As an example, when I was trying to make the transition from C and Python to C++, I wrote a moderately sized interactive, real time, visual programming language. I didn’t ever show it to anyone, but I went back and looked at it a year later: I totally facepalmed because it was filled with glaring indications that I totally wasn’t a C++ programmer. For example, I often accessed an object’s members with “this->bar” (like in Python, where you use “self.bar”).
I certainly learned a lot, so it wasn’t a waste of time (and it was a fun project for me anyway). If I had a really good friend or mentor who would have been willing to invest the time to do an extensive code review first, then it might have been a useful demo. But at the time, I had no idea just how little I knew!
huedoku.com (and the app on itunes)
oogiecam (on itunes)
thanks!
Huedoko is fun for the first few plays anyway. I love the clever name. Being 4 years old and never updated may not “read” the greatest evidence that you’re actively developing.
The core gameplay is alright. It’s not going to be a game that I’ll find addictive, but the core gameplay was interesting and different in a generally good way.
What was missing was some of the challenge/fun elements of modern puzzle games. A timer, a target number of moves, maybe locking in the squares that were already correct. (Why would it move them anyway once I knew they were correct?)
It was also missing some polish. On an XS Max, it didn’t fill the screen. Every so often, I would end up with a solid red screen that I had to click on to proceed.
In your shoes, I’d consider using that app as the basis to rewrite it in React Native. That will give you a game where you know the core dynamics and gameplay, a modern platform that’s highly relevant and well-understood by recruiters.
For oogieCam, I got nothing at all useful until I realized I had to turn off the hardware mute button on my phone (which generally lives engaged but if you can find in software the fact that it’s set, you could give the user a hint). This one’s much more on me than you/the app, but a recruiter or hiring manager is going to be making a 5 minute judgment, so maximize your chances.
Best of luck!