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July 27, 2014 9:55 AM   Subscribe

It's Sunday, and maybe you've got nothing better to do than lie in bed and play A Game About Squares.
posted by egypturnash (48 comments total) 38 users marked this as a favorite
 
Well, you got me.
posted by Zalzidrax at 10:02 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


I do have better things to do, but I suppose I can do them tomorrow.
posted by jacquilynne at 10:21 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


I have nothing better to do, so, this was perfect. Thanks for posting this.
posted by yeoz at 10:24 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


Is this a game about squares?

Thank you for this (I think).
posted by 724A at 10:28 AM on July 27, 2014


Huey Lewis approves.
posted by not_on_display at 10:33 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


This is great! (Ha, nice reference to the recent MeTa.)
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome at 10:36 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


Stuck on 12. :-/
posted by lewedswiver at 10:41 AM on July 27, 2014


It's not the first puzzle game to teach you the rules through clever puzzle design. But it's a very good example of one.
posted by Lorc at 10:42 AM on July 27, 2014 [3 favorites]


That's cute. Got to level 12 before I started to feel that little switch in the back of my brain start to wiggle. You know the one, the one that, if it gets flipped, means it will suddenly be Wednesday and I won't have showered or eaten and I will be fired from my job all because of a game.

So yeah, cute concept. Have to walk away from it now.

Thanks for posting!
posted by hippybear at 10:42 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


Stuck on 15. It took me a while to get the hang and then I loved it, until level 15 screwed me over.
posted by marienbad at 11:00 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


I'm on level 17 right now, after a long time getting stuck on either 15 or 16.

So far my favorite character is the square.
posted by Metroid Baby at 11:04 AM on July 27, 2014 [6 favorites]


Level 19. Love the reset button
posted by 724A at 11:05 AM on July 27, 2014


I like the little triangle...
posted by marienbad at 11:07 AM on July 27, 2014


I found the triangle to be a bit of a shifty character exerting too much influence on the square and his direction in life.
posted by hippybear at 11:09 AM on July 27, 2014 [5 favorites]


zomg, level 21. My eyes! The goggles do nothing!
posted by tonycpsu at 11:12 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


This feels a hell of a lot like debugging code. I like.
posted by lawrencium at 11:12 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


I am stepping away from my tablet, this had the potential to rob me of hours.
posted by arcticseal at 11:13 AM on July 27, 2014


Yeah, I'm stuck on 21. So much for the rest of this afternoon.
posted by jferg at 11:22 AM on July 27, 2014


It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that you have to end up on the dot - the square doesn't consume the dot like [Ms] Pac-Man. Yes I am old.
posted by vapidave at 11:37 AM on July 27, 2014


OK, level 23 is when it starts to get "interesting"
posted by lawrencium at 11:38 AM on July 27, 2014


26 argh.
posted by beerbajay at 11:40 AM on July 27, 2014


WTF 29 my eyes are bleeding.
posted by beerbajay at 12:08 PM on July 27, 2014


Can someone just tell me how many moves it takes to beat level four; I think I'll be able to figure it out then. Yes, I'm stuck on level four.
posted by DanSachs at 12:15 PM on July 27, 2014


> how many moves it takes to beat level four

5.
posted by beerbajay at 12:20 PM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


beerbajay is right, level 29 is nausea inducing.
posted by 724A at 12:25 PM on July 27, 2014


Also it took forever :/
posted by beerbajay at 12:26 PM on July 27, 2014


Thanks; got it now.
posted by DanSachs at 12:30 PM on July 27, 2014


I cannot figure out #33. It seems like you have to have a block able to get to its dot by its own power for this to work, and there's no way for any block to do that.
posted by kafziel at 12:52 PM on July 27, 2014


Out of battery at level 27. Fun puzzle though. Thanks, egypturnash. I'll be back to finish it.
posted by ob1quixote at 1:09 PM on July 27, 2014


on 33: you need to move all three blocks into their final position at the same time.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 1:46 PM on July 27, 2014


I am having a complete loss on 14.
posted by jeather at 2:00 PM on July 27, 2014


This is good. I am enjoying this.
posted by Decani at 2:00 PM on July 27, 2014


Nevermind. The second I posted that it became clear.
posted by jeather at 2:00 PM on July 27, 2014


I can't get past 15! Aarrrggh!
posted by macadamiaranch at 2:17 PM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]


31 is killing me.
posted by 724A at 2:28 PM on July 27, 2014


I was stuck on Level 15 for a loooong time; then came back from lunch and solved it almost immediately. It helped to think of the two squares as processing through the loop together rather than separately.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 2:31 PM on July 27, 2014


on 33: you need to move all three blocks into their final position at the same time.

I just can't see how that's possible. Every position where a square is next to its dot, and with the right direction of arrow, is a position it has to be pushed out of circulation and into. Something always has to do the pushing!
posted by kafziel at 2:45 PM on July 27, 2014


One box will not have the "right" direction of arrow.
posted by vibratory manner of working at 3:57 PM on July 27, 2014


28 stopped me for a few hours and now 31 promises to do the same.,
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:27 PM on July 27, 2014


This is fun, thanks! Though I'm feeling a bit dumb for being stuck on level 10...
posted by aka burlap at 8:02 PM on July 27, 2014


Obscure Reference: "28 stopped me for a few hours and now 31 promises to do the same.,"

31 has had me stumped for a few hours now. I understand what I think needs to be done, but getting there is beyond me.
posted by 724A at 10:10 PM on July 27, 2014


CUBE is a game about cubes.
posted by not_on_display at 10:45 PM on July 27, 2014


I feel really dumb - I can't get past level 3!
posted by SisterHavana at 12:04 AM on July 28, 2014


Okay, so I figured out 3, but now I am hung up on level 10. Argh!
posted by SisterHavana at 12:29 AM on July 28, 2014


Who knew there was a level 34!
posted by Obscure Reference at 5:39 AM on July 28, 2014


Let's just hope AGAS, can last as long as Planets. Party like its 1999!
posted by xtian at 11:27 AM on July 28, 2014


After having this tab open for more than a week and fiddling periodically I finally finished all 35 levels. If you keep clicking through the many, many comments that come after the final level you end up at a clickable list of levels that lets you replay them one at a time.
posted by insoluble uncertainty at 10:44 AM on August 5, 2014


Thank you insoluble uncertainty! I am stuck on level 34 and considered bagging it as there did not seem like a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, but you convinced me to go on.
posted by 724A at 11:42 AM on August 5, 2014


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