{"id":12517,"date":"2022-05-12T16:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-05-12T07:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=12517"},"modified":"2022-05-12T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T07:57:48","slug":"20220512-12517","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220512-12517\/","title":{"rendered":"Free flag-making puzzle game Flag Mania is now available"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220511-202047\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a> (original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-05-11 17:41<\/em> <em>JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese solo game developer Marudice has released a free puzzle game called <em><strong>Flag Mania: Extreme Puzzle x Quiz<\/strong><\/em>. The game is being distributed on a Japanese website for Unity projects called unityroom and can be played in a web browser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3010\u65b0\u4f5c\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u516c\u958b\u3011<br>\u6226\u4e89\u3092\u306a\u304f\u3059\u306b\u306f\u3084\u306f\u308a\u76f8\u4e92\u7406\u89e3\u3057\u304b\u306a\u3044\u306a\u2026\u3068\u601d\u3044\u3001\u4e16\u754c\u306e\u56fd\u3005\u3092\u697d\u3057\u304f\u5b66\u3079\u308b\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3092\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u307f\u307e\u3057\u305f\uff01<br><br>\u56fd\u65d7\u3092\u6b21\u3005\u306b\u4f5c\u3063\u3066\u3044\u304f\u3046\u3061\u306b\u56fd\u306e\u77e5\u8b58\u304c\u201d\u3061\u3087\u3063\u3068\u8eab\u306b\u3064\u304f\u201d\u3001\u30d1\u30ba\u30eb\u3068\u30af\u30a4\u30ba\u3092\u7d44\u307f\u5408\u308f\u305b\u305f\u65b0\u3057\u3044\u30b2\u30fc\u30e0\u3067\u3059<br>URL\u304b\u3089\u3059\u3050\u904a\u3079\u307e\u3059\uff01<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Od8sHLy5jZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Od8sHLy5jZ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/unity1week?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#unity1week<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/piWIkEsjTK\">pic.twitter.com\/piWIkEsjTK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u4e38\u30c0\u30a4\u30b9 (@dice_maru) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dice_maru\/status\/1523989911359344640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\">Tweet Translation:<br>New game now available.<br>I think the only way to end war is through mutual understanding, so I tried making a game where you can have fun learning about national flags! It\u2019s a new game where you gain bits of knowledge about countries as you make their flags.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Flag Mania<\/em> is a puzzle game where you use colored tiles in a 5&#215;5 grid to make flags. Players move a 2&#215;2 cursor around the playfield which rotates the tiles within it, with the goal of putting together the flag the game tasks you with making. For example, if you line up 3 blue tiles over 3 yellow tiles, you have the two-tone Ukrainian flag. Line up a white, blue, and red tile and you have the Russian flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It may look simple at a glance, but the difficulty varies depending on the flag. Flags like France and Germany may take 3 colors and 6 tiles, but flags like Japan with its red circle or Finland with its cross pattern require 9 tiles, making them a bit more difficult. Plus, the number of tile colors that appear on the board increases as you progress. Sometimes you won\u2019t have the tiles needed to make a flag and will have to swap a tile out for a random new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each challenge also has a time limit, so the faster you complete the flag, the better score you will receive. Make a bunch of flags and aim for a high score. The game contains flags from 37 different countries and each country is accompanied with information about it so players can learn more about them the more they play.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12521\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-header-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/20220511-202047-002-747x420.jpg 747w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Flag Mania<\/em> was developed for the Unity One Week Game Jam being held by unityroom. The theme for the game jam was \u201cto arrange.\u201d Marudice has released titles such as a social distancing rhythm game where you break up crowds called <em>Mitsudesu Beat Street<\/em> (which means Crowded Beat Street), the calculation puzzle game <em>EQUALINE<\/em>, and the puzzle adventure game <em>Treehouse Riddle<\/em>. Marudice is currently working on a handstand puzzle action game called <em>Invercity<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220422-11847\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">related article<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Flag Mania: Extreme Puzzle x Quiz<\/em> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/unityroom.com\/games\/flag_mania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> on unityroom. 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