Loops

yet another rotate-tiles-to-connect-loops game.

Inspired by:

• Loops of Zen (flash)
• Curvy in HTML5

Live Demo

https://wolfesoftware.com/loops/

Version History

1.5.1

2023-Mar-04

• Custom levels are perfectable if they're 6x6 or larger, toroidal, with locking tiles and either:
  • Single color and hexagonal or:
  • Don't include the locked island.
• No, there is no UI indication for perfectable level settings; it's an easter egg!

1.5.0

2023-Mar-03

• Swap levels 16-21 with 22-27 to introduce toroidal topology before locking tiles.
  • If your current level was in this range, you'll be reset back to level 16.
• Custom level mode available in the sidebar.
  • Allows you to turn off locking tiles.
  • Allows extreme sized levels.
  • Allows toroidal topology without a starter island (hard mode!).
  • (Does not allow toroidal topology with odd sizes. It's complicated.)
  • Settings are unlocked as you encounter them in the linear level progression.
  • Resume linear levels by collapsing the Custom Level settings.
• Level select available in the side bar to revisit previous levels.

1.4.0

2023-Feb-11

• Unlock alternate tile sets at the end of the game.

1.3.0

2020-May-03

• The final level gives a hint that you didn't obviously waste clicks.

1.2.0

2019-Sep-21

• The game state now saves and loads on page refresh, not just the level number (using localStorage).

1.1.0

2019-Sep-20

• The end game now stays on cement-mode, single-color (2 state), hexagonal, toroidal, rough island, instead of looping through a tour of all the settings.

1.0.2

2019-Sep-20

• Fix background of main game when the browser is in dark mode. The game always has a light-mode theme for now.

1.0.0

2019-Sep-20

• Use version numbers

before 1.0.0

• Square tiling
• Hex tiling
• One color (2 possible states per edge)
• Two color without overlap (3 states)
• Two color with overlap (4 states)
• Cement mode (tiles lock after you touch them)
• Rough edges (the edge can be locked tiles instead of always blank)
• Toroidal topoly (loops left/right and up/down)
• Island of locked tiles in the middle of toroidal levels
• "Smell the roses" after completing a level before the transition to the next level

Project first started 2018-Aug-24.

Development

Dependencies:

• npm (for development and building) (or any other way to run the TypeScript compiler)
• python3 (for http server on localhost) (or anything else that does this)
• s3cmd (for deployment to S3)

In NixOS:

• nix-shell --pure -p nodejs -p python3 -p s3cmd

To build:

./build.sh

# alternatively:
npm install
./node_modules/.bin/tsc

To serve on http://localhost:8000/ :

python3 -m http.server -d public/