Simple Addictive Game

[jali]

Simple addictive game. I can't stop! (shaking my fist at Plime)

Well, I DID stop to come here to share the love.

http://www.enigmasand.com/.

[CatInASuit]

Simple addictive game. I can't stop! (shaking my fist at Plime)

Well, I DID stop to come here to share the love.

http://www.enigmasand.com/.


4078 for a first go, I'm sure I can do better than that.

[Hal Briston]

9773 on my second try (well, ok, third...but I'm not counting my actual second game with the score of -1).

[Santo Rugger]

26625 on try 3. :)

[brendon_small]

Am I the only one who can't get it to work?

When I click the link, I get two colored boxes and a bit of text saying "http://www.enigmasand.com/ is coming soon."

I want to play, too!

Brendon Small

[Bearflag70]

I got 25088 by avoiding reds and blues completely from the start of the game until the thing got too big. I had ONE bank the entire game, then lost immediately.

So the record so far for a single bank is 25088.

[Bearflag70]

So the record so far for a single bank is 25088.

Would you believe... 42632 ?

[Bearflag70]

First Bank: 47432
Final Score: 47641

[Bearflag70]

First Bank: 62658
Final Score: 63360

Over 50000 and I'm finished. Thanks for the link.

[brendon_small]

Must've been the computer I was on. It's working fine now on a computer in the same lab but a few rows over.

Brendon

[bouv]

How are you people getting such big banks on the first one? By the time I get to just ~7000, the mass of green dots is so big it's near impossible to avoid a red dot.

[mmouse9799]

bouv you touch a blue dot to "bank" the green dots and clear your circle.

[bouv]

bouv you touch a blue dot to "bank" the green dots and clear your circle.

I know that, but it seems to me people are saying their first "bank" is in the 40,000 point range (ie, the first time they touch a blue circle they get 40,000 points.) I bank the blob when it's as big as I can manage, and it's (at most) around 7,000.

ETA: Here's a screenshot. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=blob.jpg) I banked that about a second later with that blue dot in the upper right corner and it was just over 2500 points. How people get 20x that score on their first bank is beyond me.

[jjimm]

bouv you touch a blue dot to "bank" the green dots and clear your circle.I think bouv knows that - just not how to avoid a red or blue one when your mass of green peas fills pretty much the entire playing area. That's my problem, anyway - maximum bank has been about 6,700.

[Robot Arm]

ETA: Here's a screenshot. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=blob.jpg) I banked that about a second later with that blue dot in the upper right corner and it was just over 2500 points. How people get 20x that score on their first bank is beyond me.I'm pretty sure the scoring is exponential on blob size. I had a ~13,000 bank, and it wasn't five times that size. So a few extra greenies before banking seems to be the secret to a high score.

Who else has had a dangerously large blob, ready to bank, and then the blue dots stop coming for a while?

[Bearflag70]

I know that, but it seems to me people are saying their first "bank" is in the 40,000 point range (ie, the first time they touch a blue circle they get 40,000 points.) I bank the blob when it's as big as I can manage, and it's (at most) around 7,000.

ETA: Here's a screenshot. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=blob.jpg) I banked that about a second later with that blue dot in the upper right corner and it was just over 2500 points. How people get 20x that score on their first bank is beyond me.

The green blob in your screenshot has arms on it, like a galaxy. There are a lot of gaps in the blob you can fill. Filling those gaps makes the green blob essentially the same diameter as what you have there, but much more dense. Try to hit the green dots in a way that maximizes density and minimizes the diameter; avoid making arms that stick out. A very dense and compact little blob is what you want.

[Bearflag70]

Also, that number in the middle of the screen is a clock that counts up. My big first banks didn't happen until that timer got up to about 130 seconds or more.

[MHaye]

I'm fairly sure that when you bank you get 2n2 points, where n is the number of green balls.

If you hit a red you get a penalty of n2 points.

[Bearflag70]

Another thing I think I just noticed is that if you simply wait passively for a green dot to collide into your green blob, the new green dot will stick to the outer dots that are already part of your green blob. However, if you actively slam your green blob into a green dot, that new green dot tends to get sucked closer to the center of your green blob, overlapping existing dots that are already part of your blob, increasing the density of your blob.

