Pixel Defenders Puzzle

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Submitted by FixFlare on Thu, 2026/07/16 - 19:34

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*NOTE* - I do not own a sailfish phone so I'm only able to test this on the i486 emulator where I know it works. Currently, the ARM version may crash so consider it a beta until I confirm the ARM version is working and can remove this note.

Pixel Defenders Puzzle is a unique game of strategic matching and RPG battling!
Place, match and thwack your way through dozens of gorgeous retro-style levels, a variety of game-modes and special hand-crafted scenarios!

An innovative hybrid of match-3-puzzler and RPG-battler, in Pixel Defenders Puzzle you carefully match pixels to create Defenders and protect princesses, kings & queens from waves of fiendish enemies!

Match three pixels of the same color to create Defender units and engage in tactical, RPG-style battle sequences.

Match Defenders together to create even more powerful heroes with stronger attacks and special moves.

» Test your wits in specially designed puzzle stages!
» Take on endless hoards of enemies in the action-packed Assault Mode!
» Put your matching skills to the test in Endless Mode: no enemies, just unlimited pixels to match and build your high score!
» Face the ultimate challenge of the final boss battle!

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Attachment	Size	Date
harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle-2.0.1-9.aarch64.rpm	37.19 MB	16/07/2026 - 19:34
harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle-2.0.1-9.armv7hl.rpm	35.56 MB	16/07/2026 - 19:34
harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle-2.0.1-9.i486.rpm	37.73 MB	16/07/2026 - 19:34

Changelog:

Originally released for iPhone 3, the game has been updated and ported to Sailfish OS with permission from the original developer.

-8 - Completely changed the way I'm launching the app to try and fix issues with Sailjail. If it wasn't working for you before, please try again with -8.

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ahjolinna's picture

Sat, 2026/07/11 - 19:48

well I tested latest -8 on my Jolla Phone and it still doesnt work wont even launch like before, here is log:
sailjail -p :
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ahjolinna/df6621f2c430e01a4719456c0c6...
journalctl -fa :
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ahjolinna/d15a170012dbb4ff690bc08ab20...

there has been some changes on 5.2 with sailjail

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ahjolinna's picture

Sat, 2026/07/11 - 19:50

also tested on my Xperia 10 II which I upgraded to 5.2 (way early), and it does run like before with the blankscreen, so it does seem this is JP26 issue

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ahjolinna's picture

Fri, 2026/07/17 - 01:46

well now it does launch on JP26 from terminal normally, but unlike with Xperia 10 II it wont even get the blank screen launch when trying to open normally.

https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ahjolinna/5c29d429783d52cc77f73d688b5...
https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ahjolinna/a0c44152d7a2412730b5bbd1eb5...

maybe you need to do the same custom permissions thing as this game: https://openrepos.net/content/aegg/gagarina-space-jumper

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iXo's picture

Sun, 2026/06/14 - 00:30

I am unable to start it, I guess it's because I am one the mentionned ARM arch. Edit : just installed the update, it launch, I can hear a nice song, but screen is black.

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windes's picture

Mon, 2026/06/29 - 13:46

Well, it's unstable, can fall in any time, but.. It's continue from last step, and is possible to play. If I added Sandboxing=Disabled and start game from terminal or if just start from icon - nevermind, falls equally, from time to time.

Played till 29 level (of 36) now. Not bad game. There are some bugs when game falls and you start from same place - action point is reduced by 1, also cost of move unit increases on 1-2.

