downside : it gets a bit repetitive when you start with the market places as money makers. The last 5 or 6 turns, there was nothing I could do but buy some food and cash the cash. It would be nice if you could add some extras in there.

Overall superfun game to keep you busy for a couple of hours

finefin responds:

thanks for this detailed review!
but see, I made this game 2 years ago.
I'm amazed that people are still playing dotville
and are having fun.

I actually started to make a sequel
but it really is in its infancy...