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SW Games Bugs 🎮 🐞

Please feel free to Report any Bugs / Glitches you experience while playing SW Games, here in this group!
Thank you!

As our games are all very newly released (Beta release), we do fully expect a number of bugs / issues to be reported.

We will do our best to address them as quickly as we can.

Kind regards!
-The SW Team

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Mikeawesome1986 · 36-40, M

I'm not sure the duck game is counting scores correctly and upon restarting the game from the in-game button, the monsters are still left on screen from the previous round, for more points.

Repro rate: 5/5

Reproduction steps:
1. Launch duck game
2. Play though shooting only monsters.
3. Observe score not increasing.
4. Press the "restart" button after round ends.
5. Observe monsters.

Result:
Monsters that were left over from the previous round are still present on the next round to shoot.

Score does not increment correctly.

Expected result:
Monsters should reset between rounds.
Score should increment correctly.

Note:
This wouldn't fail a TRC, but would definitely be classed as a B Class bug.

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Mikeawesome1986 · 36-40, M

@Andrew oh really? If it's only reading that I played twice then I guess it wasn't counting the restarts as another go then. I will definitely give this another go and get back to you. :)

Andrew · Admin

@Mikeawesome1986 hello again,
it just crossed my mind to mention:

The Monsters need to be shot at TWICE Each, to destroy them, and gain points.

Some users who commented about not understanding this game, didn't realize this.

We can understand how that could be unclear,
(we hoped players would continue shooting till they see the Monster gone, and learn by trial)

and we intend to add mention of this basic instruction, to the game soon.

Mikeawesome1986 · 36-40, M

@Andrew Hey, yes that appears to be the issue. It wasn't clear that they needed to be shot twice in order to kill them. :)

MellyMel22 · F

I think it happened 2xs to me, but I’m positive it did this time b/c I screenshot it. I played the Math game and it didn’t save my high score(it’s been over an hour and a half).

Here’s the screenshot I took after b/c I thought it didn’t save another before but wasn’t sure.

Also, I can’t hold the pool stick right in that game, when it faces where I think I’m aiming, my finger is always covering it somehow 🤔 Maybe it’s my phone set up?

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MellyMel22 · F

@Andrew Thank you.. It seems like a nice setup!!

Andrew · Admin

@MellyMel22
We've manually corrected your last score for now.

We still need to look into properly solving whatever was the cause of this mis-scoring.
Hopefully we'll have a fix in place soon.

I do wonder if the score simply didn't submit at all, instead of submitting wrong values of "704" and "702".

We recently fixed something in this and other games, that addresses failed server connectivity, which can cause scores to not submit properly.

MellyMel22 · F

@Andrew Thank you for your time.. I honestly think it just didn’t record that score somehow. Maybe something to do w/the back arrow processing it? I don’t know anything about that kinda stuff, but that did cross my mind.

Classified · M

This may be a bug. 😋 The tile that was supposed to be there in that empty spot dropped down off screen one row at the time while I tried to do the only thing that the game allowed me to do: try to move the yellow tile into the empty spot in vain.
I play by trying to move the tiles while others are falling still.

Ignore the 'calls and notifications' message. That is just a feature of my phone.

Andrew · Admin

@Classified
Thank you for reporting.

We may have been able to address this issue (or most of the current issues), with this game, now:

https://similarworlds.com/games-puzzles/sw-games/similar-match/4778323-Similar-Match-Bug-Fix-Released

Classified · M

@Andrew Thank you

faithfulhusband · C

in the billiards game, the starting arrangement should have the 8 ball in the middle, the 1 ball at the front, and the other 2 corners a solid and stripe.

other than that the corner pockets are tighter than my butthole, can you loosen them up a bit?

feature requests:
allow to specify where to hit on the ball to allow different spins on the cue ball

Andrew · Admin

@faithfulhusband

Thanks for the feedback.

We will note to look into the correct arrangement of the balls at the start, as you pointed out.

As for the corner Pockets, they seem comparable in size to other online pool games I've seen thus far,
and yourself and other players, seem to be able to manage very well, and score highly, in this game.

Still, it's something we will take into consideration, and we will try to find comparisons for correct sizing.

Are you able to explain your feature request with a bit more detail, so that we can have a better understanding?

Thanks.

How should one go about

SW-User

I keep getting so far in the fish game and then the coral meets in the middle effectively creating a wall that can’t be passed. Is this a glitch? I could only grab a screenshot after I hit it

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SW-User

@Andrew I don’t think I paused that time but it definitely glitches slightly after pausing, the coins will appear behind the coral. It’s happened a few times between 1000-1500

Andrew · Admin

@SW-User

Ii see.
We will need to look into addressing a fix for both situations then.

Thank you for the info.

