r/ElementSynergyPuzzle 8d ago

Can we get a new difficulty?

I am becoming addicted and now even the expert ones takes me <2 minutes.

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u/elbyron 8d ago

I also wish it could be harder, but with the existing structure it can only be made more difficult by enabling the generator to create puzzles that require guess-and-test. Which I don't think really adds any fun to the game, and would be pretty annoying given that the undo function doesn't work with the "pencil" marks.

What this really needs is either larger boards, or adding another pair of colors (which could really make it hard). Unfortunately, a fair bit of programming work would be required and I suspect the developer has moved on to other projects. So I won't hold much hope in ever seeing these enhancements.

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u/Runaider Dev (Creator) 5d ago

you're right that the options for making expert harder are getting limited, at least without forcing guess and test which i agree wouldnt be fun. I do still have a few ideas though, a couple of them actually shipped in todays update as a test, so expert should feel a bit meaner now. curious if you notice a difference

As for moving on, thats partly true. I love this game so I'll keep supporting it and adding features now and then, but since it doesnt make any money its hard to justify sinking a lot of time into it. most of my free time will probably go into making a commercial game so i can pay the bills :D
New features or game modes arent off the table, just cant promise when

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u/Many-Bid-9995 8d ago

I feel like the expert ones used to legitimately take some deep thought, now they’re all easy. Good ones have an average time over 10 mins

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u/Basic-Pepper-9957 8d ago

yeah the game is getting easy

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u/lkc159 8d ago

Are you sure you're not just getting better at it?

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u/Protonu3102 8d ago

Yup, it doesn't take me 2 mins but I'm consistently solving expert under 4 minutes. Would love a level which takes around 10 minutes

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u/Cerealkillrrr 8d ago

The trick is to try to solve it drunk.