go and enjoy,im glad i got it right this time lol.add to yr favorites as normal O0
Do you have to win the game in order to get credit?
at rank 4 already and have got 1st badge O0
WTG CAROLINE i have only just got to rank 2 its driving me potty although i am doing it on medium level which is quite easy ::)it just when all my life runs out it does my nut in lmao >:D
WTG Caroline. I didn't get up early enough so was only able to get through the first level before having to take off for work. Have the first badge on level 4 is great. I'll probably knock that out at lunch time :)
Another good game from Pogo IMHO O0
Quote from: caroline196 on October 25, 2005, 06:07:02 AM
at rank 4 already and have got 1st badge O0
WTG Caroline. Can you or someone explain to me why, after a right click and the ? mark, after removing it and then left click, it explodes???????????????? It's ticking me off, lol.
O0 luvmydogmax Great Tip!! Thank you so much! Makes it so much easier to try the medium level!! Thank you again!! ;)
Quote from: Barbara on October 25, 2005, 07:18:41 AM
Wow, I can't find the words to tell you how much I dislike this game. Maybe Pogo gave me a corrupt version and they forgot to add the fun part of this game.
Don't sugar coat it Barbara, tell us what you really think ;)
You need to give it time. I mean, I remember when I first played the frog game and how much I really hated it. Now....well, I guess that isn't a good example :o
Only played a few games this morning. Think I'm the only one who likes it
dont worry autos will you feel all better O0
i think the game is pretty lame aswell, tbh.
yet another pogo game made just for the auto's evil game >:D
Quote from: Helen on October 25, 2005, 07:22:52 AM
Quote from: caroline196 on October 25, 2005, 06:07:02 AM
at rank 4 already and have got 1st badge O0
WTG Caroline. Can you or someone explain to me why, after a right click and the ? mark, after removing it and then left click, it explodes???????????????? It's ticking me off, lol.
When you right click, if you've eliminated all the possible areas where a diamond/bomb (whatever it is) can be, it will right away become a diamond/bomb. If you have several other places you can still click that might possibly be the bomb/diamond, then it becomes a question mark because you're not sure if it's safe to click there. Get it?
I reached the rank 4 badge but, to my surprise when I looked in badge central it shows that I have the rank 9 badge and not the rank 4 badge. Is pogo a little messed up?
Here's another tip. Sometimes you may come to a dead end. Instead of just guessing where the crystal possibly is, use the scan button (if it's activated) to uncover the space. This way you don't risk losing those crystals needed for rank progress.
Another tip of sorts. I found the easiest puzzle to play so far is the heart one and click near the bottom right or left of it (see picture)
<img src="https://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b275/SaintHippo/minesweepbest.jpg" alt="Easy Puzzle">
You're pretty much guaranteed to not land on a bomb 90% of the time. From that point on, game should be a piece of cake
Thanks for the tips!!! I knew nothing about this game and am doing great now. I also agree the Valentine planet one is the easiest for me. Another thing that helps is to double click all over the puzzle. I've had alot of luck removing squares doing that.
where do u get the heart the only ones i get id a circle and a fourth of a circle and like a octagon shape thats it
u have to advance in rank to unlock new planets or shapes i think the heart it the 1st rank
Quote from: CC71 on October 25, 2005, 09:05:36 AM
I reached the rank 4 badge but, to my surprise when I looked in badge central it shows that I have the rank 9 badge and not the rank 4 badge. Is pogo a little messed up?
Mine is appearing the same way. Now I'm back to rank 3 after being booted. But, I still have the badge. I wonder if I'll get a different badge when I get to rank 4 again.
if u go back out of the game and wait a min then go back in it will go back to rank 4
No, it doesn't always. Loss of rank progress is typical the first day of a new release and I expected it. Thanks anyways.
I have yet to get into the game......err.......i get to the picture then it stalls.........wont load...... :'(
Having got to rank 6 already ;) (she says showing off) can i recommend that as soon as you get planet Terra - rank 4 - just keep re-using that planet. Given that the ranks are based on the number of crystals found, Terra usually has around 40-44 crystals per screen which means you go through the ranks quicker per completed puzzle.
hope this helps
Does the difficulty matter, cept for more tokies.