SW-User

@Andrew great thanks, even with glitches this game is ridiculously addictive

Onestarlitnight

Having trouble with the pool table game
Moving the cue stick always blocks the view of the shot!
It seems like it would be easier if the cue stick were under my finger instead of in front of it.
I can’t line up the shot because I can’t see it!

Andrew · Admin

@Onestarlitnight
Thanks for providing this feedback.

We did notice that the gameplay on this particular game is a bit tricky on Mobiles, for the same reason you described.

We'll definitely look into ways of improving playability for this game, on Mobiles.

bookerdana · M

@Onestarlitnight Very hard to position the cue stick,too

Gangstress · 41-45, F

they seem to play well except for the duck game - but that might be user error tbh lol

thanks for providing these btw

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Gangstress · 41-45, F

@Andrew thanks Andrew, it was user error haha, yep the double strike in fact worked, although it went quickly but you cant make it easy for us!

how the hell you got those scores though lol

Andrew · Admin

@Gangstress
I'm glad to know it's working for you now!

We'll have to assess how users are scoring over time, and review user feedback,
and over time, we may adjust the game-play and scoring, to make the games more Fair and Fun for everyone. :)

Gangstress · 41-45, F

@Andrew thanks again Andrew and team, really appreciate this update for games :)

2 player games would be amazing at some point, but imagine that would take some work

Lyfis2live

Where are the instructions to play those games for a novice?

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Lyfis2live

@HootyTheNightOwl What should I understand by 'for a while'?

HootyTheNightOwl

@Lyfis2live For me, there came a point where I saw that translating endless nonsense doesn't really help me to recognise words or get sentence structure right.

It's hard to explain how it happened but I got frustrated with having to repeat so much about rhinoceroses and apples that I reached the point where I either changed something or I was going to lose interest in the language entirely.

Lyfis2live

@HootyTheNightOwl Idk whether to take it as motivation to restart or see past the trash bin.

twiigss · M

The only thing I'm seeing so far with Similar Match is if matches are being made because tiles drop down and auto clear, you can't do anything until all clears are done. But it's a fun and addictive game 👍👍

scooogy · 31-35, MVIP

When I try to match something in similar matches while the other matches keep getting animated as counted in, I don't seem able to mark a second thingy for a match.

Edit: Tried again and found out that it seemingly depends on how many elements of a matched group get animated, which would determine a certain "break" between several matches going on or the last one and my attempt of a match.

Andrew · Admin

@scooogy
Thank you for reporting this issue.

We may have been able to address this problem now:

https://similarworlds.com/games-puzzles/sw-games/similar-match/4778323-Similar-Match-Bug-Fix-Released

scooogy · 31-35, MVIP

In the "similar match" game it seems like as soon as the time bar is "empty" even if I do score some matches, whether these still do count in or not, they apparently don't have any more effect on the time bar so I'd continue scoring. Is that normal?

Confined · 56-60, M

Similar match some times seems to run out of moves. I cant seem to get above 900 but I see lots of really high scores out there. im gonna keep trying. Maybe its just me. Playing on a lap top.

Andrew · Admin

@Confined
Thanks for the feedback.

We have included built in-logic for Blocks re-generation, to try to reduce those "Ran out of Moves" situations as much as possible,

however, because of the number of Colors of Blocks we include for this Match-3 Game (7 colors), I'm not sure if it's possible to always guarantee available matches (statistically).

We do plan to include some enhancements to this game, such as:

● Bomb - To clear away a square of up to 9 Blocks, useful if "Stuck"..

● Shuffle - Randomly Re-arrange all Blocks on your Grid. Very useful as well, if Stuck / out of moves, in this game.

SW-User

@Andrew the switch to turn the music off on the fish game doesn’t work. You can turn sounds off but not the music.

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SW-User

@Nuno it doesn’t work for me at all

Nuno · Admin

@SW-User Ok - I see it doesn't work on iPhone... we'll see what we can do about it. Thank you.

SW-User

@Nuno perfect, thanks. If you could make it less addictive that would be really helpful too

GLITTER · 36-40, F

Hi

The back button doesn’t seem to work on iPhone

Thanks for the games ☺️

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Nuno · Admin

@GLITTER Hey. What Game exactly, and what Back button exactly? I'm testing all Back buttons I can find, on an iPhone, and all seem to go back to the Game page (with the intro, scores, "Play" button). If you can show a screenshot, that might help too. Thank you very much!

GLITTER · 36-40, F

@Nuno

GLITTER · 36-40, F

@Nuno this one doesn’t work mid game

deadgerbil · 26-30

Would it be possible to add a difficulty setting to the fish game? Might make it easier for people to get into it

Andrew · Admin

@deadgerbil
Thanks for the feedback.

We did indeed attempt to make this game (and most others) "Easier", at the starting point,
then it progressively gets more difficult (very slowly), as you accumulate a higher score.