[Bearflag70]

Can I do a screenshot? I don't know how. I have Firefox & IE.

[Hal Briston]

Thanks for the tips, Bearflag -- my first game after reading your posts netted 73,000+ off of three seperate big bankings.

[Bearflag70]

No problem!

First Bank: 77618 (over 200 seconds into the game)
Final Score: 78049

[Hal Briston]

Can I do a screenshot? I don't know how. I have Firefox & IE."Print Scrn" takes the screenshot, which you can then paste into Paint or whatever graphics program you choose.

[Bearflag70]

Compare the density of this blob (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2246673103/) to your blob.

[chaoticbear]

I got 4189340.

On the "Avoid" setting. :p

[Bearflag70]

This blob (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2247486338/) got me a new record of 110450 on my first bank. I tried to keep going but got smacked for a loss. Final score: 109426. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2246698333/)

[Bearflag70]

First Bank: 168200 (343 seconds into the game)
Final Score: 168216

I'm really finished now. For real. I can stop anytime I want.

[bouv]

Dude, where are all the red balls? I have NEVER seen a field so devoid of balls altogether as yours, especially red ones. How do you just manage to avoid the situations I always get where I have several red balls coming from two or three sides, and am forced to hit a blue to save my ass? Seriously, it just doesn't seem like we're playing the same game.

[Apocalypso]

19495 points the first game.
Fun game. I'm going to bookmark it so I can play more later.
Ok, maybe just one more quick one...

<1 hour later>

Last game, I swear!

[Bearflag70]

Here's something... I don't know about everyone else, but as the game progresses without a bank, the game does not speed up for me. It only speeds up once I bank and clean off my balls. For me, the game at the 3-second mark is the same speed as the 300-second mark and 500-second mark. Once I clean off my balls, however, the game jumps instantly to warp 10.

Maybe my processor slows the game down when my balls expand and get huge, while the game speeds up for others with faster computers. However, the timer on my screen does not slow down much, so maybe it's not that at all. I'd be curious to know if the game is the same speed for everyone (i.e., not speeding up at all until a bank).

Yes? No?

Also, when playing without banking, my screen is pretty full of balls until I get up to around 40 seconds or so, then it clears out. By about 90 seconds, the screen is pretty clear and I sometimes have to wait a second for some balls to appear on my screen.

I played a game and with one bank and made over 270,000 in my first bank at over 500 seconds into the game. I banked because I got bored and I now realize I can play to infinity if I truly wanted.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Collect mode is fun, too! I had it set to "avoid" and couldn't udnerstand why I kept losing! :smack:

[Bearflag70]

I just played a game with frequent banking to compare. It seems banking triggers game acceleration. I only got about 7000 points and never accumulated more than about 10 balls in my blob. So, the key to mega points is to start the game and never bank until you are ready to quit the game.

[Antinor01]

I got 4189340.

On the "Avoid" setting. :p

51,473,956. :)

[Captain Carrot]

290k on avoid. I, for one, prefer that mode -- just avoid everything, no need to distinguish between colors.

[bouv]

I just played a game with frequent banking to compare. It seems banking triggers game acceleration. I only got about 7000 points and never accumulated more than about 10 balls in my blob. So, the key to mega points is to start the game and never bank until you are ready to quit the game.

That's what I try, and it still seems to speed up even if I don't bank. And then this:
Also, when playing without banking, my screen is pretty full of balls until I get up to around 40 seconds or so, then it clears out. By about 90 seconds, the screen is pretty clear and I sometimes have to wait a second for some balls to appear on my screen.

That never happens to me. The balls do clear out a bit now and then, but only for about a second then it's a screen full of balls for me.

This is about as few balls as I ever have at one time. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=balls.jpg)

[Bearflag70]

That's what I try, and it still seems to speed up even if I don't bank. And then this:


That never happens to me. The balls do clear out a bit now and then, but only for about a second then it's a screen full of balls for me.

