TurtleHack
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Create sequenced paths to guide data-carrying robots.
Overview
TurtleHack is a technical themed puzzle problem-solving game. In TurtleHack you will create sequenced paths to guide repetitions of data-carrying robots.
- PROGRAM THROUGH MOVEMENT:
- Use your actions to create paths that will guide sequences of robots to complete your goals.
- DYNAMIC SOLUTIONS :
- Modify as you go. Interrupt, modify, and change solutions as the level progresses.
- INTEGER ARITHMETIC:
- Utilize the quirks of integer mathematics to get the data you need.
- ZACH-LIKE:
- Inspired by the great work of the Zachtronics games company.
Accessibility
- TurtleHack is (currently) a keyboard-only game.
- English is the only supported language.
- Sound
- F3 will toggle sound effects
- F4 will toggle Music.
- F5 will toggle the environment sounds
Bugs
The game is quite stable in its current state. Known bugs:
- There is one rare game-breaking bug, where you start to move more that one space at a time, that requires a level reset.
- There are multiple minor visual glitches.
About
TurtleHack was developed over 12 weeks as my first attempt to create a problem-solving game.
TurtleHack is not an early access game. It is unlikely that this version will see any further development, although I may revisit this idea in the future.
I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it.
- Ben.
Credits
- Ben Drury - Design / Art / Programming
Special Thanks
- Iain McManus
- Erika Verkaaik
- Aaron Williams
Music
"Basement Floor" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Floating Cities" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
"Unwritten Return" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Foley Sounds - Used for the sound effects
Joe DeShon (joedeshon.com) -
Licensed under Creative Commons: CC0 1.0 Universal
https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
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a pretty fun idea that could be really fleshed out into some mindbending puzzles :D example: you could make a strict no-collision policy where the robots are not allowed to hit each other, requiring some thinking ahead since there is one action's worth of delay between recording a macro and that macro starting to happen automatically. you could add multiplication and subtraction modules along with the addition module to force the player to do some sophisticated math. the sky is the limit with this project and that just has to be commended.
Thanks for the comment! The no-collision policy is a great suggestion that I'll take on board if/when I decide to revisit this project. Internally the game already supports all standard arithmetic (even Modulo), and I had planned to add more complex mathematics puzzles, but I ran out of time during development. Thanks for playing TurtleHack. I am glad you enjoyed it.
:)
Hi! Game idea is interesting. At first I was confused but I catched everything in couple minutes. Did I miss something or game only have six levels (tutorial)? Thanks.
Hey, Thanks for playing!
It's just the 6 for the moment.