Can you please make an update where you guarantee that it is solvable :D I spend too long trying to get it right, but I always run out of numbers even if I only do the pairs (5/5,6/4,7/3,8/2,9/1). Or maybe make sure that there is an even amount of each number. It triggers me that I can never clean up perfectly. :D
haha yeah it’s frustrating, isn’t it? If you did somehow clear the full board within the 2 minutes that would be wild, you’d need some impossible luck.
I’m not gonna change this version BUT I’ve been working on an expansion with a bunch of variant game modes, and some of them are quite satisfying :)
Gave me some interesting insight into some of how my dyslexia works, haha. Kind of wild to watch that play out. Really neat! Worked really cleanly, especially considering the jam limitation.
Yeah! It was crazy how I just could not do the math quickly enough, it just took ages like trying to focus through a nasty lens. And then when I started memorizing color combos it was like the board just LIT UP with combos! I had this moment of "oh wow is this just how people perceive numbers? They just? mean what they mean at face value and people just Understand them at a glance?".
Like, just the way it was so much easier when I just thought about color combos really opened my eyes to how much I truly struggle with numbers. Thinking about finding a way to color code whatever math I have to do in the future and seeing if it helps a little!
oh, fascinating! personally, I find the colors helpful, but it’s not nearly as drastic as you describe. thank you for sharing! what an unexpected positive impact my little game has had
Afraid I cannot read PICO code, but I was wondering, is there anything being done to balance the fact that lower value numbers will be more combinable than high value ones? i.e. higher score or lower spawn rate, as I wasn’t able to tell.
Nope! it’s pure randomness, white noise. I’ve been working on an expansion with a bunch of variant game modes, and I’ve been playing with the distribution in some of them – there’s one where every number spawns the same exact number of times as every other number 😌
I've seen mobile ads for this type of game so when I saw this game promoted on the front page of itch.io, I gave it a go! It took me a while to differentiate the numbers and to realize that 7 was not a 1! Overall, I liked it, and I can see how this kind of game can become addictive. I wish the board was bigger, the numbers not as close to one another, and the game to not be timed. Just not for me, but fun for many people! Also, is it colorblind friendly?
Incredibly fun, I played it over 20 times and got up to 203 points! I can't believe this can be done with 500 lines of code! And I'm a bad cat who resets if there are too many 9s in the initial placement, nya~.
Very cool game. I loved finding more and more patterns and rules as I played and interesting behaviors, like clearing 9+1s in the beginning cause 9s are useless and will get in a way otherwise, but you also sacrifice useful 1s and sometimes it's better not too. And later just seeing combinations and not having to count, just knowing momentarily that 4+4+2 is 10, etc
I noticed a bug: if score counts equals to the size of an area you have selected, not the size of an area that would contain all the numbers. Like, if you have selection with empty space around numbers, you would receive score equal to the size of that empty space if you selected it.
This seems like a bug because it doesn't work like the way the rules state, but I think it works better then intended this way. With the blank spaces being used there's more strategy and reward for clearing certain areas. Please do not patch this!
This is fascinating! I wasn't familiar with "Fruit Box" and this a wonderful rendition. I think I actually prefer your simplification and use of color, although the music on "Fruit Box" is great.
Very nice simple idea! Sometimes I'll see some numbers grouped together and think "I feel like there's something here that works" and just drag some boxes quick to see if I can get one by feel.
When I saw TweetTweetJam going around I thought of you and wondered if you were making something! Absolutely wacky how compact you manage to make these, I need to get more comfortable with P8 so you can teach me.
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Can you please make an update where you guarantee that it is solvable :D I spend too long trying to get it right, but I always run out of numbers even if I only do the pairs (5/5,6/4,7/3,8/2,9/1). Or maybe make sure that there is an even amount of each number. It triggers me that I can never clean up perfectly. :D
haha yeah it’s frustrating, isn’t it? If you did somehow clear the full board within the 2 minutes that would be wild, you’d need some impossible luck.
I’m not gonna change this version BUT I’ve been working on an expansion with a bunch of variant game modes, and some of them are quite satisfying :)
We need to see some of those!
I don't think you need to create pairs; as long as the sum of the whole board adds to a multiple of 10, that should do it!
edit: don't listen to me, this doesn't work
Agreed that would be good/better as well
Gave me some interesting insight into some of how my dyslexia works, haha. Kind of wild to watch that play out. Really neat! Worked really cleanly, especially considering the jam limitation.
oh? I’m interested to hear more, if you’d like to share. thanks for playing!