Or are there more crystals on medium or hard
more gems alot more
the harder it is there are more crystals so faster to rank up
Quote from: JENNY28 on October 25, 2005, 02:01:42 PM
more gems alot more
TYSVM. and very quick with the reply O0
Well! TY for the tip....I now fully understand how mindsweeper works....all those years and I had no clue lol I just kept losing.....For me, the outline of the ones around it helped me to understand...and now i can play a perfect game almost everytime, I cleared my stats after i lost the first 15 lol
OMGGGGGGGGGGGG i hate this game please help me i wanna learn to play but i just dont uderstand the numbers thing help me pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
the #'s tell you how many crystals are touching that square and from that you can figgure out where the crystals are
there is a problem with the stellars badges instead of getting the rank 4 badge it gives u the rank 9 badge
heres a screenshot
(https://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b193/jenny24uk2001/5127fea3.jpg)
then hopp[efully when we are done rank 9 we get a second one ;)
WTG al on 1st badge and gla. Thanks for the tips i wouldnt have gotta past the tutorial
Thanks for the Terra tip!! ;)
great tips I even win on hard :) O0
I like this game. I don't like it enough to get all of the ranks on my own, but I like it. Barbara, I would be happy to help you if you want. 8)
Alrighty then. I'm back from work, had my dinner (Kahlua Pork w/ cabbage Plate lunch take out from L&L's Hawaiian BBQ), my energy levels are wayyyyy up and I'm ready to crank out this game and knock out that first badge. Y'all are way ahead of me so in the words of Mr. Marx, "Hello, I must be going"
CUL ;D lol
ok have not went to the new game yet trying to get www done tonight so im going to go look and see what it is well return to let you know how i like it wish me gl
this is what pogo has put abt the badge confusion for stellar
I got to rank 4, and I got the badge that's supposed to be awarded at rank 9. Why's this?
The rank information for badges isn't correct in the How to Play file at this time, although it is correct in the Game Award Badge Album (in Badge Central). So, if you want to confirm when you're supposed to get badges, please go to Badge Central, click on the Game Award badge album, and do a search for "Stellar Sweeper". Then, click on the bdages' names to see when they are awarded. We hope to have this addressed soon, and we apologize for any confusion this may cause.
also
I didn't get a badge when the How to Play file said I should. What happened?
This is an apparent issue on our end. It has been reported to the developers, and we hope to have it addressed soon. It should be corrected on its own when the issue that's causing the badges to be awarded in the wrong order is addressed.
omgggggggggggggggggg what is this im lost lol as usually (auto take this game away) >:( dont know what to to but click so just waiting for the great ppl of the auto world in the meantime will try to get the www out of the way so away i go gl all
There is a 'how to play' section in this game that teaches you, ahem, how to play.
pogo states that there is a glitch with the badge awards they are being give out in the wrong order they hope to have this problem fixed soon
O.K., I played this game two times and figured out a SURE WIN every time. Once the board is almost clear, right clicking on the squares will tell you wether a spot is a ? or a bomb. It doesnt work with a new board, but once so many squares are cleared, its almost foolproof.
i do that same thing and get a perfect everytime lol
same here O0
A square is never just a question mark.. the question mark shows up when you right click a square thinking that that square is a crystal, and when it is not a known fact that it is a crystal. When you left click and a crystal shows up, that is because it is known by the other squares you have uncovered around it that it is definitely a crystal. When you left click, and it explodes, that is because that space was a crystal that you did not identify with a right click first. It's not a hint that you are doing, that is pretty much the object, to find which ones are the crystals.
Sorry, I've modified this post a bit, after making sure what I was saying was accurate and clear.
Now that the auto has been released (and purchased) it probably doesn't matter, but if you are playing manually, always use the scan when it is available. You get several of these each game and it is a quick way of clearing 9 squares.
