Triskeon

lamossus 2017-12-05 07:59

I don't really get how this works, can you explain it a bit more in detail?

cottontshirtz 2017-12-05 08:17

My apologies about the lack of information, it was a long 72 hours. I'll be writing a blog post soon detailing more about the game, its mechanisms and strategies.

In brief, the goal of the puzzle is to clear the board of all colors (including the lines you can draw). When the board is cleared, the appropriate start location will light up with static, once the player moves to this location the puzzle will be painted to the board and will begin to change according to the rules of the rock-paper-scissors cellular automata. At first the player will be restricted to the start position so the puzzle can stabilize, this time will not count against you. An important note is that the game is technically turn based, so it will only progress when you move or hold down the space bar.

Initially the player is white, and can cross onto any color tile, after doing so they will pick up that color. From this point forward, the player can only travel onto a color which is 'downstream' (go with the spirals instead of against). If the player travels 'upstream' or has the 'upstream' color paint over their tile they will take a hit, disabling their ability to draw lines. Total number of hits are reported at the end.

If the player holds down left shift while moving, they leave a white line which disrupts the cellular automata and is the mechanism by which the player can disrupt the stable phenomena (vortices, etc.)

I hope this helps explain the technicolor confusion I've made.

feips 2017-12-05 08:34

I stand with @lamossus, you need to explain the game better, I have no idea what action triggered what response and what I have to do. Your spiral physics feel awesome though.

lamossus 2017-12-05 08:45

The game is fun but I still didn't fully understand how to play right. Couldn't get past level 3

feips 2017-12-05 08:53

Thanks this helped!