Author Topic: 99 bricks (Read 7085 times)

Lead · « **on:** December 03, 2008, 12:53:56 pm »

http://www.notdoppler.com/99bricks.php

Very interesting game. Tetris like, but also adds the physics factor of a real tower. Check it out!

Camel · « **Reply #1 on:** December 03, 2008, 03:27:14 pm »

The first time I played it, I kept getting the green 2x2 squares, so I thought I was on ezmode or something.

Super_X · « **Reply #2 on:** December 03, 2008, 07:41:02 pm »

topaz~ · « **Reply #3 on:** December 03, 2008, 08:33:04 pm »

Played like twenty games so far, haven't actually finished yet... maybe I should dump more pieces.

Camel · « **Reply #4 on:** December 03, 2008, 10:01:33 pm »

569

I discarded most of the pieces in the beginning to make a stable base, started tapering the tower down ~200, and when I had about 30 pieces left, I just basically held the down arrow to get as high as I could before the wobbly shit fell

topaz~ · « **Reply #5 on:** December 04, 2008, 12:41:49 am »

Super_X · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2008, 02:34:09 am »

Chavo · « **Reply #7 on:** December 07, 2008, 02:38:36 am »

42, I killed the rest intentionally after that

deadly7 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 07, 2008, 07:35:09 pm »

Quote from: Chavo on December 07, 2008, 02:38:36 am

42, I killed the rest intentionally after that

Hahahaha win.

Lead · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2008, 06:50:54 am »

Quote from: deadly7 on December 07, 2008, 07:35:09 pm

Quote from: Chavo on December 07, 2008, 02:38:36 am
42, I killed the rest intentionally after that
Hahahaha win.

LOL!

The game is very addicting. I can hardly get my towers past ~375.

Camel · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2008, 11:57:33 am »

Java seems to destroy any web browser other than Chrome.

Actually, it destroys Chrome too, but you can kill the plugin process and reload the page.

Newby · « **Reply #11 on:** December 09, 2008, 11:52:57 pm »

Java works fine on me.

Anyway, the game makes no sense: there's no force that would suddenly cause my towers to start wobbling. All the pieces line up perfectly, and they magically start tipping?

490.

Camel · « **Reply #12 on:** December 10, 2008, 12:21:44 pm »

Quote from: Newby on December 09, 2008, 11:52:57 pm

Anyway, the game makes no sense: there's no force that would suddenly cause my towers to start wobbling. All the pieces line up perfectly, and they magically start tipping?

Wind? The impact of each new brick?

dark_drake · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2008, 04:23:53 pm »

Warrior · « **Reply #14 on:** December 10, 2008, 08:52:53 pm »

wtf this isnt tetris

Newby · « **Reply #15 on:** December 10, 2008, 08:56:51 pm »

Wind? Definitely not. 1x4 pieces would not be able to stand straight up more than 2-3 high if this was the case, and I've definitely stacked them higher.

The force of the blocks? It shouldn't be. They seem to be lined up perfectly, then somewhere along the way they unalign. Unevenly. It's annoying.

Proof? Try stacking ONLY 2x2 blocks directly where they spawn. You can do 1x4 if they're put down longways (4x1), but I still recommend only 2x2 pieces. Somewhere it'll magically start to wobble. If there's no wind and the only force is a pseudo-gravity pulling the blocks down, something is amiss.

Sidoh · « **Reply #16 on:** December 10, 2008, 09:15:33 pm »

try building a stack of books that's more than 10 feet high and get back to us

Newby · « **Reply #17 on:** December 10, 2008, 09:31:47 pm »

Quote from: Sidoh on December 10, 2008, 09:15:33 pm

try building a stack of books that's more than 10 feet high and get back to us

If everything is the same (mass, volume), the books are perfectly lined up (like they initially do in the game), and the only force acting on the books is gravity, I don't see what should start going wrong.

I think (since I'm somewhat experienced with ActionScript) I might disassemble the Flash game and find out what exactly they do... just for fun.

Sidoh · « **Reply #18 on:** December 11, 2008, 02:07:46 am »

Quote from: Newby on December 10, 2008, 09:31:47 pm

Quote from: Sidoh on December 10, 2008, 09:15:33 pm
try building a stack of books that's more than 10 feet high and get back to us

If everything is the same (mass, volume), the books are perfectly lined up (like they initially do in the game), and the only force acting on the books is gravity, I don't see what should start going wrong.

I think (since I'm somewhat experienced with ActionScript) I might disassemble the Flash game and find out what exactly they do... just for fun.

I think that's the point. It's simulating building a stack in an imperfect world.

I'm pretty sure skyscrapers sway a noticeable amount with the wind, for example.

Towelie · « **Reply #19 on:** December 11, 2008, 06:10:49 am »

The game wouldn't be fun if it was in a perfect world

Hitmen · « **Reply #20 on:** December 11, 2008, 03:22:13 pm »

The game newby is looking for is called 'tetris'

Super_X · « **Reply #21 on:** December 11, 2008, 03:56:37 pm »

I want him to find out what they have in the game that makes the blocks sway, though. It'll be cool.

503

I did the 1x4 standing on end, and at 240 it started to wobble, at 320 it moved enough that the blocks were no longer in line.

The 2x2s started wobbling at 199.

Ribose · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2009, 11:19:56 pm »

468, but it was literally falling (after 10 blocks left I just stacked 'em, before then I made them all fit together so there wasn't much way for them to fall) when I ran out of bricks. :O

iago · « **Reply #23 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:05:24 am »

i was playing a game like this for the iPhone last night, but I forget what it's called now

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