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Hexcells is awesome and if you like logic puzzles you should play it
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SteveWinwood
Member
You didn't have to. You can logic it all out, it might just take some time and some patterns you might not recognize yet
Yes, yes you did. Now try Hexcells Plus
And then Infinite!
Nabs
Member
I cleared most of the board, but now I'm dealing with the middle part. I took a screenshot and brought it into GIMP so I could mark stuff off. It's real in the field.
Doomburrito7
Banned
Yes, yes you did. Now try Hexcells Plus
Gotta sell more cards. Kicking myself for not getting it during the last sale.
You didn't have to. You can logic it all out, it might just take some time and some patterns you might not recognize yet
Yeah, thinking about it it was extremely obvious. I probably shouldn't be playing this game at 23:30...
Impulse bought.
I constantly speedrunned minesweeper back in the day (hey, college was boring) and the fact that left click 'flags' and right click 'steps' (the opposite of minesweeper) is throwing me off because of muscle memory. This really should be toggleable.
edit: I'm a retard, pre-launch options. Hooray!
I constantly speedrunned minesweeper back in the day (hey, college was boring) and the fact that left click 'flags' and right click 'steps' (the opposite of minesweeper) is throwing me off because of muscle memory. This really should be toggleable.
edit: I'm a retard, pre-launch options. Hooray!
The One Who Knocks
Member
I very much agree and would think there'd be a substantial overlap in those who like Hexcells and those who would enjoy SquareLogic (I will admit to have found the name off-putting). For anybody undecided on some of the puzzle variations, here is one of the first puzzles that I found to be particularly interesting, and, despite having bought it primarily for Killer Sudoku-like puzzles, really encouraged me to play much further into every type of puzzle present in the game.
The "greater than" or "less than" signs indicate whether the number in the box beside/above/below it are greater than or less than the box in that particular cell, and you can use the numbers one to five only once in each row and once in each column (a bit different to the Killer Sudoku I'm familiar with, where the cells also must not feature repetition). The puzzle isn't particularly difficult with some familiarity to these sort of logic puzzles (it can be very intimidating though) but it was a very unique presentation (compared to what I'm familiar with) and that made it rather exciting. The 'double-sided' puzzles also were a very interesting addition early-on, but I'm somewhat worried that these may make the game appear to be too challenging too quickly and put off some people.
SteveWinwood
Member
well now i bought square logic
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Sounds good, I typically really enjoy logic-based puzzle games. Bought the first one!
Something a bit funny is that the Bundle with 1 & 2 costs more than buying them separately. That's only because the first is on sale while the bundle isn't, of course, but yeah.
EDIT: Started playing, and here's something I don't get: How are single "island" hexagons part of the "pattern"? I don't feel like that's part of the game's rules as explained to me.
Something a bit funny is that the Bundle with 1 & 2 costs more than buying them separately. That's only because the first is on sale while the bundle isn't, of course, but yeah.
EDIT: Started playing, and here's something I don't get: How are single "island" hexagons part of the "pattern"? I don't feel like that's part of the game's rules as explained to me.
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Ah, yes, of course. Didn't quite pay attention to that.
EDIT: Hmm, you can totally cheat in this game. When you hover over a hexagon it jiggles a bit, and you can sometimes catch a glimpse of the color underneath. Bit of a flaw! I'll have to force myself not to do this.
Does the -3- mean there is one separation or at least one separation?
Nabs
Member
At least one.
Okay. Got it. The gap between the bottom two cells was throwing me.
Look at the row on the right with the 5 above it.
toythatkills
Member
Well I played a small amount of the first game and I can see the appeal for sure. It's very annoying that it counts mistakes instead of just letting you make mistakes and forcing you to go back and find out where you made the mistake.
I had to change the controls as well, since they're backwards to how I'd play Minesweeper. Right click is flag! I still can't quite get used to it for some reason, I'm sure it'll come in time, it's why the mistake thing is annoying me so much right now. I'm not actually making mistakes in the puzzles, I'm just constantly pressing the wrong button.
I had to change the controls as well, since they're backwards to how I'd play Minesweeper. Right click is flag! I still can't quite get used to it for some reason, I'm sure it'll come in time, it's why the mistake thing is annoying me so much right now. I'm not actually making mistakes in the puzzles, I'm just constantly pressing the wrong button.
Got it, thanks!
I can't bring myself to go for the last achievement right now. Not sure if it is because I'm stupid or something, but the last levels of Hexcells Infinite were frustratingly difficult. So much so, that for the first time playing these games, I don't think the lvls 6-3, 6-4 & 6-5 were actually fun. The difficulty was just a bit too much for me and involved too much mental gymnastics. Perhaps that's the way it's meant to be or maybe it is that I just missed something obvious in them. At least the last lvl 6-6 felt fun again
SteveWinwood
Member
you guys were not kidding about 6-3
hardcastlemccormick
Banned
I really want the soundtrack of Hexcells 1. Especially the first world.
