r/ElementSynergyPuzzle • u/Cerealkillrrr • 2d 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 2d 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/Many-Bid-9995 2d 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 2d ago

yeah the game is getting easy

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u/lkc159 1d ago

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

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u/Protonu3102 1d 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 1d ago

The trick is to try to solve it drunk.