Hi guys!
So I've had some feedback about the competition and it's been mixed. Some said it was nice that it didn't feel quite like a Time Trial in disguise. Others didn't enjoy the luck factor or mind gaming involved with the ranking. I kind of agree with both. I wanted to try a version of a Treasure Hunt where you couldn't be sure which score would win, even if you understood the level completely. Then again, maybe the level could be a bit more complex, so that the maximum would be a bit more shielded. And even after the winner was decided, the later rankings were a bit chaotic and didn't reflect which players actually did the math and tried to understand what's going on. Hopefully everyone still had at least an ounce of fun participating, and I will take to heart some lessons for next time.
Here's the video of some of the solutions, I think one from each participant:
I should really go and mark which solution was from whom, and how much they scored, so expect that in the annotations eventually. I think they are in the order of the rankings, but will have to check. Thanks again for everyone's time!
Also, apologies to Bacorn and Jupey95 for somehow not getting your submissions. Bacorn says he had scores of 141, 126, 125, but I'm afraid they might have been lost in my junk mail folder. I do always reply to people once I get a submission, so if in the future you don't hear from me, try again maybe, but let's hope that those times are few and far between. I don't know Jupey95's scores, but I think it's not unfair to still award both of you something for your efforts, so I'll add some extra Chip Cup points for you from the end of the rankings. Yay?
-Miika
So I've had some feedback about the competition and it's been mixed. Some said it was nice that it didn't feel quite like a Time Trial in disguise. Others didn't enjoy the luck factor or mind gaming involved with the ranking. I kind of agree with both. I wanted to try a version of a Treasure Hunt where you couldn't be sure which score would win, even if you understood the level completely. Then again, maybe the level could be a bit more complex, so that the maximum would be a bit more shielded. And even after the winner was decided, the later rankings were a bit chaotic and didn't reflect which players actually did the math and tried to understand what's going on. Hopefully everyone still had at least an ounce of fun participating, and I will take to heart some lessons for next time.
Here's the video of some of the solutions, I think one from each participant:
I should really go and mark which solution was from whom, and how much they scored, so expect that in the annotations eventually. I think they are in the order of the rankings, but will have to check. Thanks again for everyone's time!
Also, apologies to Bacorn and Jupey95 for somehow not getting your submissions. Bacorn says he had scores of 141, 126, 125, but I'm afraid they might have been lost in my junk mail folder. I do always reply to people once I get a submission, so if in the future you don't hear from me, try again maybe, but let's hope that those times are few and far between. I don't know Jupey95's scores, but I think it's not unfair to still award both of you something for your efforts, so I'll add some extra Chip Cup points for you from the end of the rankings. Yay?
-Miika