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#270478 - 23/11/2005 15:16 Another way to waste time at work.
Heather
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 510
Loc: NY
The Grow cube.

No scoring, just gotta put it together in the right order to maximize the growth potential of each object.
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#270479 - 23/11/2005 16:21 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Heather]
Phoenix42
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Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
What do the springs do?
It seems to be a very strange game, I'm just ploking things down at random and stuff happens, improves....but how they are releated, ie what cause what to improve I can't figure out.

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#270480 - 23/11/2005 16:34 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Heather]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
That was pretty cool.
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#270481 - 24/11/2005 11:34 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Phoenix42]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
That, RPG and ver 3 have just wasted over an hour of my time.

Thanks Heather
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#270482 - 24/11/2005 21:17 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Phoenix42]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
There's a specific order that everything goes together in. I'm pretty sure there are other versions of this game available as well. I haven't played this one, though. Thanks, Heather!
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#270483 - 27/11/2005 02:40 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Heather]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Got it on the 3rd serious try (after 2 WTF tries) after 4.5 hours. Much of that time was wasted obsessively maintaining my notes, from my initial thought that each item causes certain actions on others.

I realized that each needs a certain time out in play after maybe 2.5 hours, which quickly lead to my hypothesis, which could have been quickly solved by trial an error. But error's not as elegant as wasting your entire evening making sure it works perfectly as planned.

[SPOILER]
The order to put things out:
Guy Water Seeds ("Junk") Pot Tube Fire Dish Bone Springs Ball ("Round")

Try things in the wrong order to see the consequences.


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#270484 - 27/11/2005 05:07 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: FireFox31]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
I'm trying to solve the "Grow Version 3" now. The "RPG" was fun too.
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#270485 - 27/11/2005 15:22 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Dignan]
wfaulk
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Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Yeah, the RPG was fun. v3 is terrible. There's no apparent reason for any of the things in it to be doing what they're doing, so it's just a trial-and-error exercise in finding which things need to go first. Not so much fun, IMO.
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#270486 - 27/11/2005 15:49 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: wfaulk]
adavidw
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Registered: 10/11/2000
Posts: 497
Loc: Utah, USA
Yeah, what I liked about the cube is that there was at least the appearance of a connection between doing one thing and having another thing happen.
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#270487 - 27/11/2005 20:41 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: wfaulk]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12338
Loc: Sterling, VA
I think I read somewhere that Version 3 is just a revision of the first one of these that was made, which might explain why it's not as good.
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#270488 - 27/11/2005 23:34 Re: Another way to waste time at work. [Re: Dignan]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
I can't get over the logic layout that the designer must have created to implement CUBE and RPG. There must be an efficient design solution, similar to making a tessellation by cutting and pasting from the sides. How the RPG has so many different incorrect "endings" is just clever.
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