A Gaming Diary
Posts tagged trixel
Trixel (iPhone)
Jul 27th
If there’s any game that I probably shouldn’t have spent money on, it’s Trixel. It’s not that it’s a bad game – far from it. It’s actually a very nice implementation of a good idea. The trouble is, I am terrible at it. It requires planning several steps in advance, something my poor, dim brain just isn’t cut out for.
I play a few levels, then my brain shuts down and decides that I’m not allowed to, you know, think and I get annoyed and turn the game off and go and play something that requires no thought while my brain lies back on a chaise lounge and fans itself for a while.
Trixel (iPhone)
Jul 15th
Oh, my aching brain. This one of those puzzle games that I find very difficult indeed. Look at the screenshot below.
You have to change the big image to match the little image shown at the top. You can move left, right up and down and when you land on a square it flips colour. I most people could look at that image and work out the best solution in seconds. I am not one of those people. It’s not that I’m not clever enough, as such, just that I tend to leap in without actually thinking, then get annoyed with myself. D’oh.
I’m sure if I looked at that image for a while I could work it out…
Nope, I’ve got nothing. Maybe I’m just not very bright.
Oh, just go and buy the blasted thing, then laugh at me every time you finish a puzzle. Go on.
(For the record, I’ve already made one move in the image above before taking the screenshot and it’s a level I’ve previously completed – but I only got a Silver rating, not Gold.)
EDIT, a few minutes later… D’oh! It’s obvious! I just glanced at the image again and the solution couldn’t have been any more obvious. I really am worried about my brain now.