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windes's picture

Wed, 2026/07/15 - 09:42

Oh.. Played till last 36 level, where a main boss is ready. When he pulling his first attack - game fall down. Restart game - again falling after his attack. Please fix! ))
DEBUG: chdir to /usr/share/harbour-com.fixflare.
pdpuzzle success
xkbcommon: ERROR: couldn't find a Compose file f
or locale "ru_RU.utf8" (mapped to "ru_RU.utf8")
starling/core/Starling.hx:735: [Starling] Contex
t ready. Display Driver: OpenGL Vendor=Qualcomm
Version=OpenGL ES 3.2 V@269.0 (GIT@1dcb581, I26d
ffed9a4) (Date:01/10/18) Renderer=Adreno (TM) 50
8 GLSL=OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding textureAtlas 'persistent'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding textureAtlas 'all'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'kro65'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '04b11'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '04b11Nums'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '04b11Score'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '13px'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '11px16'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'KroTS1'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'KroTS2'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'KroTS3'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'KroTS4'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont 'LineActIn'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '11px3'
Source/pdpuzzle/util/DestructionManager.hx:49: D
estroying: object has no 'kind' field
Source/pdpuzzle/util/DestructionManager.hx:49: D
estroying: object has no 'kind' field
Ошибка сегментирования (core dumped)

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FixFlare's picture

Wed, 2026/07/15 - 13:47

Wow, impressive that you got that far. Fun game right? Was one of my favorites back in the day which is why I wanted to port it.

Was that version -7 or -8?

I was under the impression folks weren't working without disabling sailjail so I was still focused on fixing that.

If you want to DM me to work through this bug feel free to.

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windes's picture

Thu, 2026/07/16 - 09:36

Both, -7 and -8 - same falling, same error. Yea, game is cool)

Direct message to where? Do you have Telegram?

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FixFlare's picture

Thu, 2026/07/16 - 22:37

I think you can just click my username then click the "contact" tab within this site?

I pushed -9 I'm confident that will fix your issue with the demon boss and his fireball move.
That's assuming you're able to launch it at all since I'm still trying to fix sailjail.

Please let me know if sailjail works on this version and if you're able to fight the demon.

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windes's picture

Sat, 2026/06/13 - 12:45

Cool! On armv7hl it starts and even can play! But falls on tutorial on last step where 5 action points must be collected. Skipped tutorial. Started game. After 3 minutes it falls on error when i just tap next object:
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '11px3'
Source/pdpuzzle/util/DestructionManager.hx:49: D
estroying: object has no 'kind' field
Source/pdpuzzle/util/DestructionManager.hx:49: D
estroying: object has no 'kind' field
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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Ingvix's picture

Fri, 2026/06/12 - 14:57

Trying it out of sailjail, it seems to crash during tutorial after you've been allowed to insert units freely to gain action points and you try to insert your first unit. It output Error : Oper.dis() called with null event name, before exiting.

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FixFlare's picture

Sat, 2026/06/13 - 04:15

Try version -7 which will hopefully fix sailjail.

I haven't tested the tutorial on Sailfish but I did play all the way through the first level on the emulator with no issues.

You can actually skip the tutorial and see if that does any better but I want to get it working without any workarounds first before I consider any bugs like this.

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ahjolinna's picture

Sat, 2026/06/13 - 12:51

-7 sadly didnt work

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FixFlare's picture

Sun, 2026/06/14 - 04:42

at all, or would still function outside of sailjail?

If you can, see if you get any errors with this - it would help

sailjail -p /usr/share/applications/harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle.desktop /usr/bin/harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle

and following journalctl from another terminal while trying to launch

 journalctl -fa

It works fine for me on the simulator but I'm hoping it'll throw an error or something that will tell us what the problem is for your real device.

If you want, feel free to use the direct message thing here.

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ahjolinna's picture

Thu, 2026/06/25 - 21:02

sorry didnt notice your comment, had some personal stuff, I tried your latest version still same issues (blank screen with audio, but it seems the game does run as you can interact with the game ..you just cant see anything)

here is latest logs using your promts:
https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c8a19b9ee18c
and
https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/c63b45a7de96

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FixFlare's picture

Sat, 2026/07/11 - 18:39

Appreciate it-

Took a break from this for a bit while I worked on some other apps. The good news is I learned a few things about sailjail during that process so I think I may have fixed it now. Completely changed the way I'm launching the app.

If you get a chance, try -8 and let me know if it works with sailjail now.

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Matias's picture

Fri, 2026/06/12 - 08:55

Latest version works on my Xperia 10 iii! Only from the terminal though, staring it regularly results in a black screen with music. Seems to be a problem with SailJail, because adding Sandboxing=Disabled under [X-Sailjail] in the .desktop file works around it.

