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Happy Friday!

peachfuzz — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:25:53 -0800

Coign of Vantage is an unassuming, soothing kind of game - manipulate and move around a 3d cloud of pixels until they line up and melt into a simple image. Easy, zone-outtable, quite addictive.

By: BeerFilter

BeerFilter — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:04:39 -0800

First try: 69130 After the first few images I realized I needed lower mouse sensitivity. Once I made the adjustment it got a lot easier for me. Finally! A use for the on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment buttons on my mouse!

By: lekvar

lekvar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:21:59 -0800

Not particularly challenging, but fun nonetheless.

By: treepour

treepour — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:27:16 -0800

364560 At first I was doing terribly, but then I had these two moments . . . The first was that I realized I always needed to rotate the smaller squares so that they were in the foreground. The second is that I found I could do these very quickly if I stopped thinking about how my hand movements related to the motion of the screen and, instead, just thought about making whatever movements necessary to bring the image into "focus." When I took that step back, I sometimes seemed to stumble upon the right vantage almost immediately. The problem is, it was VERY difficult to stay in that frame of mind.

By: nudar

nudar — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:49:03 -0800

Need to be able to invert/uninvert the mouse controller for the dextrously dyslexics such as myself.

By: meinvt

meinvt — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:52:50 -0800

420,030 - both sets of advice above are useful. A fun diversion.

By: peachfuzz

peachfuzz — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:05:44 -0800

treepour - that's what I like about it. It encourages a sort of reflexive deep focus, albeit in a pretty shallow way...and besides, it's so gratifying! It's a good 5 minute recharge during a tough project or other exhausting task. I like playing without looking at the image hint in the corner - it makes it really satisfying when it "clicks" and everything pops into place.

By: Donnie VandenBos

Donnie VandenBos — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:28:40 -0800

379,980. The three-fish picture screwed me. I didn't check the icon and just instinctively thought it was supposed to be a picture of falling missiles. Good game. Thanks for posting it peachfuzz.

By: vertigo25

vertigo25 — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:19:34 -0800

It's still Thursday, here. I can't click the link, yet.

By: revfitz

revfitz — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:30:04 -0800

Thanks for making me feel proficient, guys! 498,180 on my first try. The one picture that really screwed me up was the hourglass; I spent way too long trying to line it up perfectly before realizing that it was upside down.

By: EarBucket

EarBucket — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:00:31 -0800

517,300 on my first go. Fun!

By: lumensimus

lumensimus — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:33:53 -0800

I was all prepared to hate it solely based on the title (as fun as the game itself is), but hey -- I learned a new term! An aptly named game.

By: Durn Bronzefist

Durn Bronzefist — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:11:47 -0800

400820 (55 images) on the first go. Fun, but easy when you realize that the stream of pixels leading away from the picture will always be intended to be toward the viewer. Then it's just a matter of up-down orientation. Thanks, peachfuzz.

By: Pronoiac

Pronoiac — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:56:39 -0800

Finding the straight edges is helpful for finetuning the orientation. I think I'd prefer it a bit with circles/spheres instead, instead of (non-)rotating squares, but that's nitpicking, I think.