I’ve been programming since I was 11 now 22. Currently in university for cs. I was wondering is a game like reigns a good first game?
It seems rather complicated to know how to order the cards and make what cards you select make other certain cards appear…
I was thinking of the best way to implement this system.
Would a tree data structure be a good starting point? Where swipe to left goes to left node in tree and swipe to right goes to right node in tree? Only problem I am having when designing this is how do I randomized certain orders of cards in order to make the game different each time?
The general rule of first games is always to scope smaller. Reigns looks fairly complex. If you want to focus on board game ports, start with tic tac toe.
I don’t see how it’s really that complex. Even if something looks apparent that it’s complex, chances are it can be simplified. I mean if you want to be super technical I could make a game like that with nothing but a massive set of if statements lol. I haven’t played it, but I watched the video of it and seen the photos an such, just looks like you choose 1 of 2 options and things happen, I’m sure there’s obviously more to it than than what I’m seeing obviously, but the choices seems like that main mechanic of the game. Execute this person or let them live, doesn’t seem rather complicated… But of course this isn’t my first rodeo and I’m sure it’s harder than what I’m saying otherwise there’d be a billion clones of it already.
Just from what I’ve seen it looks like it could be fairly easy to make, but I haven’t played it.