App Design

Matching Game

To make this app we thought of a few different ideas (such as a timer), but settled on a matching game app. There wasn't much we could add to it, but I thought of and added a score counter about halfway through.

To be honest, we didn't use much teamwork because most of the work was in the coding itself, and after I started writing the first few blocks of code nobody else could figure out what I was doing. Next time I'll see if I can get more involvement in the art of the game, or split up the coding.

The 'problem' my app solved was boredom. While other apps do it way better, this is a good start..

The biggest challenge in making the app was figuring out how to detect matches. Each card has its own number 1-16, so cards 1 and 2 match, cards 3 and 4 match, etc. The final 'if' statement ended up looking like this: 

if (((cardA % 2) == 1) AND (cardA = (cardB - 1))) OR (((cardB % 2) == 1) AND (cardB = (cardA - 1)))

Given more time, I could improve the game by making better card images, adding an image to the back of the cards, and making a title screen.

You can download the app here!

Also, today's my birthday! \o/