16-02-2005, 10:15 | #1 |
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Gridgame
http://www.columbia.edu/~chc18/gridgame.swf
Get a chain reaction for as long as possible. My record is 404 Edit: new record: 798 8th attempt: 1900
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16-02-2005, 11:53 | #2 |
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more of a trial and error game. on the fifth try I got 1178 points.
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16-02-2005, 13:14 | #3 |
Prince
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My highest is <s>702</s> 1528. I don't do it strategically, it's luck.
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16-02-2005, 17:20 | #4 |
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1145 on 2nd try. Pure luck. Interesting to see how the shapes tend to order themselves after the chainreaction.
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16-02-2005, 17:29 | #5 |
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luck:
7.5KB
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16-02-2005, 17:37 | #6 |
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Indeed. Luck is the main factor here. Considering the domain this game is on, I d say that this game is more about noting how the curves sort after turning, than about "scoring".
They do seem to sort in an orderly fashion.
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16-02-2005, 22:30 | #7 |
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Something I noticed: There is a maximum score to be achieved. I don't know how high, but there is a max score.
If you look at a random start. I've marked the balls that can't ever be moved -unless started with- black. Let's call them "black balls". 26.6*KB As a consequence of that there are balls -red- who can only move 3 times at max, as they than have their line-endings pointing towards the sides or to a black ball. 26.94*KB This continues cancelling out more and more balls. 27.3*KB But what about a start without any "black balls", or if you start with the only black ball, "unblacking" it? Well; soon enough you'll have a black ball, no matter what. In my pictures, if you look at the most south-western ball, it canonly turn 3 times at max, as it then has its line-endings facing south and west wall. It then becomes a "black ball" and from there the stop pattern starts as well. 28.21*KB So eventually all balls will be "black" and game over. I feel no urge to calculate the maximum score though ...
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16-02-2005, 23:05 | #8 |
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My high score
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17-02-2005, 22:39 | #9 |
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1754
first try but not much skill involved
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17-02-2005, 22:44 | #10 |
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