I spent several (many?) hours this fall playing the various versions of the online game "Grow". The game is not difficult to play, you simple select objects to add to the game. The tricky part is getting the sequence of objects correct. Each time you add an object, something happens in the game. If, or when, you get the sequence correct, more things happen, and you get congratulations in one form or another. Version 3 could be considered the most difficult as there are twelve objects to choose from, which means there are 12! (twelve factorial, which is a very large number. 479,001,600 if you must know.) possible sequences to choose from. There are some clues you can use to try and determine the correct order. Sometimes when you add one object, some of the other objects will "level up". And when you have finished adding all the objects, the final level of each object is reported. The puzzle is solved when all objects reach their "max" value. If an object has not reached its' maximum level, it either was not added early enough in the sequence, or an object that it depended on was not added early enough. Likewise, if an object does reach its' maximum level, it was either added at the correct point, or possibly too early. As near as I can tell, each object should go up one level each time a subsequent object is added. Objects that are added early in the game increase their level more times than objects added late in the game. In my pursuit of the solution I started keeping notes as to the order objects were added and the levels they reached. While I was working on these puzzles, they kept me very entertained. Now I find them a bit tedious. In any case, if you are interested, here are the solutions. I only post them here because I spent so long working on this and I wanted to save the results somewhere. I am not sure anyone will want to see them.
Grow version one has recently appeared, but it is not nearly as complicated. I worked through all the possibilities in about an hour.
Grow Version 2 http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v2
* Cone
* Block
* Paper
* Can
* Hole
* Ball
Grow Version 3 http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/v3/
* Egg
* Block
* Ladder
* Ball
* Pipe
* Hill
* Prop
* Gear
* Funnel
* Bowl
* Base
* Screen
RPG http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/RPG
* House
* Trees
* Castle
* Water
* Tower
* Rocks
* Chest
* Stairs
Cube http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube
* Dude
* H2O
* Bush
* Pail
* Tube
* Fire
* Dish
* Bone
* Ball
* Coil
This is your Aunt Pat Berles.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to contact Dan Pergiel.
Dan called me recently but left no return phone number. If you don't mind could you email me his phone number at fberles@beckettassociates.com
Am currrently enjoying your blog.
Love,
Aunt Pat