SwitchTile - A New Puzzle for your Touchscreen Device [Android]

tried this on my phone today. got a 2 second single. Are people still playing this or no?
 
My sub-1 list. Pretty sure there are 1083 times there. I don't keep track of avgs (because mobile app), I know I have some sub 1s though.

The 0.14 is a 2 mover, for some reason much faster than all my other 2 movers. I'm not sure if a one mover is possible. The longest I've sub 1'ed is 7 moves, not often though. Only got low 1s at best on 8 moves.

Also I have every 0.xy up to 0.30, which I only got recently with a 0.46.

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Read through the thread again. Alex got a one mover on mobile so I guess it is possible, I'm just unlucky. Also Roman's solver is interesting. He only got a 7 mover at worst. Some solutions were very unintuitive (to me) though. Maybe sub 1 global avg is possible.
 
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I found a nice checkerboard pattern:
 

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Is there a version of this where I don't need to wait for the animation of the pieces sliding
 

Happy new year Speedsolving! I have just released a brand new version of switchtile - a puzzle game for touchscreen devices, where a scrambled two-dimensional grid of tiles must be rearranged back to the original grid pattern as fast as possible. It's completely free, with no hidden in-app-purchases or adverts.

I developed the original app 7 years ago in 2014 (if you're getting deja vu!), and it gained a small following of speed-solvers competing for the best times and averages. However it has since grown old, and is now quite outdated and sluggish. As a result, I have spent the past 12 months creating a brand new version, with loads of new features!
  • Two modes- classic & advanced
    • In classic mode, the rows and columns of the 2d grid wrap around the edges
    • Advanced mode adds the ability to rotate the central tile(s)
  • Three board sizes - 3x3, 4x4, 5x5
  • Timed sessions
    • Keep track of consecutive solve averages: mean-of-3, average-of-5 and average-of-12
  • Detailed statistics
    • View all of your personal records, and results from every timed session
  • Configurable animation speeds
    • Tile sliding animations can be completely disabled if you want!
  • Multitouch support
    • Multiple rows/columns can be interacted with simultaneously!
    • Using two fingers to swipe a single row/column will move it twice
  • Dark theme!
  • Loads of different tile colour schemes
Constant development is funded through the Patreon page. Although the game has only been released for Android devices so far, I am planning to prepare and release an iOS version if the Patreon goal is reached, since iOS development is unfortunately really expensive!

Screenshots:

switchtile-app-screenshots.png
 
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New release: Version 1.1.0
  • Added seeded timed sessions - allows you to challenge a friend to an identical set of scrambles!
  • Added scrollable list of individual solve times to session statistics
  • Fixed "ice cream" tile colour scheme
  • Small optimisation to scrambling algorithm
  • Small UI fixes/improvements
Simply press and hold the "▶ timed session" button to configure a new seeded timed session. Send the seed you use to someone else to compete with identical scrambles.

Side note: any times/averages achieved in a seeded timed session do not count towards personal records (this is to prevent cheating by preparing for a seed).
 
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