The story...
What story? Who's got time for that!?!
Ok, so what do you do?
Pixel Dust will challenge you to figure out the picture the
computer has selected by successively trying to decode the
pixel colors at different resolutions until you finally reach
the real picture. Or
die lose trying...
The First Puzzle
You will be first presented with a 2x2 grid and some clickable
colors at the top. Simply select a color and click into one of the
squares. You can also select colors using the numbers 1-9 and 0.
Keep an eye on the three counters that appear when working on a
puzzle part to tell you how you're doing:
- Right
- The number of squares you have right
- Close
- The number of squares whose color is in a different
position.
- Wrong
- The number of squares that have a color that isn't
part of the solution.
The numbers will always total 4, but which of the pixels go with
which number is part of the challenge.
Okay, I solved one -- now what happens?
Once the first puzzle is solved, four smaller puzzles are put in
its place, using the colors from the outer one. You then must
solve the inner puzzles. Once those are solved, you are presented
with one more layer. If you can make it through all three layers
before you run out of score then you win.
Run out of score?
Yeah. After three seconds of grace your score will start running
out.
Automagic Solutions
In some cases, parts of the puzzle will automatically solve
themselves. This occurs when the colors for inner puzzles match
the colors from the outer puzzle entirely.
What's Basic and Unlimited?
Basic contanins 20 hand-made boards of my rather rushed devising.
Unlimited boards are generated by the computer and should be more
challenging.
Strategy
Watch out not to use too much time. You get time back for
completing parts of the puzzle, but other than that time is not on
your side.
Also note that only your first two changes on a pixel are free.
After that, each costs progressively more.
Can I make my own boards?
Not yet...