• Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    But, sliding tile puzzles are simple, there is a reason they give them away as kids toys. If you haven’t figured out how to solve them, look it up, there is only one thing to know. But, basically it’s kind of like a figure 8 shape that you use to sort the tiles and fill them in from one corner and sweep to the opposite corner. Once you’ve done it once, every sliding tile puzzle is the exact same, and bigger ones are actually easier, just take more time.

    Edit: I know it actually being simple is “the joke”, and that it’s maybe an adhd thing that gets in the way for people that see it and just assume it’ll be too hard, without checking.

    • Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      I have legit never been able to figure out those goddamn puzzles without a specific guide. I think Resident Evil 4’s remake had one and I remember raging like a motherfucker. Anything else in the game, fine. That puzzle? AAAAAAAAAAAAA

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
      1·
      1 month ago

      It gets used in games a lot because it’s a common beginner game design project.

      And it’s not an ADHD thing, it’s a people that haven’t figured out the pattern thing.

      • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 month ago

        Ah, just figured out of all my friends it’s all the adhd’ers that have the whole mental block about seeing something and assuming it’ll be impossible to learn so never trying or looking it up. When it takes less than 5 minutes to permanently learn how to forever be able to simply solve these puzzles.

        I just show them how to do it and they are surprised it’s actually as easy as I made it look.