same ole same ole but simpler

November 13, 2007 7:26 AM

Prototype/Scriptaculous Version of Same Game, created on 10 Nov 2007, by Syndication.
posted by nickyskye (22 comments total)

Fun! Thanks nickyskye...
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 7:45 AM on November 13, 2007

Fun. 833!
posted by dobbs at 7:56 AM on November 13, 2007

Ugh, more wasted hours dead ahead.

Kudos on the Javascript though...
posted by waxbanks at 8:02 AM on November 13, 2007

883. I've had enough. Back to work!
posted by dobbs at 8:06 AM on November 13, 2007

951, homies.
posted by waxbanks at 8:32 AM on November 13, 2007

984! I'm some kind of superdog. OK enough of this (where by 'this' I mean posting ever-higher scores and depressing the lot of you :).
posted by waxbanks at 8:38 AM on November 13, 2007

I take it back! 1,101. Salty.
posted by waxbanks at 8:55 AM on November 13, 2007

1109
posted by The Ultimate Olympian at 9:07 AM on November 13, 2007

It's just square marbles.
posted by The Ultimate Olympian at 9:07 AM on November 13, 2007

1,142.
posted by Prospero at 9:34 AM on November 13, 2007

I LOVE YOU.
posted by peep at 9:35 AM on November 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

Or hate you. One of those things. My employer hates you, that's for sure.
posted by peep at 9:35 AM on November 13, 2007

942

I like the feature where you see how many points a certain move will earn!
posted by scrumtralescent at 9:46 AM on November 13, 2007

Prototype and Scriptaculous are the bomb. If you're not using them yet in all your sites, you should be.

(YUI, on the other hand, I hate. Though I admit that may be more about the developers I was working with on those sites, than the framework itself.)
posted by ook at 10:10 AM on November 13, 2007

wow, you guys are incredible. I can't ever get the scores you do but I like this little game as an alternative to Solitaire.
posted by nickyskye at 10:55 AM on November 13, 2007

The trick is to plan ahead for the endgame. Each move earns you points equivalent to the (mathematical) square of the number of (colored) squares that disappear with that move. So it's best to sacrifice small groups at the beginning if it means you'll be able to remove groups of twenty-five adjacent squares at the end. (The score is dependent on the random distribution, of course--I haven't come close to hitting my high score again.)
posted by Prospero at 1:14 PM on November 13, 2007 [1 favorite]

1115. Woo!
posted by peep at 2:14 PM on November 13, 2007

1254.
posted by nzero at 5:21 PM on November 13, 2007

1262. Take that, internet strangers!
posted by team lowkey at 6:00 PM on November 13, 2007

1523. I kid you not.

Somehow I wound up with a single move worth over 1,100.
posted by Rocky Dennis Memorial Inner Beauty Pageant at 3:50 AM on November 14, 2007

3439 and counting. I kid you not.

Turns out if you click repeatedly, it will give you points for every click, and then drop the blocks right through the floor. Oops.
posted by team lowkey at 4:27 PM on November 14, 2007

1290 legitimately, no floor dropping
posted by nickyskye at 10:10 PM on November 23, 2007