Ordoma - Candy And Cookie Tiles

Ordoma: A Fresh Take on Tile-Swap Puzzles!

Ordoma is a unique tile puzzle game that challenges your logic and strategy. Unlike match-3 games, it offers an innovative gameplay experience focused on sequential reordering and creative mechanics.

This is only one of two versions of this game. The other has different tiles.

You can find it here:

Ordoma - Spell Books & Magic Tiles - https://eyefly.itch.io/ordoma-spell-books-and-magic-tiles

Gameplay:

• Rearrange shuffled tiles into sequential order, starting with 1 in the top-left corner and ending with the highest number in the bottom-right.
• Choose from four grid sizes: 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, and 6x6.
• Each puzzle features 3 randomly selected tile types, chosen from a set of 5 unique types with 3 variants each.
• Random puzzles will get locked tiles to add challenge.
• Some puzzles will be easy and some will be hard, so you never know what you'll get, no matter what grid size you play (however, bigger is usually harder).

Swap Rules:

• Tiles can be swapped in any of 8 directions (sides and corners), but only if the swap is valid.
  • Swap adjacent consecutive numbers, regardless of tile type or color.
  • Use chained tiles (same type, connected) to swap freely within their chain, even if numbers are non-consecutive.
• Locked tiles cannot be swapped and don’t assist in swaps, adding a strategic challenge.

Features:

• Dynamic Variety: 15 visually distinct tile designs, with a new combination in every game.
• Challenging Mechanics: Flexible swap rules and locked tiles make every puzzle unique.
• Progress Tracking: See how many grids you’ve solved for each size.
• Fair Play: Grids are shuffled using the same rules you’ll use to solve them.

Test your problem-solving skills and master the art of swapping, in Ordoma! Are you ready to conquer the grid?

How To Run Game:

Simply extract the zip and run the exe file, and have fun!

Why This Game Was Made:

This game was made for my wife. She had surgery and was stuck in bed. After playing all the games she usually played, she was bored. So I decided to make a new game for her. I knew my wife loves puzzle games, so I started thinking up some concepts. I kept landing on tile based games. And after some trial and error, I finally came up with this. A new combination of simple mechanics with a shuffling mechanism that will always generate solvable puzzles. My wife helped a lot with her opinions about thing. I don't like these kinds of games. So I relied on her to guide me.  She says she loves it and I should share it with everyone. So, I am!

I Hope You Enjoy It!!

A Note To You:

Feel free to comment about what you think of the game. I would love some feedback on this concept. I looked around and couldn't find anything like this. Any improvements you think it needs or if you find any bugs, I would like to know.

Thank you!

Some Visual Understanding: