Squares

Squares is a one-player console puzzle game developed for the CME1251 course.

The player enters the number of squares for each piece and a regularity range. The program generates unique pieces, forms a puzzle, and shows the puzzle shape with X symbols. The player tries to form the same shape by using all pieces.

Rules

• A piece can contain between 2 and 12 squares.
• The game can contain at most 20 pieces and 160 squares.
• Pieces can be rotated and reversed.
• All placed pieces must form the shown puzzle shape.
• A new piece list and regularity range are entered for every round.

Controls

• Arrow keys: Move the selected piece
• Piece letter: Select a piece
• Z: Rotate the selected piece
• X: Reverse the selected piece
• Enter: Place the selected piece or check the completed puzzle
• P: Pick up a placed piece
• Q: Continue editing or quit when shown in the message

Run

dotnet run --project Squares.csproj

The current game source is Program.cs. Other source-like files in the repository are previous project versions and are not included in the build.