Subdue them, the same math game but less easy

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Project URL: https://subdue-them.glitch.me/

It’s a math game, where you need to know addition and multiplication. Oh and number comparison. A post about an earlier release of the game introduced it with “Animals rampaging in town, unusually large ones (please help).”

Starting today* Subdue them is a daily puzzle. This change comes along with (empirically) a more difficult level generator. A few people I’ve shown a preview had left feedback that the harder levels are better suited for allowing retries compared to the more roguelike previous version (archived in case you need to compare). So here you go, now you can feel free to try and retry the same level all day.

*Due to certain choices I made in the programming, today is game #1 from a counter that actually starts at 0, and I just set the starting date to yesterday. High five for low tech solutions.

Oh and super satisfying quality of life improvements:

  1. Truck stays on screen when scrolling :dart: more math less thumb workout :muscle:
  2. Dark theme :night_with_stars: on OS+browser that supports it

Alright but what if you have a day when you want more than one game? For that, when you win a daily game for the first time, you earn a bonus game, and you can share this bonus game with others. I’ll be sharing mine … if I can get it :persevere:

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I can confirm that this is more difficult than it was previously. Good job!

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Subdue them #2
:doughnut::mouse2::shaved_ice::icecream::banana::ant::grapes::elephant::cake::tangerine::leopard::monkey::watermelon::honeybee::cherries::hatched_chick::cow2::rabbit2: 907,669,600 <= :camel:

This was my 7th try…

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finished #2 and got my bonus game :raising_hands:

Subdue them bonus game #9346
https://subdue-them.glitch.me/#bonus=4550414651
:grapes::cherries::banana::dog::horse::custard::snake::soft_ice_cream::cat::melon::monkey::red_apple::fish::dango::crocodile::peach::snail::leopard: 352,315,600 <= :mouse:

In celebration of Subdue them appearing in Last Year on Glitch, I’m awarding a prize to one player for beating this bonus game. To enter, play through the level, click “Share” on the bottom, and post the result here. In one week (2025/03/11) I’ll choose one winner at random to receive the prize.

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I finally(!) managed to complete daily game #2

Subdue them #2
1,247,433,600 > :two_hump_camel:

incredibly stuck on the bonus game.

Subdue them bonus game #9556

:pear::watermelon::ewe::doughnut::lollipop::cow::poodle::melon::chocolate_bar::elephant::dog::camel::candy::peach::tiger::two_hump_camel::green_apple: 370,177,920 <= :rooster:

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Subdue them bonus game #9556

:lollipop::green_apple::ewe::melon::chocolate_bar::cow::poodle::watermelon::peach::elephant::dog::camel::pear::doughnut::tiger::two_hump_camel::candy: 400,064,400 <= :rooster:

closeeee

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Subdue them bonus game #9556

:melon::doughnut::ewe::pear::cow::poodle::lollipop::green_apple::elephant::dog::camel::chocolate_bar::peach::tiger::two_hump_camel::watermelon::candy::rooster: 1,372,516,160 <= :tropical_fish:

ooh almost got it

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I love this game even more than the previous version!

Subdue them bonus game #9556

1,404,484,800 > :tropical_fish:

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Prize drawing time! The prize is a free year of Glitch Pro.

Looks like we had no entries for my bonus game. Let’s instead choose among all posters in this thread:

  • Pufferfish101007
  • Haizlbliek
  • MilesWK
  • nathan

Random choice: nathan

@nathan if you’d like to receive this prize, reply within 24 hours of this post, including your Glitch username.

last post was 5 years ago.

And welcome back, wow!

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Oh Wow! I didn’t realize there was a prize lol.

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Thank you, that’s very kind :slight_smile: I’ve got all the Glitch I need, though

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Cool, drawing again then!

Random choice: Pufferfish101007

@Pufferfish101007 if you’d like to receive this prize, reply within 24 hours of this post, including your Glitch username.

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I had actually tried to write a program to calculate the answer to this game.
The problem is:
It’s too big to brute-force.

My program was incredibly efficient too, and yet it still would’ve taken over 200 YEARS to complete.

Good job with this game, I love it.

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Todays game

Subdue them #12
:strawberry::chocolate_bar::red_apple::blowfish::camel::pig::water_buffalo::peach::cherries::custard::doughnut::octopus::monkey::dog::tropical_fish::honeybee::shortcake::pear: 316,519,600 <= :elephant:

SOOOO CLOSE! Just one left!!!

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I’d be happy to accept the prize :smile: my glitch username is pufferfish101007.

trying to autimate solving this seems like a fun challenge…

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Great, let me get on having this added to your account.