We'll have to monitor how most users are scoring in this game, and we will consider making adjustments.

Whether it be a Difficulty setting,
or, making the Start of this game, easier than it currently is.

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

Thanks for adding the games. This is an awesome feature 👏 😎

ImRileyTheDog · 22-25, F

Splashy fish too addictive

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

@ImRileyTheDog I never could get into those flappy bird clones. Or the original. I'm just no good at them.

Raaii · 22-25, F

I really like the games.. thank you so much 🙇‍♀️

Lostpoet · M

The math game is a little bit too easy.

TurtleEclipseOfTheHeart · 22-25, F

The games are so cute, I love them

SW-User

The games are so cool

FreestyleArt · 31-35, M

Similar Match is a little buggy at times... I usually had to restart it by closing it and open again. Sometimes it freeze and sometimes I can't move many

Andrew · Admin

@FreestyleArt

Thanks for the feedback.

We may have been able to address this issue now, hopefully:
https://similarworlds.com/games-puzzles/sw-games/similar-match/4778323-Similar-Match-Bug-Fix-Released

Elizabeth28 · TVIP

billiard score keeps going down after entering a ball

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Elizabeth28 · TVIP

@Andrew ny ball goes up when i pocket a ball then keeps counting down

Andrew · Admin

@Elizabeth28
Ok, thanks.

Yes, you should avoid pocketing the White Ball, and only the Colored Balls, followed by the Black Ball, at the end.

To make the game balanced, your score for this particular game, does decrease with Time.

It balances out fairness, for those who learned to play quickly and skillfully,
as they should fairly be reflected with a higher score, for their quickness and skill.

(Compared to someone playing extremely slowly and cautiously on every shot, since it's easier to get a good score, if you play much more slowly.)

Elizabeth28 · TVIP

@Andrew oooh so its normal for it to go down i see i see thanks for the explanation .

Fishy · 36-40, F

I'm not sure if this is a bug, but the games don't work when I try to play them on PC

Andrew · Admin

@Fishy
Hello,
There shouldn't be any Bug that causes these games to all not work on PC.

Was it a specific Game(s)?

Could you try again in some time, and see if the issue is resolved on its own? Thanks.
(Maybe it could be something specific to your Browser/PC)

We will keep an eye out for any such bugs,
however, as the games are all being developed and initially tested using PCs, they should all be working quite fine on PC devices.

Fishy · 36-40, F

@Andrew thanks for the speedy reply, 😊

I tried most of the games on my PC and I just get a black screen with no sound or visuals,
(I use the Brave web browser)

I might try it in a different web browser later tho

Andrew · Admin

@Fishy
You're welcome,
and thanks much for the additional feedback.

We will take note to investigate for issues with our games on that particular web browser.

Gangstress · 41-45, F

on the Simara game, theres no option to mute the sounds?

Nuno · Admin

@Gangstress You can press Pause, and then one of the buttons is the Sound :)

Gangstress · 41-45, F

@Nuno beauty, thanks Nuno!

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Andrew · Admin

@InOtterWords
We can try to work on this.

Is there any game in particular that you need instructions for?

We tried to make the games "Learnable by Play",
and didn't want to clutter the Game (or delay gameplay) with Instructions Screens.

However, we can possibly have Instructions printed on the holding page of each game (before you press "Play Game").

InOtterWords · F

@Andrew i couldnt work out the duck, fish or billiards games

Jexie · 26-30, F

Are there any instructions on how to play them?

Andrew · Admin

@Jexie
We can try to work on this.

Is there any game in particular that you need instructions for?

We tried to make the games "Learnable by Play",
and didn't want to clutter the Game (or delay gameplay) with Instructions Screens.

However, we can possibly have Instructions printed on the holding page of each game (before you press "Play Game").

Jexie · 26-30, F

@Andrew Honestly, I only tried one but I can't figure out how to play it 🤷

LordShadowfire · 46-50, M

Oh. Didn't see this. I'm not sure if it was the game or my lack of skills, but in Save the Ducks, I swear I heard a fish quack.

iamonfire696 · 41-45, F

The similar match game lags for me. I am using it on a mobile device. Not sure if that makes a difference

Andrew · Admin

@iamonfire696

Thanks for the feedback.
We'll have to look into this more.

Although I am aware this game is a more complex (internally) than it may seem,
with many calculations consistently going on,
and many objects moving simultaneously,
this can sometimes lead too lagging.

We'll try as best as we can, to improve performance and gameplay, for these games.

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Andrew · Admin

@AliciaDNK
Thanks for reporting this issue.

We may have been able to address this problem now:

https://similarworlds.com/games-puzzles/sw-games/similar-match/4778323-Similar-Match-Bug-Fix-Released

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