- Algorithms: from flowcharts to code
- Meaningful gameplay: from paper to interface
- Workshop: working with spritesheets
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A puzzle can be many things, and this word may particularly confuse you in the context of games and make you think of a specific genre, puzzle games (such as Tetris or Angry Birds). So let's be clear. What I mean by puzzle here is any interactive system that presents problems to solve to its users.
Over the last week you should have worked on the toy within your videogame, ie its core mechanic(s), without ways to win/lose or problems to solve.
Building on that, experiment with p5.play and add one or more problems for players to solve. These could be enemies to defeat, obstacles to overcome, riddles to untangle, labyrinths to escape from, missions to achieve...
At this stage your game should also start taking shape visually, through emojis.