Hi, the game seems very cool and I bought it. However, whenever I get to the point of choosing difficulty (I see only „tutorial” option), the game crashes. I tried multiple times, and nothing changes. Please help.
I played a version of this on pen and paper in uk, which had the basic gameplay. A 5x5 grid, three (I think it was the letters A, B C) and 2 spaces, with some letters and empty spaces already filled in.
Adding the minesweeper like number hints and the definitely occupied wildcards were my own additions.
I'll try to find if the version I've played before has an official name.
I like keeping to the 5x5 grid as it makes it very easy to see on the Playdate screen. I'll look into adding other variations in future updates.
I realised that making the hints on the side refer to the middle letter / shape was better, as you could get away with not having hints on both sides of the grid (saving on screen real estate). Beyond that its a very similar game.
Amazing! Thanks for taking the time to respond in detail :)
I can absolutely see the 5x5 and hints being perfectly fitted to the playdate screen, similar to how Sketch, Share, Solve can't be more than 15x20 without requiring some UI/scrolling.
I'm really glad I know the name of the puzzle now, scratching the sudoku/minesweeper itch at the same time is such a trip!
Appreciate the $0.96 sale price! (Not complaining about the $0.04, but itch.io told me that the minimum purchase is 100 cents, so I had to round up. :)
This game is GREAT. Like, seriously, it iterates on logic puzzles like Sudoku, Picross, Minesweeper, etc, but is all its own.
I had to go through the tutorial multiple times to really understand the 'medial' hints, but once it clicked, I've loved every moment I've spent with the game.
BUG REPORTS I can echo though, like others have said, that pressing 'B' to try and go back to the main menu from the puzzle set selection screen crashes the console every single time, AND as an additional bug, if you have more than one profile, the option on the title screen to swap profiles is rendered outside of the viewable screen. Being able to delete profiles on the device would be nice too!
Amazing! Sideloading now. Last little request - maybe something on the Level select stage that says which levels have been beaten vs skipped? Perhaps a little star or something if it's been beaten properly? And then maybe something which logs overall progress (ie. 20/100 etc).
Congratulations again though, I can't stop playing Medial!
Very good ! I had finish the game and i love it ! Just a little detail, i can t close the in game menu ( where you can choose shape or del) without select an action, i have to choose anything and delete it later. It would be great if we can close this with B . Thanks a lot for this game !
Just to let you know, I found out that, on the difficulty screen ("Tutorial", "Easy"...), if you press B, on the second time the Playdate crash. The log points out a nil value in 'bBtn' in "difficultyScreen.lua" (line 207)
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious but I hit "skip level" by mistake and it moved on to the next level. However, I now can't find a way to go back to the previous level which I skipped by mistake? Thank you in advance!
Aye sorry, if you skip a level you can't go back until the whole lot loops back round again. I might add some way to choose levels in a future update, if the feature is popular.
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Minor bug report.
Impatiently pushing 'a' multiple (5-10) times when prompted at the startup 'definition' splash screen results in system crash.
Catalog build 3.4
Playdate OS 2.3.1
Love the game, unfortunately, when I quit to the main playdate menu, then come back to play more, my playdate crashes and needs to be restarted :/
Hi Xelias. I haven't been able to replicate this one. Does your Playdate crash every time you try and play Medial now?
Notveverytime, I'll try to docyumentvit next time it happens. I'm going through the easy levels, and it seems that after a crash, the next one works.
That's so weird. I can't think of any reason why coming out to the Playdate menu would encourage the game to crash next time.
Are you playing other games on your device? Do any of them crash?
Hi, the game seems very cool and I bought it. However, whenever I get to the point of choosing difficulty (I see only „tutorial” option), the game crashes. I tried multiple times, and nothing changes. Please help.
Very sorry about that anommal. I found the bug and have released version 3.3. If you download the update this should fix your issue.
its working now, thank you! :)
Thank you for the update!
I absolutely adore this game and haven't found anything quite like it. Have you thought about changing the grid size to create even more variation?
What is the inspiration for this game? I like it so much I've been searching for more versions of it, including traditional pen & paper versions!
