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This is a game I liked so much, I downloaded the mobile app. Very addictive for a while, you just want to do the next puzzle and the next. Just one more. Then after a few weeks of that, I get sick of it, but then I opened it up again, and it had new modes. So I got addicted to it again for a while, like the subtraction and division were my favorites. I'm sure I will go back to it again, the newest mixed operator mode is too difficult, but maybe someday I will get the hang of it, and get hooked again or go back to the classic modes I already liked. If someone is playing this for the first time, and they want more, I recommend the game app.
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Badge doesn't seem to be reading my competitions. Both the easy badge and "Big Grid Balancing Badge" seem to not respond.
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You are actually really close, archerbob. You are 5 too many for both, which means that 7 needs to be removed, and you need to add 2 for both. For 21 down, you add the 2 at 27 across. For 24 across, you add the 2 at 37 down. But 27 across and 37 down both need a 2 removed to be even again, so you subtract the 2 from where they intersect.
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I've come to the conclusion that not all grids are possible and its pot luck if you get either of the medium badges, this is the closest I can get to solving a grid: https://i.ibb.co/d5jRDfb/Screenshot-from-2020-06-18-21-11-37.png
From what I can see it isn't solvable... the medium badges should be impossible badges
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quick tip: if theres a number that is higher than the value required to be remove in that line, then you dont need to remove it so just lock it.
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I hate math but this is the first mathgame that's actually pretty fun
doesn't mean I am going to play this again after getting all the badges but still
only problem is it was very confusing at first as I figured out what to do but not enough to get the rating down for me
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I cant solve any of the 8x8 puzzles, I get down to 3 rows or columns and can get no further. I wish there was a way to save my progress and come back to it. I also wish there was a hint button.
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While the game as such is fun, multiple solutions and the need to guess (with no tools to support trial-and-error) are huge drawbacks. So only 3/5 and playlist instead of favourites.
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tip for 8x8 2-4: Once you get stuck start guessing since there seem to be many solutions. Was stuck for about 10 minutes then started guessing and took me about a minute to finish.
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Protip: add all the numbers across where it goes above the total, but subtract only the numbers that you take away from what you added so you know which numbers to eliminate. This made 1-19 easy to beat for me.
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The game STILL doesn't allow me to the next level after solving, so I'm stuck on level 6117. Other people have higher levels...
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This is a very intuitive and fun puzzler. Sometimes holding down the cursor would switch the number from one status to the other instead of locking it, but otherwise it works well.
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Insufficient clues, ambiguous solutions, guessing required - this belongs in the category luck/chance more than puzzle
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If you're struggling, use Excel as an aid. Put in all the numbers into a table. Sum up each row and each column into the column and row next to this table. Then put what you actually need each column and row to sum to in an additional column and row. Then take the difference in a third additional column and row. This difference is what you actually want to play from: find the squares that need to be deleted to make this difference go down to 0.
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Pretty easy once you know holding on a number locks it (on or off) and clicking on the totals tells you the current sum of what's in that row. Just need to find the numbers where, if you removed them, you couldn't then reach the total. Lock those ones "on" and go from there.
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It is not a game with definite clues. Many times I have tried my chances to find a more convenient game. I have faked up estimated numbers. Eventually, I had the badge for 8×8 levels.
But, my brain has burned.
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If anyone is stuck, I've written a solver that can be found here: https://gist.github.com/ygra/4d054235179ead26bea49ac65f1b8675. Takes between seconds and about 10 minutes on my machine, depending on the size of the puzzle (and 2–4 is on the harder end).
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re: 8x8 2-4 rullos, i confirmed about half the board, so... i guess how much you can confirm depends heavily on the board
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Great game however I think some of the 8*8 2-4 options do require guessing as there are too many open options. The first one I tried I gave up after about 20 minutes as there were only 4 numbers I could confirm and none I could discount. The second one I tried had 4 I could confirm and 4 I could discount so was "easier".
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I've played 200 games on endless and my only complaint are the ones where a) there is more than one solution and b) where it feels like you just have to guess (and it never feels like you guess wrong).
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... Conclusion: I definitely feel like this game is Great Exercise for quickening one’s counting/arithmetic abilities. Do this enough, and you’ll be able to arrive at the Total of a Line of Numbers in no time at all. Suddenly, an answer might just pop up in your mind, w/o any noticeable effort - and yes, this can certainly happen given enough cognitive work-outs - [in whatever category/area one is trying to improve]. Great Game.
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... And I speak from no place of exaggeration [and nor do I desire to, having beholden really crummy, d-bag advertisements & marketing that play on people's fears and hopes and fantasies - I wish people would just show/describe their product/service w/o all the rinky-dink, trashy jazz-talk that essentially tells me NOTHING concrete & flat-out REAL about what's being offered and for WHO - "Oh, well, YES! - of course this product is for the WHOLE FAMILY - or FOR EVERYONE - and so on so, but I do, I do, I do digress] ... Anyway, no stretch here. Quite Simply: I breezed through the 4 Grids that Followed the First One in my short, Endless Run - notwithstanding what size showed up. I probably completed ALL 4 Grids combined faster than I completed just that 1 Grid that began my Endless Run. [And I'm no bragger. I'll say it straight when it's taking me hours to do a solitary in-game Task, w/o any fear or concern for how such p-poor performances can make me look. C'mon now! - it happens! ...
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Wow. Putting the sleepy visuals & audio aside, this Game can become a good asset when it comes to number pattern recognition & being able to quickly provide the sum of a line of numbers. I crawled to start – counting, pacing myself, feeling a bit sluggish. After doing variegated Grid Sizes related to Badges, however, I simply amazed myself when going for the Final Badge – which required me to complete 3 Endless Levels in a Row. The First Grid took me quite a bit of time - [I was a wee bit quicker than before, having familiarized myself with the Game’s Rules & more speedily combining numbers due to prior recognition] - BUT ...