Sorry RC, I didn't understand a word you said. I know if I right click sometimes, I will get the ?. Then I will go back later and left click and the d--n thing will blow up on me. There are times I just don't get it. I have two squares left in the game. I right click on one and then the other getting ?'s on both of them. I know one of them is the crystal. I always get lucking and cause an explosion. :'(
Right clicking always places a question mark, when it's on a square (I'll call them blocks) that is not guaranteed to be a crystal.. the purpose of having the question mark, is so you can mark the blocks you think may contain a crystal.. you don't really even need to use the question marks (right clicks) when you get better at the game. You'll need to left click in the game board to uncover the numbers that help you in determining which blocks have the crystals.
1 1 1 1 1 1
1 $ 2 2 $ 2
2 3 4 $ 3 $
1 $ $ 2 2 1
1 2 2 1 - -
In this little "diagram", think of the dollar signs as the crystals.. if the game had all of the blocks uncovered, those are the numbers you would see around this set of crystals, with the dashes being empty spaces. Look at each number seperately, like it's the center of a picture.. and look all around the edge of that picture and you'll see how that number tells you how many crystals are in it's "picture". Take the #4 for instance, you can see 4 dollar signs (crystals) in the surrounding squares around that 4 (the eight blocks that touch the 4). And if you look at the #3 directly to the left of the #4, and think of that #3 as it's own center of another picture, you can then see 3 dollar signs in that "picture". And you can see how these "pictures" overlap one another.
As you go through the game, these numbers will eventually tell you certain blocks that have to have a crystal underneath. Like the #1 in the fourth row, all the way to the right.. if you had already uncovered the spaces beneath it (the two dashes), as well as the 2 and 3 to the left of it.. you will then know that the block directly above the 1 has to be a crystal because all of the other blocks around that 1 have been uncovered and we know that 1 of them has a crystal.. and you can then right click that block to uncover the crystal. (It will appear automatically when you click a known block like that). And in doing this, you can see how you will also be uncovering blocks around other numbers, and hence by process of elimination, you are making it easier to tell which blocks have the crystals around those numbers.
I may have made it more confusing here, I don't know.. but I guess this kind of thing is either something you can understand or you don't, there's not much of a gray area.
And P.S. the auto isnt working for me. lost 10 games in a row. :'(
winterangel you are very welcome for the tip 8)
I'm still using Terra even though i'm up to Rings of Icey. The inserts in the field of crystals mean it's harder to complete a perfect game. I'm playing on medium, is anyone playing on hard and is it miles quicker?
One word of warning, don't play Terra on hard. I've just changed up and there is a glitch. you get 50-odd crystals on the board but it doesn't subtract them off your total. :'(
I must be nuts...cuz i love this game..even love playin it on my own ;)
Hugs
Tex
Well i couldnt get the hang of it either. My 7 year old got home from school yesterday and i was attemting to give it yet another try and he say mom your not doing it right move ill show you! needless to say he got the first badge for me ;D (they play it in school)
Quote from: texan on October 26, 2005, 05:10:45 AM
I must be nuts...cuz i love this game..even love playin it on my own ;)
Hugs
Tex
I like this game too and got the first badge on my own. Now that the auto is out I've shifted to that, but this is one that I'll be playing manually whenever it comes up as a weekly challenge.
when i play on the "terra" planet, the one that is unlocked after you get the first badge, it doesn't count the crystals towards your rank progress. i have played it several times and each time it says "890 til next rank"
but if you play another planet your rank progresses. just a tip for everyone...
::) ::) ::) RC I am glad you figured that out. But.....anything that complicated has to have an easier solution. For me, that solution is to buy the auto and be done with it. I hate the game anyway so no way am I trying to figure that one out. ;)
Quote from: Mr. Bill on October 26, 2005, 05:29:54 AM
Quote from: texan on October 26, 2005, 05:10:45 AM
I must be nuts...cuz i love this game..even love playin it on my own ;)
Hugs
Tex
I like this game too and got the first badge on my own. Now that the auto is out I've shifted to that, but this is one that I'll be playing manually whenever it comes up as a weekly challenge.
Mr. Bill... I am shocked! You like this game??? ;)
What's not to like. click, click, boom, dang, click, click, boom, dang.
