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This is a game that I made for my final project in my first Computer Science class, CSCI 141 - Computational Problem Solving. Everyone in the class was required to make a 15-cell sliding puzzle with a leaderboard that was stored in a plain text file. However, we were encouraged to "customize" the game to our liking for bonus points. I describe the game's algorithm in a PDF on my GitHub repository, so I will briefly discuss the details I added.
The color scheme of my game is the same as the official school colors for William & Mary (green and gold). I wanted to show some school spirit and found this to be a great palette for the game. Additionally, I added in some sound effects and background music. The sound effects include block noises when the player is shifting blocks and a "level up sound" when the player solves the puzzle. As for the background music, I also wanted to show off my personality, so I picked Mii background music and the instrumental verison of a BTS song. I also added in an option for no background music for people who don't like those kinds of music or are easily distracted.
In addition to these features, another detail that I worked the most on is a pop-up window at the end of the game to ask if the player would like to play again or quit. I had to look up how to do this in the documentation, but it ended up working pretty well.
Feel free to watch this video of my game in action!