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  • Today, Ame made a puzzle. She wasn't sure if it was solvable.

     

    Being the maths nerd that I am, she asked if I would help figure out if and how it could be solved.

     

    I couldn't figure it out, so I wrote a program to do it instead.

     

    It took the program 3 minutes and 5 million 'moves' to solve the puzzle.

     

    We decided to put the puzzle in game.

     

    I hope you're all looking forward to E18.

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    Maqqy

    Posted

    I’m shivering

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    Guest Relinquished

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    As Ame would say; "If you suffered, i suffered first, for you"! Keep up the good work, really looking forward to it!

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    Dreamy

    Posted

    Thanks.

     

    Wonder if it's mandatory or sidequest...

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    cybershell12

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    Not even Lostelle can save us now...

     

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    Bididan

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    Can't wait to :

    1. Feel the excitement of playing a new episode again

    2. Discover every corner of that episode with great joy

    3. Stumble upon this puzzle at some point

    4. Try to solve that puzzle with excitement

    5. Try to solve that puzzle with boredom

    6. Try to solve that puzzle with anger

    7. Suffer to try to solve that puzzle

    8. Maybe solve that puzzle

    9. Catch every new obtainable pokémon with excitement, joy, boredom, anger and suffering.

    Keep up the good work guys! Can't wait to see that green marker on the scoreboard reach 100%!

    Abyssreaper99

    Posted

    Have we finally received a puzzle worse than the Crustle puzzle?

    Tapu Fufu

    Posted

    EZ! I'll beat it in a minute! 

     

    (I'm ready to eat those words. I'll probably be hungry from the salt overload anyway.)

    Corso

    Posted

    The question is: how did Ame come up with an unsolvable puzzle? How high is her IQ?

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    Angelkitsune

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    Aww man if i stumble into this puzzle either i solve it in 5 hours or i have to wait for someone to upload a video to solve it (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻    ○| ̄|_ =3

    The God Fist

    Posted

    5,000,000 "moves" huh...sigh better call work, and say I won't be coming in for while.

    aegif

    Posted

    If Ame really made that puzzle herself then just wow...

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    pikafan96

    Posted

    I'm scared, I'm actually afraid of a puzzle.

    I just recently got through the horror show Mirage Tower, and now you're going to give me this!

    ...

    I mean I'm gonna do it, but still...

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    Egzample

    Posted

    None asks, what is the prize? Is it Dratini? Store Sticker? Or, I guess, something like PokeSnax or an Ultra Ball.

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    Guest Relinquished

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    1 hour ago, example said:

    None asks, what is the prize? Is it Dratini? Store Sticker? Or, I guess, something like PokeSnax or an Ultra Ball.

    Probably, something big. I bet, Larvitar!

    FairFamily

    Posted

    Meh, It could just mean that Marcello wrote an ineffecient algorithm. Still might be interesting to see if I can "beat his score".

    deno22

    Posted

    You people are evil...

    But again I do play this game to suffer.

    The hype just got bigger.

    Fiasom

    Posted

    Fiasom shuddered in anticipation.

    Illumi

    Posted

    20 hours ago, GS BALL said:

    Probably, something big. I bet, Larvitar!

    You get Larvitar in Tanzan Mountain, entrance by surfing west on Tanzan Lake, behind Rock Climb rocks

    Shuyin178

    Posted

    Can't be much worse than the Turtwig puzzle in Agate Circus..... right?

    GriffinO1

    Posted

    On 6/28/2018 at 7:04 AM, cybershell12 said:

    Not even Lostelle can save us now...

     

    I hope he can.

    W.D Gaster

    Posted

    OH god, I have a bad feeling about this.....

    Hopes it is just the programme is stupid.

    Damien321

    Posted

    Crud, even Lostelle will need help, and they are the main puzzle guide!

    Nashira8

    Posted

    Let's put this into perspective: the train puzzle and the water type gym puzzle were already 2 very tedious puzzles in the last episode, so coming up with a puzzle that you seem to consider difficult and that was impossible before inserting that program doesn't bode well

     

    DarkstarRipklaw

    Posted

    The fact that E18 can be released (in theory there is a chance) on my birthday (16/07) keeps me on a really really really hyped up state hahahaha

    Keep up the good work

    kyle3927

    Posted

    i don't know if i'm more hyped or scared now.

