Poll of the Day > Opposite Topic: What are the most big-brain mental challenge games on Steam?

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Stuff like Brain Age on crack

Imagine a MOBA where you had to be fast at short hand math while your spelling bee teammate helps with some cryptography ... or something

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Zachtronics games obviously. (you've played space-chem IIRC, so you should know this).

also Kerbal Space Program and Factorio

I feel like you asked this already recently

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Sahuagin posted...

Zachtronics games obviously. (you've played space-chem IIRC, so you should know this).

also Kerbal Space Program and Factorio

I feel like you asked this already recently

I did, but the topic devolved into weirdness.

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have you played either of KSP or Factorio?

also, KSP2 comes out this year!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_nj6wW6Gsc

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I haven't played either, and only seen video of KSP

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Lokarin posted...

I haven't played either, and only seen video of KSP

learning how to orbit planets effectively takes some smarts

it did for me at least

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KSP is neat, iirc its been used as a teaching tool in school for orbital mechanics.

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I mean, have you guys played Hydra Slayer?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/432380/Hydra_Slayer/

edit:

You are facing a nine-headed hydra. Your flaming longsword cuts five heads in each swipe (no more, no less), which will kill a five-headed hydra, but a larger one will regrow two heads after each swipe. Your storm scythe cuts exactly seven heads, but it makes ten heads grow back if the hydra is not dead. Is it possible to kill the hydra? What if you also had a silver dagger, which cuts just one head, but makes five heads grow back?

Solution: It is impossible without the silver dagger (the number of heads always stays divisible by 3), but possible with the silver dagger, for example: 9 -> longsword -> 6 -> longsword -> 3 -> dagger -> 7 -> scythe -> 0

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Lokarin posted...

You are facing a nine-headed hydra. Your flaming longsword cuts five heads in each swipe (no more, no less), which will kill a five-headed hydra, but a larger one will regrow two heads after each swipe. Your storm scythe cuts exactly seven heads, but it makes ten heads grow back if the hydra is not dead. Is it possible to kill the hydra? What if you also had a silver dagger, which cuts just one head, but makes five heads grow back?

was not easy, but looks like sword, sword, dagger, scythe does it

9, -5+2 = 6, -5+2 = 3, -1+5=7, -7 dead

lots of prime numbers floating around, probably a better way to look at it mathematically but that was just random guessing

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The biggest brain challenge is not buying games on sale even though you really want to but know deep down you'll never play them

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