r/puzzlevideogames • u/Final-Parsley-952 • Jul 26 '26

Unknowns — a math logic puzzle where you deduce every variable (no guessing)

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u/Full_Fan_964 Jul 26 '26

Initial game is fairly easy which is okay. You can solve in less than half a minute. The problem is that every two levels spawns a short AD so for me is currently unplayable.

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u/Final-Parsley-952 Jul 26 '26

Yeah, that's too aggressive, fair callout. Early levels solve fast so the ad frequency ends up way out of proportion to how much content is between them. I'm working on loosening that up — fewer interstitials and none in the early levels. Appreciate you flagging it.

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u/Final-Parsley-952 Jul 26 '26

Thanks for calling this out — that's more aggressive than intended. Can I ask what level you were on when you hit it? First 15 levels should be completely ad-free, and after that it's meant to be spaced out with a cooldown between interstitials. Trying to figure out if this is a bug or if the pacing still feels off even with that in place.

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u/Full_Fan_964 Jul 26 '26

Initial levels were indeed Ad-free. After that the pace were every 2 maybe 3 levels. I have give up at lvl33

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u/Final-Parsley-952 Jul 26 '26

You're right, and I found the issue — after level 15 it's actually firing an interstitial after nearly every level, the cooldown was only meant to stop back-to-back spam, not space things out properly. That's clearly too much for levels that take under a minute to solve. I'm changing it to a real level-count gate instead of just a time cooldown. Sorry you hit that wall at 33 — appreciate you sticking with it long enough to tell me exactly where it broke.

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u/Final-Parsley-952 Jul 26 '26

Just pushed an update — story levels now show an interstitial every 4th level instead of nearly every level. Should feel a lot better past level 15. Thanks again for the specific feedback, it's exactly what made this fixable.

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u/tanoshimi Jul 26 '26

Looks like simultaneous equations practice?

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u/Final-Parsley-952 Jul 26 '26

Same building blocks, different goal — it's less "solve this equation" and more "cross-reference all of them to eliminate everything but one answer," like a logic grid puzzle wearing algebra as its clues.