    Khaisz

    Posted

    oh my, that sounds like one fun puzzle to try solve.

    Damien321

    Posted

    Time to spend SEVERAL HOURS on the damn puzzle....

    FrozenPhoenix

    Posted

    That honestly doesn't sound like good game design.

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    Arkhi

    Posted

    damn, I wish Marcello was a more efficient programmer :///

    peden

    Posted

    I just hope there will not be wild pokemon...

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    Egzample

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    On 7/4/2018 at 12:42 AM, FrozenPhoenix said:

    That honestly doesn't sound like good game design.

    Exactly, hard and interesting puzzle isn't equal to tedious and repetetive (like tauros/heracross in aventurine woods and I'm bashing it at every opportunity, I know). But let's put pessimism and critique aside until we see it in action - I hope the programme used by Marcello used some kind of 'brute force' to try out random 'moves' until one combination works or something like that, instead of finding an algorithm or a key.

    Drago777

    Posted

    I love puzzles, and since Ame wasn't sure it would work, and you Marcello worked it out logically and still found it difficult, then wrote a program for it makes me even more excited to try solving it.

     

    Ragxenak

    Posted

    A few friends and I have  a bet on beating Reborn with the catch of only playing while hammered and no guides.

    So bring it on, you absolute madmen/madwomen/madxem

    kyle3927

    Posted

    On 6/28/2018 at 9:04 AM, cybershell12 said:

    Not even Lostelle can save us now...

     

    no, have faith, Lostelle will save us(or else we are screwed)

    NickCrash

    Posted

    It's probable Marcello's programme was semi-brute forcing it (meaning he gave the basic commands), but usually all non-tedius puzzles require some thinking outside the box. I can't wait to make a new playthrough during the beta and try it myself.

    TheGuyRightThere

    Posted

    Well, guess I'll just wait for Lostelle to make a video on how to resolve it 😕

    dotahkin01

    Posted

    Can't wait to make Marcello look like mediocore mathematician.

     

    For reals tho, hope it'll be solvable with some effort... No idea how much time he spent trying

    DSW

    Posted

    Hmm, hope this is either a prank or it's a sidequest that gives us magikarp xD

    lordkillroy6667

    Posted

    at the way the testing is going its gonna be another week at least since they only update the ep18 scoreboard once a day unless they change that all of the sudden.

    kyle3927

    Posted

    I'll try to solve this puzzle while hearing Three Days Grace-Pain

    dirtlord

    Posted

    Has anyone else noticed that the testing flow has not changed in 3-4 days

    Okita Souji

    Posted

    uh, Lostelle, we're gonna need your help if the puzzle is this intense. Ame have no mercy XDD

    junaid

    Posted

    i am expecting the game will be out in first week of August

    Igneous

    Posted

    So, Ame is just copy-pasting the Conkeldurr puzzle?

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    EXNativo

    Posted

    Sounds like fun. I mean, how hard could it possibly be?

    Valyrym

    Posted

    that was a pretty inefficient algorythm

    dirtlord

    Posted

    First check 8/1? Is that a typo? The others were out of 20 something, and 8 > 1.

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    Marcello

    Posted

    The checks are dates, when we start looking over the bug reports from testing and shift our focus to fixing them, rather than just the fatal ones.

    ShadeStrider

    Posted

    19 minutes ago, Marcello said:

    The checks are dates, when we start looking over the bug reports from testing and shift our focus to fixing them, rather than just the fatal ones.

    I think he was Joking, but whatever.

     

    First Check is tomorrow. It may not mark the community release, but it means we are getting closer.

    padamoce

    Posted

    So... Can anyone tell me where is this puzzle? I have been looking for it and can't find it, thanks in advance

    TK3600

    Posted

    On 9/25/2018 at 2:25 AM, padamoce said:

    So... Can anyone tell me where is this puzzle? I have been looking for it and can't find it, thanks in advance

    Magic square, Devon Corp.



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