Hey all, its Drake!
I've been working on this app for a lil bit, and then I stopped because I realised I didnt know how to make up new puzzles. I don't plan on finishing it in this state, but I thought what I have done is kinda cool still, so I'm sharing it with you peeps! I'll also include the .aia file if you wanna check out how I made it.
This kind of puzzle relies on tables (lists of lists) and the Any (component) blocks.
You will need to code a table whose rows are the various aisles (I can't call them rows and columns because I already used some of those words for my internal data structures.)
You have 10 aisles, 5 vertical and 5 horizontal.
Because you chose a 5 by 5 puzzle, each aisle has 5 checkbox components in it, along with a Label component to show the desired count for that aisle.
That structure can be reused across puzzles at runtime.
A puzzle is defined by the 10 numbers reading across the top of the puzzle and down the left side. Those numbers are targets for the sum of the number of checked checkboxes in that matching aisle, right?
This foundation will make for a simpler app logic for you to code.
P.S. The AI2 Table Arrangement is notoriously buggy, and can corrupt AI2 projects if you have them in Designer Copy/Paste operations. I personally prefer nested Horizontal Arrangements inside a Vertical Arrangement. The Designer's Copy/Paste facility makes those easy to build.
