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LazarusLong
Unfettered
Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 453 Location: 93 miles SW of Ted Kaczynski's cabin
Another curiously odd game odd, and yet interesting
http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/grow.swf
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 7:20 pm
Varin
I Have No Life
Joined: 02 Dec 2002 Posts: 2456 Location: South of where I used to be
finally got it! ALthough I did have to cheat and look at your first three imbri
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Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 9:27 pm
bagsbee
Unfettered
Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Posts: 417 Location: NYC
am I imagining things or did imbri post spoilers to this game, and the post disappeared?
not that I, um, need spoilers or anything...
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 1:40 pm
jamesi
Sentient Being
Joined: 25 Sep 2002 Posts: 2195 Location: Canadia
you're not imagining things, because i used (and abused) the spoilers yesterday to see the final result.
<--- cheater
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 1:56 pm
Myssfitz
Unfettered
Joined: 26 Feb 2003 Posts: 695 Location: In the pasture
bagsbee wrote:
am I imagining things or did imbri post spoilers to this game, and the post disappeared?
not that I, um, need spoilers or anything...
Yep. They were there and I cheated too.
(I had to find something of yours bagsbee to post too, since we both like cows. Mooooooo )
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:10 pm
JimmyImpossible
Veteran
Joined: 27 Apr 2003 Posts: 104 Location: Ottawa
I loved this! So cute!
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:34 pm
Flynn
Decorated
Joined: 11 Nov 2003 Posts: 240 Location: UK
Quote:
Sorry, GROW is too much traffic now.
GROW is moved to here.
Anyone think we broke it
PS - I cheated too...
Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2004 6:49 pm
MageSteff
Pretty talky there aintcha, Talky?
Joined: 06 Jun 2003 Posts: 2716 Location: State of Denial
jamesi wrote:
you're not imagining things, because i used (and abused) the spoilers yesterday to see the final result.
Dang it you mean I missed them?
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2004 12:09 am
BrianEnigma
Entrenched
Joined: 05 Oct 2003 Posts: 1199 Location: Pacific Northwest
You can't "accidentally" highlight this spoiler <SPOILER>
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:20 am
PaleFigure
Decorated
Joined: 12 Nov 2002 Posts: 168 Location: Wollongong, NSW Australia
Okay, I seem to have figured out a few dependencies here...
* The Windmill (3rd left) powers all the other items on the Sphere, but needs to be boosted by the Tornado (4th right). The Tornado moves into place on its 3rd level-up, and the Windmill will be destroyed by the Windmill if it is any lower than its 3rd level-up. I am not yet certain if everything needs the power of the boosted Windmill, so assume it does until stated otherwise.
* Placing the Ring (bottom right) is essential for powering up the Cog (2nd left) and the Dish (4th left). The Ring activates on its first level-up to launch the red Sphere.
* The Pipe (top left) produces bubbles on its first level-up (regardless of the state of the Windmill), but it will only level-up after the Mountains (5th right) have undergone their first level-up. The bubbles then form a raincloud over the Mountain. Once the Ball (2nd right) achieves its 6th level-up, it dries up the cloud ane the Mountains become fertile. On their next level-up, they form a lake around the Pipe. If the Windmill is already boosted by the Tornado, the Ball undergoes a final level-up into a moon. Otherwise, it remains as it is (even once the Windmill is boosted) and a small forest grows around the lake. The Pipe then undergoes one final level-up into a bloom.
The other evolution of the Mountains occurs if the Windmill has achieved its second level-up or higher when the Pipe produces the bubbles. In this case, the bubbles are blown away and the Mountains become barren, erupting with lava and eventually forming a pool of lave around the Pipe. Not sure yet whether the lava pool affects/is affects by the Ball or the boosted Windmill (or anything else, for that matter).
Furthermore, if the Tornado destroys the Windmill before the Pipe produces the bubbles, the bubbles will be sucked into the Tornado and form a mask, which (so far) does not seem to react with anything else. this also prevents the other items from gaining power from the boosted Windmill, limiting their evolution.
* The Box (top right) undergoes 7 level-ups to form a robot, but in order to be completed requires the Ladder (bottom left) to have undergone at least 4 level-ups. Once the robot is complete, an alien descends the ladder, and merges with the robot on the next turn.
* The Dish is extended on its first level-up, and begins receiving "transmissions" on its second level-up, but it requires both the the boosted Windmill and the levelled-up Ring. Once receiving, it connects with the Screen (3rd right) to produce images.
That's all I've managed to deduce so far. I don't know what the Cog does yet, or the Egg (5th left) although I do know it hatches on its 5th level-up to produce a sleeping blob creature.
Anybody else discovered anything from this (amazing addictive) little distraction?
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Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 8:26 am
AEnglish
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5
I'm really close to beating it, I can get everything to be max lvl at one time except for the egg. BTW the sun doesn't turn into the moon via the windmill. It only turns into the moon if grow blasts off after the ball has lvled up into the sun.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:56 pm
AEnglish
Greenhorn
Joined: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5
Ok, I beat it. Heres the order that u have to put things down:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1. robot box
2. orange ball
3. mountains
4. ladder
5. egg
6. pipe
7. propeller
8. tornado
9. cog(upper left, under the pipe)
10. plate
11. gear shapped item(bottom right)
12. screen(under the ball)
EDIT: added spoiler tags - SG
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:11 pm
jegger
Decorated
Joined: 05 Aug 2004 Posts: 222 Location: Atlanta, GA
Another solution Apparently there are multiple solutions. Here's one that works for me:
Spoiler (Rollover to View):
Egg
Box
Ladder
Sun
Mountain
Pipe
Propeller
tornado
gear
dish
thruster
screen
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 11:50 am
GWing_02
Veteran
Joined: 18 Aug 2004 Posts: 144 Location: Seattle, WA
What's with the pictures and numbers that scroll across the screen when completed?
Posted: Fri Sep 03, 2004 9:51 pm
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