Just Like Homework

Test your spatial abilities! Guess the 3d shape based on the 2d views.

Why do your homework when you can be playing this game instead?***

How to play

• Click on the smaller boxes in the control area (the lower right of the screen) to toggle cubes on or off. You can see the shape you're forming in the preview.
• When you're done building the shape, hit [SPACEBAR] to check your answer
• Hit [ENTER] to get a new random puzzle

PAQ (Possibly asked questions)

Q: Why didn't you just make the larger cube/preview area clickable?

A: I tried! But the front-most cube at the top layer completely covers the back-most cube of the bottom layer. There's no way to easily access them via mouse-pointer, short of rotating the cube. This also explains why the control area's top and bottom layers were split away from each other. See the image below :(

(If you have a solution or preferred other way of controlling the blocks, please feel free to comment!)

The isometric view hiding one of the blocks at the bottom layer

Q: The game says my answer is wrong, but I'm sure it's right.

A: Oops! Unfortunately, I couldn't test all the possible combinations. If you remember the question, please send a screenshot of the views and the correct/incorrect answer.

Future plans

This game was made for the Minimalist Game Jam. (Limitation: you can only use basic geometric shapes for your game.) It's probably buggy, so comment away and I'll try to clean it up!

In my dev wishlist are:

• Sound and music
• A scoring system or timer, for that authentic "school is so difficult" feel
• Introducing a difficulty curve to the problems

Credits

• Made in GameMaker Studio 2
• Tecnico font by Cristhian Gomez

***This game was actually based on one of my subjects in school!  Very homework-like.