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tips for Avoid

1. Go up down up or right left right: This advice is going to seem strange but it works. It works because it allows the user to get to every crevice of the board despite the 1 2 move system. 2. Only use bombs when needed: Ok not just bombs should be used when needed portals should also be used when needed, these powerups are harmless to the user so in a game where hitting spikes causes you to lose points it is essential to keep the things that don't kill the user. 3. Try to fill in most of the space after hitting bombs: How I like to play the game is to start at one of the longer sides of the screen (for laptops and tablets start at the right or left and for phones start at the top or bottom). This is because you have an escape to go to when moving and it helps clear the screen when the user fills the screen FUN FACT if you go to every space it clears the screen and gives points. 4. Don't hit portals when there are not many open areas: Portals teleport you to another lo...

Inspiration for this game

I made plans for this game when I first started to learn how to code. I originally made a spoof of the game Snake to practice learning Java for the first time. I ran into an error that did not move the lower portions of the snake, effectively just spawning in an extra segment of the snake each time an apple was made. It seemed to clone the parts of the snake everywhere it went but the snake did not move. As every programmer can attest to, these errors can take a long time to fix. Eventually I got bored and started to play the game with the glitch and tried not to hit the parts I went to before. I fixed up the game but kept the idea for the glitched version (the concept of the game now called “Avoid”). I tested the concept years ago on a small 5 by 5 grid. I managed to solve it on the board but I thought people would not like the difficulty so I added some power ups along with a larger board. Honestly I made the overall concept of the game 5 years ago but I kept the designs. While I was...

Game now on itch.io

https://stevenwarner991gmailcom.itch.io/avoid

Game released on NewGrounds

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/926951

Mobile version for android available

link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thisBackend.com.unity.template.mobile2D.androidxstartup enjoy

Instructions

The spikes will lower points dont hit less than 0 points The bombs will remove most of the spikes on screen The portal will teleport the user to another point on screen There is a special star that gives bonus points