# Either I'm too stupid to live, or this game is harder than it seems **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315 "2007-10-11T04:09:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/41 "2007-10-12T19:07:47Z")
I am not a spatial thinker. I’m stumped at 7. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/42 "2007-10-13T04:26:08Z")
23 is really kicking my ass. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/43 "2007-10-13T04:33:40Z")
> [@](#): > > If anyone can offer guidance on 19 it would be appreciated. My brain is about to assplode. Here’s a hint if you want:There are twelve squares that you won’t use in the solution. If you want a bigger hint, the next spoiler will show you the patterns of the unused squares.Bigger hint:[spoiler]Left Face: OOXOO OOXOO OOXOO OOOOO OOOOO Top Face: OOOOO OXOOO OXOOO(right) OOOOO OOXOO (left) Right Face: OOOOO OOOOO OOOXX OOOXX OOOXX O=colored square X=unused square[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/44 "2007-10-13T05:02:54Z")
Oh, HELLS yeah, just beat Level 16 without help. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/45 "2007-10-13T05:16:39Z")
[QUOTE=Queen of Town] Oh, HELLS yeah, just beat Level 16 without help. [/QUOTE] You’re not getting to bed tonight you? And hey, it’s Friday, what the heck are you doing here anyways?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/46 "2007-10-13T05:23:59Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] 23 is really kicking my ass. [/QUOTE] Yeah, this one took me longer than any other level. When you get past this one, they start blacking out squares, and personally, I think it makes things a LOT easier. There might be one more tough one, but after 23, all of the killers are done with. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/47 "2007-10-13T05:52:03Z")
The weird thing is I feel 23 should be easy. The target squares are so close together your options are limited. It seems like you should be able to solve it easily by just running through the few paths that are possible. But in reality, every time I try to do this, I quickly reach dead ends and have no options left to try. ---
**Author:** ![Danger\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/48 "2007-10-13T06:11:11Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] The weird thing is I feel 23 should be easy. The target squares are so close together your options are limited. It seems like you should be able to solve it easily by just running through the few paths that are possible. But in reality, every time I try to do this, I quickly reach dead ends and have no options left to try. [/QUOTE] The problem is that it isn’t always obvious just how many paths there are. Usually I just try to go really slowly through each possible path of one color, and try to find ways that makes it impossible to solve, so I can rule it out. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/49 "2007-10-13T06:20:10Z")
Oh man, how the \*hell \*do you beat 17!? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/50 "2007-10-13T06:41:36Z")
[QUOTE=Little Nemo] The weird thing is I feel 23 should be easy. The target squares are so close together your options are limited. It seems like you should be able to solve it easily by just running through the few paths that are possible. But in reality, every time I try to do this, I quickly reach dead ends and have no options left to try. [/QUOTE] Took me a little while to get back to 23. I wish that after you finish you can select a level, but no such luck. There is one key (and I’m doing this from memory because once you finish it, the darn thing disappears). The bottom right colour (whatever that may be) on the bottom/left side of the cube (there are four bunched together) meanders all over the place and has to go around a few of the other end points that might seem way out of the way when you consider the other end point you are trying to get to is quite close. Once you connect this colour, you’re golden. That probably didn’t make sense, lol. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/51 "2007-10-13T06:53:15Z")
Frickin’ 23! Argh, I will beat you! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/52 "2007-10-13T07:18:42Z")
OK 27 is just not possible. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Controvert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dec6dc/32.png) [@The\_Controvert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Controvert)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/53 "2007-10-14T01:13:24Z")
In 27, there are 2 faces that are obvious. For the 3rd face, make a meandering, S shaped path. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/54 "2007-10-14T02:54:26Z")
The most annoying thing about the game is that stupid cube interface. Why not just draw it on a disk? ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2007, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315/55 "2007-10-14T06:13:25Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] … I like the way the game starts you off with kindergarten level puzzles, then all of a sudden, wham! you’re staring at the screen, cursing and getting frustrated. “Hey,” you say, “There’s no way that can go from here to there.” [/QUOTE] exactly! completed the game after spending the longest time on level 16. once you get that level down on your own, you’ll understand how it works and the rest is easy. so for those who’s on level 16, don’t give up! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/either-im-too-stupid-to-live-or-this-game-is-harder-than-it-seems/422315.md?page=2)