This is about as few balls as I ever have at one time. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=balls.jpg)

That screenshot looks about right in terms of the number of balls. I took mine when the screen was pretty clear. In fact, I waited for a clear shot to avoid risking the game. I guess I'm curious about the speed of the game because I don't notice any increase in the speed of gameplay unless I bank.

[bouv]

That screenshot looks about right in terms of the number of balls. I took mine when the screen was pretty clear. In fact, I waited for a clear shot to avoid risking the game. I guess I'm curious about the speed of the game because I don't notice any increase in the speed of gameplay unless I bank.

Yeah, that was about as clear as my screen ever gets.

This is more accurate. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=nowayout.jpg)

In that scenario, I was forced to bank with that blue ball just to the left. If I hadn't, I would have been hit by one of those three red balls all coming towards my blob. How do you never get into those situations where you either have to bank, or (as has happened to me several times) you literally have no way out and get smalled by a red?

[Bearflag70]

Yeah, that was about as clear as my screen ever gets.

This is more accurate. (http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v233/axpauction/?action=view&current=nowayout.jpg)

In that scenario, I was forced to bank with that blue ball just to the left. If I hadn't, I would have been hit by one of those three red balls all coming towards my blob. How do you never get into those situations where you either have to bank, or (as has happened to me several times) you literally have no way out and get smalled by a red?

It looks like you have perhaps three outs in that screenshot, although I can't tell in which direction each ball is moving, particularly that blue one next to you.

Keep in mind that your green blob can go pretty far off-screen.

1. Down and Left. Your blob will probably go off the bottom of the screen a bit. You will pick up that green ball and duck under that blue one.

2. Down Right and Up. Duck under that low red ball. Very risky.

3. Up and Left. Go in between that blue and red.

I have also concluded that the speed of game play does not increase without banking and that my processor does not slow my game down because (1) the clock speed is constant; and (2) the speed of my blob is not affected by its size.

[Bearflag70]

My latest artwork: death of a string blob (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2248753819/)

[Flander]

56,830,705 on avoid. :)

[Bearflag70]

String blobs are fun.

One (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2249584828/)

Two (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2249584832/)

Three (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2249584836/)

Four (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2249584838/)

[Bearflag70]

an awesome string (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2248819471/)

[Belrix]

This is not the game for a red/green color blind person. Those red ones are stealthy to me...

[chaoticbear]

an awesome string (http://www.flickr.com/photos/76754698@N00/2248819471/)

Aww! Your doggy is pwecious!

[Flander]

OK, I've just wasted a lot of time on Avoid...


295,372,960 points.

[gwendee]

jali, can I come sleep on your floor when my business fails because I've done nothing but play this game? I'm not even very good at it, but I find it oddly relaxing.

[MovieMogul]

Am I the only one who can't get it to work?

When I click the link, I get two colored boxes and a bit of text saying "http://www.enigmasand.com/ is coming soon."

I want to play, too!

Brendon SmallYeah, I'm getting the same thing. :(

[Ludy]

All I have to say is that I hate you for introducing me to this game.

And the entire office hates you to.

Yes it was a very productive day at work today, why do you ask?

[Least Original User Name Ever]

25457.

[haystack1989]

9,552,566 on avoid try number 3

[Pushkin]

4078 for a first go, I'm sure I can do better than that.

0 for my first go, -350 for my second :D

I have a twitchy mouse finger :o

[Bearflag70]

On further review, I guess the game accelerates incrementally over time without banking, but it does not accelerate as quickly as it does when banking.

I just noticed the game was a faster at over 500 seconds, without banking, than it is in the first 100 seconds, without banking.

[Pushkin]

I had to stop playing, I got too twitchy after about a minute of play, guess it's back to "Gimme Friction Baby" :)

[jali]

jali, can I come sleep on your floor when my business fails because I've done nothing but play this game? I'm not even very good at it, but I find it oddly relaxing.

You're welcome to come - anytime, but there will be chores involved! (so that I can play)

[jali]

All I have to say is that I hate you for introducing me to this game.

And the entire office hates you to.

Yes it was a very productive day at work today, why do you ask?

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful. (do you remember those commercials?)