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Re: Hextris

#11

Post by emilsedgh » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:04 PM UTC

Here we go. A new addiction. I was just free'd from 2048. Kudos. This is real fun.

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#12

Post by mnx » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:05 PM UTC

abritishguy wrote: post #9

It gets too fast - if it had a limit to how fast it got then it could go on forever but with it as it currently is there are limits to how high your score can get before it is too fast for you to be able to react and once you reach that score you aren't very motivated to keep playing. I'm struggling to beat 5863

I got 6700 on my third try, and I'm not great at such games. I think there's a lot of randomness to how far you'll get.

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#13

Post by moultano » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:07 PM UTC

I'd remove the reload button. I've hit it three times by accident already.

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#14

Post by thakobyan » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:08 PM UTC

This is awesome. I like it.

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#15

Post by highace » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:14 PM UTC

Coming up next: a bot that plays this automatically.

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#16

Post by Pistos2 » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:19 PM UTC

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#17

Post by 5414h » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

How can the iOs version weight only 4,7mb , i dont get it .

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#18

Post by klausa » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:34 PM UTC

5414h wrote: post #17

How can the iOs version weight only 4,7mb , i dont get it .

Most of the app bundle on iOS are various assets (.pngs, videos, sounds, etc). This looks like it's drawing everything in code, so the app bundle is really small.

Marco's new app, Overcast also has UI drawn almost entirely with code (all icons are generated with PaintCode [1]), and his app [2] is 4.5mb.

[1]: http://www.paintcodeapp.com [2]: https://itunes.apple.com/pl/app/overcast-podcast-player/id88...

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#19

Post by joaorj » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:51 PM UTC

Post your first try score! (and don't waste more time playing, if you can)

Mine: 3387

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#20

Post by chasing » Sun, Aug 17, 2014, 5:52 PM UTC

Interesting idea.

One quick criticism:

I played a couple times and maxed out around 700pts. Then played a game where I didn't touch a single key -- no rotation whatsoever -- and managed to score 3292pts.

I'm not sure what this indicates, but it feels off.