I like the fact that we can slide slowly to see how the board to see where the tiles go, as a form of "preview" that is. But I think the feature is kind of redundant because we don't see how the numbers change on the tiles. Is this a design feature? An omission? Or...?
Scoring System I can explain the scoring system! To be honest, it doesn't help you achieve higher scores at all, I just found it interesting and had to understand it. And frankly, it's quite elegant. Only white cards are worth points. White cards always display a number divisible by 3 - more precisely, the numbers on white cards are based on this formula: 2^k * 3 with k=0,…,11 Just a reminder: 2^0=1, so you get the following numbers for the first k's: k=0: 3, k=1: 6, k=2: 12, k=3: 24 and so on until k=11: 6144 Now, when you run out of moves, the white cards are each scored and then added together. This part is a little confusing because they are not worth their number in points. Instead, the k from above is used to determine the point-value of each card as follows: If a card has the number 2^k * 3 on it, it will be worth 3^(k+1) points So, the point values for all 12 different white cards come out as follows: Code: 3 : 3 | 6 : 9 | 12 : 27 | 24 : 81 48 : 243 | 96 : 729 | 192 : 2,187 | 384 : 6,561 768 : 19,683 | 1,536 : 59,049 | 3,072 : 177,147 | 6,144 : 531,441 Or to put it in different words: as the number on the card doubles, its point value triples. One very neat consequence of this is that all (legitimate) scores in Threes will be divisible by 3 since the divisibility by any number is preserved with addition. And one easy way to verify this it to add the digits of any score together and see if the result is divisible by 3. For example, my highest score at this point is 2,448. 2+4+4+8 = 18 which is divisible by 3 Math - it works. Edit: Woohoo! I made it into the review! Edit2: Oh yeah! Now I'm in a separate article!
http://www.pocketgamer.co.uk/ip_review.asp?c=57084&see=all Great 9/10 review on Pocket Gamer. This game is the most elegant, classy and addictive game I have played since ridiculous fishing. It reeks of indie craft and dedication. Anyone who appreciates art and great games owe it to themselves to buy this right now. GOTW easily. Puzzler of the year! I don't see it getting topped personally!
