Polycube frequencies
Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2014 8:45 pm
My problem with Blockout II is that the distribution of the polycubes seems to be different from the one in the original Blockout. For Out of Control my strategy used to be to fill 4 layers leaving just one empty cell in each of them and then wait for a height 4 or height 5 polycube. So I was able to clear out 4 layers several times in a row. This seems impossible in Blockout II due to the polycube frequencies being different, in particular the frequency of the polycube consisting of 4 cubes in a row. Clearing out 4 layers, say, 3 times in a row seems hopeless.
I can think of a simpler test for this claim, that might be easier to verify: in Blockout II getting the same polycube twice in a row seems an extremely rare event. I'm not sure if I have seen it happen even once. In the original Blockout that wasn't such a rare event, and more than once I was even getting the same polycube three times in a row.
I can think of a simpler test for this claim, that might be easier to verify: in Blockout II getting the same polycube twice in a row seems an extremely rare event. I'm not sure if I have seen it happen even once. In the original Blockout that wasn't such a rare event, and more than once I was even getting the same polycube three times in a row.