Yeah! It was crazy how I just could not do the math quickly enough, it just took ages like trying to focus through a nasty lens. And then when I started memorizing color combos it was like the board just LIT UP with combos! I had this moment of "oh wow is this just how people perceive numbers? They just? mean what they mean at face value and people just Understand them at a glance?".
Like, just the way it was so much easier when I just thought about color combos really opened my eyes to how much I truly struggle with numbers. Thinking about finding a way to color code whatever math I have to do in the future and seeing if it helps a little!
oh, fascinating! personally, I find the colors helpful, but it’s not nearly as drastic as you describe. thank you for sharing! what an unexpected positive impact my little game has had
Nice but I think I would like it more if you had a fixed amount of moves instead of a time limit.
That would be a very interesting variant.
ok that was adictive
Yooooo
for 500 characters this game is actually insane, size doesnt matter !
it does if we're talking about smth else ifykyk
Afraid I cannot read PICO code, but I was wondering, is there anything being done to balance the fact that lower value numbers will be more combinable than high value ones? i.e. higher score or lower spawn rate, as I wasn’t able to tell.
Nope! it’s pure randomness, white noise. I’ve been working on an expansion with a bunch of variant game modes, and I’ve been playing with the distribution in some of them – there’s one where every number spawns the same exact number of times as every other number 😌
Great and very fun game!
not too much
Current PB!:![]()
Super fun game, especially for the fact it was made with minimizing characters.
New PB!: 299
381 now!
I got a high score of 70!
how u get 1.1978571669969891796072783721689e+100?
I like how it lets me play after the timer ends, without scores obviously but i love finding patterns.
original and simple.
what a cool simple game ! I 've got too many 9 8 7 and less 1 2 3 unfinishable but fun !
This game is so amazing and simple. And colours and fonts are very nicely fitting into the whole experience.
Really Fun
holy shit
this is the best ive ever done
🤯🤯🤯
Addicting little thing!
Also damn, I thought my score of 146 was good, but these comments are proving me otherwise.
Broke 700!
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This game is so fun. I like the colorful numbers, and the graphics! Great work!
Hi! We played your game on stream and really enjoyed it!
good game and it reminds old school game called greed.
Fun game
Incredibly fun, I played it over 20 times and got up to 203 points!
I can't believe this can be done with 500 lines of code!
And I'm a bad cat who resets if there are too many 9s in the initial placement, nya~.
This is super cool, great job!
Significantly better scores are possible, based on RNG and optimal play
there's a hidden endless mode 😄
it definitely took a while but my high score is 212!!!
update: 319. i'm INSANE
Very cool concept! I was only able to get 33, and only one of those was a square, which was what I was really trying to hunt down.
Very cool game. I loved finding more and more patterns and rules as I played and interesting behaviors, like clearing 9+1s in the beginning cause 9s are useless and will get in a way otherwise, but you also sacrifice useful 1s and sometimes it's better not too. And later just seeing combinations and not having to count, just knowing momentarily that 4+4+2 is 10, etc
I noticed a bug: if score counts equals to the size of an area you have selected, not the size of an area that would contain all the numbers. Like, if you have selection with empty space around numbers, you would receive score equal to the size of that empty space if you selected it.
This seems like a bug because it doesn't work like the way the rules state, but I think it works better then intended this way. With the blank spaces being used there's more strategy and reward for clearing certain areas. Please do not patch this!
Actually I agree after a while of playing
Personal best:
Wtf,wow. Congrats!
This is fascinating! I wasn't familiar with "Fruit Box" and this a wonderful rendition. I think I actually prefer your simplification and use of color, although the music on "Fruit Box" is great.
This is f'n addictive, after achieving my score I could literally see numbers everywhere. Great game, best so far for me.
youve carved out the shape of a bird!
Oh god, you're right :D cute! 🐦
Very nice simple idea! Sometimes I'll see some numbers grouped together and think "I feel like there's something here that works" and just drag some boxes quick to see if I can get one by feel.
When I saw TweetTweetJam going around I thought of you and wondered if you were making something! Absolutely wacky how compact you manage to make these, I need to get more comfortable with P8 so you can teach me.