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this is a very well made and robust game, and the scenes with the Pokémon are so hot. The banter is well written, and there's so much to do and every character feels distinctly unique! I’m just so bad at playing it! The really intense hint restrictions are such a buzz kill. I feel like if I saw an actual problem solved for four peg something would click. But it just feels like I’m tugging at random things, and I can’t even remember the last solution that worked. This has left me feeling so bad, man.

I’m so so so confused by this game’s logic. Are we trying to find a password that matches these different overlapping conditions? Or is each condition a different hint towards the password? I don’t know why, but this makes zero sense, and none of the tutorials or tools help figure out the logic of what’s going.

(Edit: flipped my praise to the top, because the game is really good, well made, and robust! I just struggled with it)

argonvile186 days ago(+1)

> Are we trying to find a password that matches these different overlapping conditions? Or is each condition a different hint towards the password? I don’t know why, but this makes zero sense, and none of the tutorials or tools help figure out the logic of what’s going.

Grovyle explains this in detail in the tutorial! In her words, "The goal is to drop the correct colored bugs in this box up here! Do that and you complete the puzzle. Each of these other rows is a clue-- an incorrect guess which most definitely will NOT complete the puzzle."

If you're familiar with Wordle, it works just like Wordle, if someone else made all the guesses and you just had to to put in the answer.

> I feel like if I saw an actual problem solved for four peg something would click.

There are videos on youtube of people solving puzzles! And there's a discord linked where you can ask questions.

byronator186 days ago(+1)

Thanks for this. I know I'm personally struggling with this, but this game is INCREDIBLE and it's so high quality in pretty much every aspect.

The bit that didn't click is that overflows don't count. So:

🔴🔵🔴🔴 (1 heart)

Is correctly solved by

⚫🔵🔵⚫

cause the blue is solved, and the second blue doesn't matter because the "1 heart" condition is solved, and technically without a second blue there's no misplacement (e.g. a dot).

The whole time I was trying to find solutions that would only have 1 blue, or 1 red, to match the "1 heart" suggestion, which painted me into an impossible corner for most challenges. there's still bits I don't quite get, but I'm now like... Rank 30? And getting through this!

byronator186 days ago(+1)

Also I went to tip for the game but I can't?? This is such a huge and cool thing to give away for free. Again, I struggled, but really amazing game.

argonvile185 days ago

That's amazing, rank 30, that's really good! I think the Pokemon in the game will talk about your rank sometimes, and compare it to their own. Grovyle is very clever but I think their rank is right around there too!

https://ko-fi.com/argonvile

The game is not monetized in any way (i think tipping would count) because I don't want to get in trouble. But if you want to donate, I have a ko-fi! That's incredibly generous of you but honestly, it's enough thanks just to know that someone out there is still enjoying this cool game i made 😀 congratulations on figuring out the secret behind the hearts and dots too, those things can be confusing on some of the puzzles

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