I can't bring myself to go for the last achievement right now. Not sure if it is because I'm stupid or something, but the last levels of Hexcells Infinite were frustratingly difficult. So much so, that for the first time playing these games, I don't think the lvls 6-3, 6-4 & 6-5 were actually fun. The difficulty was just a bit too much for me and involved too much mental gymnastics. Perhaps that's the way it's meant to be or maybe it is that I just missed something obvious in them. At least the last lvl 6-6 felt fun again
6-5 was a little hard, because it was just too big and with a little mistake you had to do everything again, but the rest was ok for me.
SteveWinwood
Member
I haven't returned to hexcells infinite yet to finish up the last three puzzles.
I have been playing that everyday genius game people recommended earlier though. That's fun even though I'm skipping 99% of the puzzles and just doing the challenge ones at the end of the levels.
I have been playing that everyday genius game people recommended earlier though. That's fun even though I'm skipping 99% of the puzzles and just doing the challenge ones at the end of the levels.
Some lovely people created a Hexcells Infinite puzzle editor: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/201...r-will-feed-your-hexual-appetite/#more-237259
It looks like the developer liked the idea. Infinite was just patched today: http://steamcommunity.com/games/304410/announcements/detail/233383138547016335
It looks like the developer liked the idea. Infinite was just patched today: http://steamcommunity.com/games/304410/announcements/detail/233383138547016335
Hexcells Infinite now supports custom levels created using the sixcells level editor.
A new "load custom level" button has been added to the title screen. Simply copy a level (or group of levels) into the clipboard and click the button to play.
A subReddit has been created for sharing puzzles which can be found here;
http://www.reddit.com/r/hexcellslevels/
More info about how the level editor works can be found here;
http://steamcommunity.com/app/304410/discussions/0/613936673556813085/
Thanks to BlaXpirit and sekti for creating the excellent level editor!
Look forward to seeing what puzzles people come up with
-Matthew
SteveWinwood
Member
thats pretty cool
good on the dev for implementing it easily as well
good on the dev for implementing it easily as well
I absolutely loved 6-3, all because of that first move that you have to make. Once you do the first "thing", the rest of it is pretty straightforward, relatively. It's one of those ones where you really need to make use of all the information given to you in order to figure it out.
Sorry about the necro bump.
Just noticed that there's a sale this week (Oct 27-Nov 3) for the bundle (-50%) & complete pack (-33%).
Just noticed that there's a sale this week (Oct 27-Nov 3) for the bundle (-50%) & complete pack (-33%).
There are times where you need to look a couple steps ahead along multiple paths to rule some out but I don't recall ever having to guess.
Can't know as I don't have this puzzle in front of me, but you may need to look at the remaining number of tiles counter and factor that into your puzzling. I emailed the creator of the game when I was stuck and he gave me that tip. You should never need to guess.
I decided to go back and play it quickly.
By knowing the column with -2- over it is 3 hexs tall, you'd tag the top and bottom, because rules have it so that all the hexs aren't attached if the number is between hyphens. By eliminating the center of the puzzle, the rest of the right side should become apparent.
If this helps at all check it out step by step with liberal use of the pause button and if there's something you don't understand I'd be happy to explain.
Like others said, you never have to guess, ever. Considering Hexcells Infinite has a seeded level generator, I'm pretty sure an algorithm exists to make sure all the bundled levels with the three games all have non-guessing solutions.
Like others said, you never have to guess, ever. Considering Hexcells Infinite has a seeded level generator, I'm pretty sure an algorithm exists to make sure all the bundled levels with the three games all have non-guessing solutions.
manueldelalas
Time Traveler
LTTP, bought the three games on the Steam sale and just now finished the last one (still need to do the 60 random puzzle achievment...).
The best thing about this game is that all the puzzles have a completely logical way of being solved, this means that you never need to guess, like in minesweeper. This point alone makes it great.
The other good thing about it is that the difficulty curve is just perfect, starts easy and explains things slowly and in the final levels it goes batshit insane.
The bad things about this game are UI based, they could learn a thing or two from Picross, when you click on a blue hexagon with a number, the area is not clear enough IMO, and although the lines help, it's a pain in the ass to count the hexagons in said line.
Great puzzle game, I don't know if the good things I mentioned hold in the level generator, but I really recommend getting the three games if you are a fan of Picross or Minesweeper.
The best thing about this game is that all the puzzles have a completely logical way of being solved, this means that you never need to guess, like in minesweeper. This point alone makes it great.
The other good thing about it is that the difficulty curve is just perfect, starts easy and explains things slowly and in the final levels it goes batshit insane.
The bad things about this game are UI based, they could learn a thing or two from Picross, when you click on a blue hexagon with a number, the area is not clear enough IMO, and although the lines help, it's a pain in the ass to count the hexagons in said line.
Great puzzle game, I don't know if the good things I mentioned hold in the level generator, but I really recommend getting the three games if you are a fan of Picross or Minesweeper.
The algorithms that generate levels from seeds ensure that you never need to guess, either.
SteveWinwood
Member
guess whats on sale
all 3 can be had for less than a dollar each
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/50074/
all 3 can be had for less than a dollar each
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/50074/