Competition #8 - Wetrix+ (Ended)

[DCUltrapro]

oooook been playing for an hour and I can get the following:

[pcwzrd13]

Well you're up on the board at least. It takes a bit to figure everything out. Multipliers are the key to getting a big score. Like the rainbows. I believe you get about a 7x multiplier if you evaporate the water when a rainbow is overhead. There are other ways too I'm sure but I haven't figured them out yet.

[mazonemayu]

Am I missing something?

ducks

[DCUltrapro]

I got a higher score last night, 50000+ I'll put it up shortly. What I can't seem to work out properly is the best way to handle those bombs, they can be fairly handy if one section of the map has gotten too high and your at risk of an earthquake, and I have worked out that you have to drop the level of walls to make the lake into one big one if you have loads of little ones but I can't seem to get any higher. My highest rank is excellent

[mazonemayu]

was only lv4 here

[DCUltrapro]

....how....?

[mazonemayu]

as I said before, you need to get some ducks; they are bonus multipliers (x2) per duck. they appear in lakes of 2 rows of blocks high & higher (obviously you'll have to fill this area with water). also when a rainbow appears you need to try evaporating as much water as you can, as your points go x10 in that moment.

also, you don't just start this game with nothing in your head; you start it with a plan (level design): where do I make my duckponds, what place do I use to drop the bombs, how many lakes will I try to build, etc...remember, colourfull & cute as it looks, this is by far a kid's game, its a fucking hard & very unforgiving puzzle game. I've had games that have lasted for 30 minutes, ended in 30 seconds, just coz I dropped 1 block or bomb in a wrong place. but the addiction & reward is often greater than the frustration

[mazonemayu]

oh yes, I almost forgot, there's also something called a smart bomb, you get one for each time you lv up & during this lv up, you have 5 lakes. when used the smart bomb derstoys everything, leaving you with a nice flattened land to start over again. did I forget to mention the fact that this also resets your earthquake & water meter to 0??

with all this in mind, you guys should be able to come up with monster scores in a day or so

[DCUltrapro]

highly doubtful! I still don't understand how to use the bombs so that I don't start to loose water. to be fair its not too bad to begin with but then things come down quicker and you begin to loose track of where you need to repair, where you need to raise walls higher to stop leaks, its a PITA lol

[mazonemayu]

but then again thats the whole idea behind it : the rope thing balance between flooding & earthquake and keeping it going for some time

a puzzler would be no fun if it were too simple, right?