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xD for the longest time i thought +1 or +5 was a good thing but it means +1 minutes or +5 minutes to your time. Thats the penalty for trying to colour in an empty space or mark a space empty that should be coloured. Anyways, 5/5 :)
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WooHoo! My timer on an apprentice puzzle says it took me 1 hour to complete, it lies, I only spent 2 minutes on that, silly game, I only wanted to get the maximum score, so I tried collecting the +1's
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I hate the levels where it doesn't show all of the numbers until you scroll your mouse over that particular row. Not only can you not see the entire puzzle at once, the numbers are hard to see over the grid if you have that part colored in. 4/5 because of this
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I cannot imagine ever doing this the "traditional" way, without the auto-correct setting... I wonder how people back in the day solve this puzzle???
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Greatest puzzle game I've ever played. Really loved it! Only thing I don't get is how some people have completed 66 levels in the high score list, when there are only 60 levels? o_O
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Fun puzzle game, only complaint is...
White colored text or gold colored text on yellowish background is not good for the eyes ._.
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Grand Master #3 is impossible :S Even when I use the coin to get 2 lines I always just get stuck... Too much space for too few coloured boxes.
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The 6th puzzle on expert has two clues that are wrong for the horizontal levels. I bashed my head against that puzzle for hours until I went to a walkthrough video and confirmed it. Two of the lines that start with 1 1 1 should actually start with 1 1 1 1. It was really infuriating to figure out that it wasn't me making a logic error but a bug in the game.
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A handy tip that I like is that if there is a large number, take it away from the number of squares in that row/column and then count back that number from both sides and all the squares in between can be filled, for example take the first expert puzzle, the second column - the 14 - 13 of those squares can be filled in as obviously 15-14 = 1, it can be helpful for the larger ones, but when there is more than one number/colour then it can be more of a hindrance. Good Game 5/5
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Journeyman 11 does NOT need a guess. Say C1R1 is bottom left row and column. Then you can fill in C5R7 because of the 6 in row 7. That means C5R10 must be an X, otherwise there would be a chain of 4 in C5. Now, if row 10 had a 3 to the left of this X, then C2R10 and C3R10 would be filled in. This would mean that C2R9 would be filled in, but C3R9 would be an X, which is impossible as row 9 has a 3 in it. So, the row 10 3 must be to the right of the X in C5R10. Then you can fill in C8R10. Easy from there.
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After making my comment I realized that the feature I was complaining about can be turned off, my bad. I usually notice those things... whatever. Changing rating to 4/5
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I like this game, but it was slightly frustrating how you aren't allowed to experiment at all. As soon as you put something in the wrong place it corrects it with the right answer, and adds to your time... I don't like this also because I like using the time feature to measure how long I took, if it adds time to it for mistakes then it's not a true measure of my time. 3/5
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Meteromanmike, I think I see what you mean. Top row 3 has two areas of possibility. Go for the one on the left and see what happens.
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Journeyman level 11 can NOT be solved without guessing. I stared at it for a good 30 minutes before plugging it into a program, and IT can't even solve it.
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man I can't seem to grab the logic for the 2 or more colored ones... let's say the 9th on master (brown/silver) - the only line I can start solving is the 3-7-1-2-1 (I can determine where 4 of the 7 silver are going) but then I get lost...
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It's Picross with the added element of additional colors. I really like Picross, and I LOVE adding elements to things! I also like how the author so obviously played World of Warcraft.
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It just does it for you (if you know what i mean) it just changes to the x when it is supposed to be an x and the color when it it supossed to be that)
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Finally: a game that adds color to the Picross formula while managing to keep the interface simple. Just what I've always wanted. 5/5
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Love the game, but I agree that not being able to see all the numbers is annoying. Also, when you have filled in squares, it is difficult to see the numbers superimposed on them. This game would be totally addicting if a way to handle the numbers were available. The magnifier doesn't do it for me, to solve without error it's important to see all the rows and columns at the same time.
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Nice game... but did you really have to make the red and green colors so obnoxiously close together? I'm red/green colorblind, and while I can often tell the two apart, when the shades are close or not particularly vivid, it's very difficult, particularly when they're not against a white background to begin with :(
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I've always wanted to get into this sort of game, but never found an easy introduction. This game gives me that, and it does so with restful BGM and its own distinct feel. I'm not even close to finished, but I like what I've seen so far.
As someone else pointed out, some of the controls are easy to dismiss as background - the coin and the magnifier. This is especially true given the drink-cup stain that's also on the right side. Knowing they're there, they're easy to spot, but they blend in a little too well!
Still. Top notch presentation, and the fact that it auto pauses on leaving frame is a nice touch.
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There's a bit of a glitch: If you make mistakes more than once, the penalty increases. If you save/resume, the penalty counter starts from 1.