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BlackChampagne -- no longer new; improvement also in question.: Fast Fun Free Online Game: Part 04



Monday, September 19, 2005  

Fast Fun Free Online Game: Part 04


It's been a few weeks since I last posted about a fun, fast, and free online game, and since I found one tonight, I thought I'd share. It's not really a game, so much as a logic/strategy puzzle, but it's fast and fun enough to be worth a recommendation. Click here for Grow Cube!

The screenshots here are much reduced in size, but the game looks like the top image at the start, and below it you see a shot from halfway through a game that can not be won at this point. Basically it's a puzzle game; you've got a big 3D cube, 10 icons, and you've got to figure out the correct order to make your 10 moves (each icon can only be used once) in order to solve the puzzle.

It's fun to learn, largely because the little men (they multiply, and yes, you want to get your little guy out first) run around and dig down into the cube and create a waterfall, irrigate the plants so that they grow, move a pot so the water boils, and so on. It's fun simply to watch the little dudes charge around, and I enjoyed figuring out what I had to do in what order. First the pot, then the fire, water before plants so they'll groww, and so on. It's not very complicated, as implied by the "fast" portion of this entry's title. It took me about half an hour to have an idea what I was trying to do, and then a bit longer to solve it. I was stuck about 5 moves into the sequence for a while, until I used some logic to figure what I had to do first and what I could wait until later/last.

Check the comments for a bit of advice, but not the solution, since that would spoil your fun. You can also click here to see what the solved puzzle looks like, but you really should try it first, and check the final image only when/if you get stuck and need some inspiration. Looking at the solution won't give you the sequence though, so it's not going to ruin the game; just take away lots of the surprise and joy of discovery you'll get as you play it and trial and error your way towards victory.
Comments:

As with every strategy game of this type, the key is to figure what you have to do early, and what you can wait on. You need every piece to get to its "max" level and there is only one possible order to do things in and win. If one piece requires 3 turns to get ready to interact with another piece, don't place it 4 turns early, or the other piece 4 turns late.

You have to do your man first, then water, then plants. After that, you're on your own.


 

If anyone reading is in to shooters a great free one is Gunroar. Fast paced with great visuals.

If you like random wierd games, I recommend Every Extend. Very hard to describe, but addicting.


 

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