A downloadable game for Windows

My first game. Written in C# / .Net framework. The only program I'd made before this was getchar(); and printf(); in a console window.

It shows you the name of a character from MLP, and three attributes (pony race, hair color and coat color). If two or three of them don't fit the character, you hit the button. Otherwise, wait for the round timer to run out.

The amount of rounds to play and how much time there is per round can both be adjusted before starting. I think 3-5 seconds and 20-40 rounds is a good, doable challenge.

Might come back to this later and add more features, more challenge, make it all more balanced. I already have ideas. Maybe add the ability to pull the pony information from an easy to edit .txt file so that the character list is no longer hardcoded into the program and can be changed by anyone on the fly.


In the name of full disclosure: I did use a bit of GPT and have marked it accordingly. To make this a 1-button game (instead of two, a yes and a no button, for which I wouldn't have needed any extra help) I needed a  function that waits for a set amount of time or until a button is pressed.

I researched the function normally but found the solutions given by actual users on stackoverflow etcetera to be a bit complicated to understand as a total first-timer.

They're probably good and very suitable even for large applications but what's the point of just copying code I don't understand?  i'm not some AI-praiser, but its provided solution was so simple and to the point,  that I straight-away was able to understand its working principles,  learn from it and change it up as much as I needed.  And that's the best thing we can use those machines for.

most everything else is by me, the whole idea (simple as it is) and all the other code. Some code of course came from forum posts and Visual Studio guides. and was adapted for my needs.  The art came off a booru.

Published 11 days ago
StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Authorskelmach

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PonyMisMatch.exe 62 kB

Install instructions

I honestly don't know if it'll run on its own. Might need .Net Framework 4.7.2.

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