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Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by cookie_monsta »

conradfr wrote: post #136
cookie_monsta wrote: post #135

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That doesn't seem like the solution. Are you sure you're talking about level 38? It's starting to seem impossible to me, too, even with your spoiler :( Apart from that I really like this game- it's simple but challenging and looks good, too. I've played other similar ones but this one just nails it for me. The only thing I would add would be a reset button - having to spam the undo button to get back to the start pos…

Click on the top right button, then on bottom left.

Oh, of course - thanks. I never thought of that :/

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Post by cookie_monsta »

chienandalou wrote: post #63

FYI: while the game is running one core of my 5600X is always at 80% load (current Firefox on Fedora Linux), although nothing's really happening. It looks as if there's a busy loop in the background burning CPU cycles. Apart from that, nice game, well done!

Oh, yeah - I think it sucks my battery charge too, that would make sense

Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by natelokers »

conradfr wrote: post #140
natelokers wrote: post #139

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---- explicit spoiler ------ Green: up orange: left - up - right green: down - left - up - right - up - right orange: down green: down - right orange: up - left - down green: left

How do you go green up first when it starts with the orange above it?

for whatever reason, it looks like the mobile and the desktop versions have their X and Y axis swapped, so one may need to swap the instructions

DOWN RIGHT

UP LEFT

so try this

Green: left

orange: up - left - down

green: right - up - left - down - left - down

orange: right

green: right - down

orange: left - up - right

green: up

Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by conradfr »

natelokers wrote: post #143
conradfr wrote: post #140

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How do you go green up first when it starts with the orange above it?

for whatever reason, it looks like the mobile and the desktop versions have their X and Y axis swapped, so one may need to swap the instructions DOWN RIGHT UP LEFT so try this Green: left orange: up - left - down green: right - up - left - down - left - down orange: right green: right - down orange: left - up - right green: up

That's amazing, thanks.

Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by kuboble »

qasimir wrote: post #124
conradfr wrote: post #118

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Did you solve it? I didn't. Buy you can skip to the next level ;)

It isn't solvable, I am willing to put money on it. Not proven rigorously, but mentally one can set up the balls in the final positions and run the puzzle in reverse. the rules change as they can only move orthogonal to a wall or ball they can "push" off, then you can see they can't end up in any configuration which is reachable in the start state, running the normal rules. Keen to hear if if I am wrong OP, but with…

The level 38 is my personal favorite.

I have seen so many of my friends otherwise good at puzzles struggle with it.

It's the first puzzle that requires two relatively non obvious tricks to solve. The first is bringing two pieces in the middle corridor, the second is to use back and forth movement to pass a piece. Both tricks need to be precise and deliberate. It's the first level that is very tough to solve by random walk.

Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by kuboble »

VBprogrammer wrote: post #120
kuboble wrote: post #58

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I have made a very quick-fix for colorblindness at https://kuboble.com/beta/ I'll try to come up with something better in the long term

Looks like you've reverted the changes at some point today. Which is a definite productity win for me!

I have made it configurable in the settings

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Post by meanto »

aklein wrote: post #130
kab0b wrote: post #122

I am completely stuck on Level 37, anyone have a hint?

Green right up left Orange down right up Green down right up That’s on track to solve in 14. Don’t know how to get to 13

Similarly! This is still the only level I can't pass at 5 stars. I finished 38 in 10 minutes, and here I have already spent 5 hours.

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Post by VBprogrammer »

aklein wrote: post #129
VBprogrammer wrote: post #127

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=== Spoiler === I managed that one not too bad. The trick is putting the marker nearest the bottom against the bottom wall (playing it in high contrast mode that's the black one). Then shooting the other one around in a C-shape to get back into it's spot. Now 36 I can't get in 13 moves and I'm stumped!

Stuck on 36 too! 14 moves no matter how much I think about it!

It frustrated me so much that in the end I gave up and wrote some python code to solve it.

Re: Show HN: Kuboble.com – Minimalistic sliding pieces puzzle game

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Post by vz1982 »

aklein wrote: post #129
VBprogrammer wrote: post #127

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=== Spoiler === I managed that one not too bad. The trick is putting the marker nearest the bottom against the bottom wall (playing it in high contrast mode that's the black one). Then shooting the other one around in a C-shape to get back into it's spot. Now 36 I can't get in 13 moves and I'm stumped!

Stuck on 36 too! 14 moves no matter how much I think about it!

It's actually rather simple, just a bit of thinking outside of the box. Always good to predict where your positions in the endgame must be in order to comply with blocking pathway to disable further movement:

Orange -> up, right

Green -> up

Orange -> left, down, right, up

Green -> left, up, right

Orange -> down, left, up

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Post by vz1982 »

meanto wrote: post #147
aklein wrote: post #130

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Green right up left Orange down right up Green down right up That’s on track to solve in 14. Don’t know how to get to 13

Similarly! This is still the only level I can't pass at 5 stars. I finished 38 in 10 minutes, and here I have already spent 5 hours.

Orange -> down, left, up, right, down, left

Green -> down, left

Orange -> up, right, down, left

Green -> up

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