I’ve just released a HUGE update of my Find the Differences Game Template to the Unity Asset store. This has been a big update, which focused on the gameplay, along with many performance improvements and bug fixes. While the main randomizer engine stayed the same, I’ve improved its mechanisms to make it simpler and easier to create Find the Different games (also known as Spot the difference).
So, what went into the update?
First, I’ve redesigned the whole UI of the game template, to align with popular games in the Google Play store – a single Play button, with skipping to the next level upon completion:
I’ve also added a pause menu, with Music, Sound and Vibrate options:
Then, I improved the actual gameplay.
I’ve added support for finding differences in both the original and the modified versions of the image, as well as made the number of found and remaining changes more visible and friendly, as a list of stars at the top of the screen, and visual feedback when clicking a place with no difference:
In addition, I included Unity Ads integration into the template, to make it easier to monetize games created with the template.
Lastly, bugs fixes and performance improvements
The update includes many, many, MANY bug fixes that I found along the way. It also includes lots of performance improvements, making the game much faster and smoother for players. These changes include reducing the number of scripts executed, avoiding many components, usages of better Unity APIs, etc.
So, what’s next?
There are a few additional features that I hope to get into the next update – Unity Analytics and Google AdMob integration, support for image zoom, and hints.