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FixFlare's picture

Sat, 2026/06/13 - 04:08

Nice - thanks for the report.

Weird though, because it works on the simulator with the jail.

I'll see if I can figure out what is different about these android based devices that blocks it.

Update: Added -7 to attempt to fix sailjail.

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windes's picture

Thu, 2026/06/11 - 11:15

Fix the version number please ) It's already 2.0.1, but not starting ever.

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FixFlare's picture

Fri, 2026/06/12 - 08:01

I haven't changed the game code at all, just how I'm compiling it really.

Hoping to get a working stable version before I put on Jolla store and then I'll have to increment the version.

Just pushed -6, I think that has a decent chance of working this time. Had a bit of a eureka moment.

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windes's picture

Wed, 2026/06/10 - 08:57

-5 is better, almost starts, even show a cover logo of game, and falls after.

[defaultuser@XperiaXA2 ~]$ harbour-com.fixflare.
pdpuzzle
DEBUG: readlink /proc/self/exe: /usr/share/harbo
ur-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle/harbour-com.fixflare.pd
puzzle
DEBUG: Derived Sailfish pkgName: harbour-com.fix
flare.pdpuzzle
xkbcommon: ERROR: couldn't find a Compose file f
or locale "ru_RU.utf8" (mapped to "ru_RU.utf8")
starling/core/Starling.hx:735: [Starling] Contex
t ready. Display Driver: OpenGL Vendor=Qualcomm
Version=OpenGL ES 3.2 V@269.0 (GIT@1dcb581, I26d
ffed9a4) (Date:01/10/18) Renderer=Adreno (TM) 50
8 GLSL=OpenGL ES GLSL ES 3.20
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding textureAtlas 'persistent'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding textureAtlas 'intro'
starling/assets/AssetManager.hx:1042: [AssetMana
ger] Adding bitmapFont '11px16intro'
Segmentation error (core dumped)

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amol's picture

Tue, 2026/06/09 - 21:41

Facing issues too, it doesn't start for me

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amol's picture

Sat, 2026/06/13 - 12:22

Last release improved things a little for me. The game now starts and I hear the music, but the screen is black. Steps forward, thanks for your efforts!

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windes's picture

Tue, 2026/06/09 - 09:48

Most coolest graphics ever on Sailfish! (If game will start). XA2, armv7hl - Segmentation fault (core dumped).

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fingus's picture

Sun, 2026/06/07 - 10:13

Did not start on Jolla C2 (5.0.0.78)

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FixFlare's picture

Mon, 2026/06/08 - 00:36

Unfortunately I do not actually own a Sailfish phone yet. I ordered one to arrive in September but this was entirely developed on the i386 emulator.

So with that said, I haven't been able to test on an actual ARM phone like yours.

If you're able to provide logs when you attempt to start I might be able to troubleshoot it from that though.

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fingus's picture

Mon, 2026/06/08 - 15:00

[defaultuser@JollaC2 ~]$ harbour-com.fixflare.pdpuzzle
Segmentation fault (core dumped)

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FixFlare's picture

Mon, 2026/06/08 - 18:45

New version pushed give version -3 a try. Pretty confident it should work now.

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ahjolinna's picture

Mon, 2026/06/08 - 04:07

I got this one my Xperia 10 II (using SailfishOS 5.1):

Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x000000555581de00 in hx::ObjectPtr<openfl::errors::Error_obj>::CastPtr(hx::
Object*, bool) ()
(gdb) bt full
#0 0x000000555581de00 in hx::ObjectPtr<openfl::errors::Error_obj>::CastPtr(
hx::Object*, bool) ()
No symbol table info available.
#1 0x000000555576d990 in bool Dynamic::IsClass<hx::ObjectPtr<openfl::errors
::Error_obj> >() [clone .isra.0] ()
No symbol table info available.

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FixFlare's picture

Mon, 2026/06/08 - 18:17

Thank you - that helped, fix incoming.

Ironically of all 3 architectures, I think it was only arm64 that was broken.

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