Thanks for the great reply scaryugly!
I played a version of this on pen and paper in uk, which had the basic gameplay. A 5x5 grid, three (I think it was the letters A, B C) and 2 spaces, with some letters and empty spaces already filled in.
Adding the minesweeper like number hints and the definitely occupied wildcards were my own additions.
I'll try to find if the version I've played before has an official name.
I like keeping to the 5x5 grid as it makes it very easy to see on the Playdate screen. I'll look into adding other variations in future updates.
This is the puzzle game I've played before, they're called 'ABC puzzles':- http://www.thepuzzleclub.com/abc-logic-puzzle.php
I realised that making the hints on the side refer to the middle letter / shape was better, as you could get away with not having hints on both sides of the grid (saving on screen real estate). Beyond that its a very similar game.
Amazing! Thanks for taking the time to respond in detail :)
I can absolutely see the 5x5 and hints being perfectly fitted to the playdate screen, similar to how Sketch, Share, Solve can't be more than 15x20 without requiring some UI/scrolling.
I'm really glad I know the name of the puzzle now, scratching the sudoku/minesweeper itch at the same time is such a trip!
Appreciate the $0.96 sale price! (Not complaining about the $0.04, but itch.io told me that the minimum purchase is 100 cents, so I had to round up. :)
I'll try to remember to cap the price to $1. I wasn't aware itch.io did that.
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Ha ha! I never even noticed that! Yes, on Nov 19 Medial will be a year old!
Basically I'll keep making updates and improving any game that's still up for sale somewhere. Not fair on paying customers to do otherwise.
HECKKKKKK YESSSS... Almost exactly I year after purchase and its STILL getting updates!
This game is GREAT. Like, seriously, it iterates on logic puzzles like Sudoku, Picross, Minesweeper, etc, but is all its own.
I had to go through the tutorial multiple times to really understand the 'medial' hints, but once it clicked, I've loved every moment I've spent with the game.
BUG REPORTS
I can echo though, like others have said, that pressing 'B' to try and go back to the main menu from the puzzle set selection screen crashes the console every single time, AND as an additional bug, if you have more than one profile, the option on the title screen to swap profiles is rendered outside of the viewable screen. Being able to delete profiles on the device would be nice too!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Yes, I'll make an update for the bugs, hopefully will have it tested and up on itch.io before long.
..and as I'm getting towards the end of the game, feel free to add some more puzzles too!
(Seriously though, all three of your games are great and deserve big time success on this little handheld!)
That should be the bugs fixed in release 2.2 :-)
Amazing! Sideloading now. Last little request - maybe something on the Level select stage that says which levels have been beaten vs skipped? Perhaps a little star or something if it's been beaten properly? And then maybe something which logs overall progress (ie. 20/100 etc).
Congratulations again though, I can't stop playing Medial!
The game crashes when you press B to go back to the title screen.
Very good ! I had finish the game and i love it ! Just a little detail, i can t close the in game menu ( where you can choose shape or del) without select an action, i have to choose anything and delete it later. It would be great if we can close this with B . Thanks a lot for this game !
B to close the menu? Yes I like that! That'll go into a future release.
Hi there !
Very nice game here !
Just to let you know, I found out that, on the difficulty screen ("Tutorial", "Easy"...), if you press B, on the second time the Playdate crash.
The log points out a nil value in 'bBtn' in "difficultyScreen.lua" (line 207)
Thanks, there'll be a fix for this in a future release.
It's a real shame this hasn't been fixed yet! It's a small thing but it makes an outstanding game feel less polished than it is!
Really fun - thank you!
Glad you like it :-)
Sorry if I'm missing something obvious but I hit "skip level" by mistake and it moved on to the next level. However, I now can't find a way to go back to the previous level which I skipped by mistake? Thank you in advance!
Aye sorry, if you skip a level you can't go back until the whole lot loops back round again. I might add some way to choose levels in a future update, if the feature is popular.
Hi John, there's a new 'Choose Level' screen I've added in version 1.1, should help if you ever get this problem again.