(In my mind I now see the old Bugs Bunny cartoon with him playing the piano and Yosemite Sam has set it so there is a bomb under one of the keys. hehehehe, a real favorite:))
I used to be pretty good at mine sweeper so with all of the extra shields, it makes it hard to lose a game. I played to my first rank on easy until I realized you got more tokies with hard, so did 2-4 on the hard level. Even then, it was pretty easy.
OK I said earlier in this thread about there being a problem with playing Terra on level hard not getting progress. Pogo have since mended it and now i'm getting between 50 and 57 crystals per screen playing Terra on hard which is the most you can get on any planet.
Just got my rank 9 badge!
;D
Wow thanks Barbara, I got a badge hog thank you. I'm all overwhelmed :D
I was feeling so pleased with rank 10 and someone in my room is already has their rank 14!!! I can feel my hand reaching for the auto piggy bank...
Will get my nose to the grind stone right now :)
Someone gave this advice in a room I was in:
To advance faster in ranks play the Terra planet on easy. You'll get about 30 crystals and I can finish it in about 30 seconds. It takes me about 2 minutes to finish Terra on hard and you only get around 50 crystals. So, this way you can get more than twice as many crystals in the same amount of time.
Sarah I think we might be in the same room ;)
I've been playing on easy and medium too now. less blow up and the times are quicker, I agree.
Quote from: Sanctuary on October 27, 2005, 05:22:39 AM
OK I said earlier in this thread about there being a problem with playing Terra on level hard not getting progress. Pogo have since mended it and now i'm getting between 50 and 57 crystals per screen playing Terra on hard which is the most you can get on any planet.
Just got my rank 9 badge!
;D
I have a dumb question. Do you have to change/play the different planets? Can you just stick to the same planet and not change it? That way wont we be more familiar with the shape etc .
No, you do not have to change planets of you don't want to.
Ok, I forget now, which are from Venus and which are from Mars?
Mars? As in your home planet Mr. Bill? :P
Not me, I'm from Ork (nanu nanu) (of the North) ((:)))
I just looked at my post in preview. I guess this is a smiley spider.
Ummm, frozen mars bars :)
Quote from: Mr. Bill on October 27, 2005, 03:54:55 PM
I'm from Ork (nanu nanu) (of the North) ((:)))
I just looked at my post in preview. I guess this is a smiley spider.
You left me with nothing to say, lol.
Quote from: avs1roy33 on October 27, 2005, 04:32:37 PM
Quote from: Mr. Bill on October 27, 2005, 03:54:55 PM
I'm from Ork (nanu nanu) (of the North) ((:)))
I just looked at my post in preview. I guess this is a smiley spider.
You left me with nothing to say, lol.
I didn't know that was an option :P
Bwa hahahahaha j/k :)
C'mon Mr. Bill, you wanna fight me? Huh, huh?
hee hee, j/k ::)
Quote from: avs1roy33 on October 27, 2005, 04:56:17 PM
C'mon Mr. Bill, you wanna fight me? Huh, huh?
hee hee, j/k ::)
Nah, only if I was 20 years younger, or you were 40 years older. lol
Holy crap you guys are makin me laugh out loud..........and no one is around to hear it lol well my cat but he already thinks im crazy.
Quote from: burning_bright25 on October 27, 2005, 08:31:12 PM
Holy crap you guys are makin me laugh out loud..........and no one is around to hear it lol well my cat but he already thinks im crazy.
I don't know if it is worse to have no one around, or to read something and laugh so hard you get tears in your eyes. Then have someone say,"what's so funny?" and you just shake your head and say "nothing" because they just wouldn't understand :)
LOL my boyfriend gives me the funny face when i sit here and laugh at what someone is typing me ....or when i sit here with a silly smile on my face......like while readin this thread!!
Im with barbara it is ok but pogo come on now the next game i hope is better the ducky game lol :P so barbara u gettem g/f
What rank is Terra?
terra is rank 4
Duh me i just now realized that the crystals in stellar moves your rank up LOL ::)