A Gaming Diary
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Str8ts (iPhone)
Aug 7th
Sometimes I’m an idiot.
Take a look at the red numbers I’ve listed as possibles in that almost-completed puzzle and see where I went wrong!
One of the problems I sorted out as soon as I took the picture, but another one I didn’t notice until I’d got myself completely tangled up.
Str8ts (iPhone)
Aug 7th
I love it when a plan comes together.
I’ve played quite a few more levels now with no problem. Mind you, that may be because people hardly ever phone me.
This really is a great puzzle – and it’s been put on the iphone with enough care to become a great puzzle game. Also, the developer has informed me that the puzzle is his own invention, it’s not based on any existing puzzle, Japanese or otherwise.
I don’t know why it’s grabbed me when other grid/number puzzles haven’t, but I’m not complaining.
Str8ts (iPhone)
Aug 6th
So, I was getting addicted to this. It’s a wonderful puzzle. However, I got a phone call while solving a puzzle. When I went back to the game, it crashed when trying to go to my last game. I could play all difficulties except the easiest, which is where I really need to be right now. In the end, I had to reset my data and start over from the beginning. (You can’t choose puzzles to play, you have to do them in order in each difficulty.)
A pretty fatal flaw, really, so before I went to bed I pouted on the Touch Arcade forums and sent an email to the developer. I woke up this morning to find two responses, one private message on the forum and one email, explaining that I’d been sent a private message and going into more detail about the problem, which seems to be very rare – and which only occurs on a few of the early levels, even then. The developers are apparently fixing things and hope to have an update sent off to Apple forthwith. Now that’s service.
Bad bug, yes, but great service, brilliant game. As Meat Loaf said, two out of three ain’t bad. In this case, I’d go further and say that it’s really rather good. I’ll carry on playing, at any rate.
Str8ts (iPhone)
Aug 5th
Stupid name, excellent puzzle game. In the grand tradition of Sudoku, Kenken, Nurikabe and all those things that clutter up the newspaper these days. I dunno what they all are. Anyway, I tried this on the game’s website and after a few minutes learning the rules I was away. I did the “My First Str8ts” puzzle, today’s daily puzzle and then went and bought the iPhone version. It’s £1.79, but it’s got a lot of puzzles, all of which have been designed by an actual human being person, and it’s the first grid/number puzzle to grab me in ages.
The iPhone version may not be especially aesthetically pleasing, but the interface is just about perfect. I’ve just done the first of the easy puzzles, which took me about fifteen minutes. It was challenging without being frustrating, so I hope that as I grow better at solving the puzzles the difficulty will grow with me, as it were.
I’d advise trying the puzzles on the web site before buying, but if it grabs you, rest assured that the iPhone implementation is very good, judging from first impressions.
I’m not sure if this is their own invention or, as seems likely, a renamed Japanese puzzle, but whatever it is, it’s a good one.
