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Don't Break the Pattern: a fast pattern game
Sixty-second rounds of generated puzzles where the rules can change mid-round. Our offline, ad-free brain game for Android.
Ready for release, with a signed build pipeline. Not yet published.
- Owner
- NinjaNext product
- Industry
- Consumer Apps & Games
- Period
- 2026
- Platforms
- Android
- Key figures
- 6generated puzzle types
The problem
We wanted a quick game for short breaks that keeps players thinking, without ads, accounts or data collection.
What we built
A seeded puzzle engine generates six types of puzzle and checks each one is fair. A pure game-session reducer handles timers, scoring, combos, lives and surprise rule changes, which keeps the logic easy to test.
Key features
- 60-second rounds with four answers, three lives and a speed bonus
- Combo score multiplier
- Six generated puzzle types, including sequences, colour patterns, odd one out and memory flash
- Five difficulty levels that rise during play
- Surprise rule-change cards such as 'Choose the opposite'
- Daily challenge with a streak, generated offline
- Coins and unlockable colour themes, with no in-app purchases
- Fully offline: no ads, analytics, accounts or data collection
Technology stack
The main technologies used in this project.
- React Native
- Expo
- TypeScript
- react-native-reanimated
- expo-sqlite
- expo-audio
- Jest
- GitHub Actions
Our role
Designed and built by NinjaNext.
Challenges and how we handled them
Generated puzzles that are always solvable
Each generator has a validator that checks the puzzle has a single correct answer before it is shown, and the same seed always produces the same daily challenge.
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