Like Tetris, but chain-y

December 1, 2007 8:54 PM

Chain Factor - a disappearing-piece Flash puzzle game that may also cause your time to disappear. I am trying to treat my addiction by passing it onto you.
posted by aaronetc (23 comments total)

It's also part of an ARG.
posted by flatluigi at 9:14 PM on December 1, 2007

Cool. I guess I'm crack resistant. It was fun for a time, but it didn't snood me or anything.
posted by cashman at 9:16 PM on December 1, 2007 [1 favorite]

I honestly don't understand the pattern. Can someone explain this to me?
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:59 PM on December 1, 2007

I've seen in mentioned a half dozen times now as the next big addictive game, but it didn't really taken hold of me. I played for an hour or so and didn't really find any deeper structure to suck me in. It is worth a try, though
posted by recursion at 10:01 PM on December 1, 2007

the circles disappear if the number of circles in their row or column is the same as the number in the circle:

if you have a row like so:

5332 67

and drop a 4 in the gap, the 7 will go, then the 6, then the 5 on the end, then the 4, then the 3s until you're left with a 2.
posted by empath at 10:06 PM on December 1, 2007 [2 favorites]

I honestly don't understand the pattern.

Neither did I, but thankfully there's a FAQ.
posted by tepidmonkey at 10:06 PM on December 1, 2007

Sunday evening quality time with my girlfriend ruined. She isn't happy. aaronetc I wouldn't come over for a while...
posted by Samuel Farrow at 10:21 PM on December 1, 2007 [2 favorites]

The music is strangely crack-like as well.
posted by esome at 10:33 PM on December 1, 2007

Woo-hoo! This game took a boring evening of watching SNL and turned it into a distracted evening of watching SNL while playing an online game!

I like it.
posted by Ms. Saint at 11:03 PM on December 1, 2007

And here I thought I was going to work on my taxes tonight...
posted by salvia at 12:43 AM on December 2, 2007

75416? This okay?
posted by Samizdata at 2:15 AM on December 2, 2007

The first game I thought it was kind of pointless, but I am getting the hang of it now. The strategy is quite interesting, but I don't think I will be persevering enough to reach the ridiculous high scores posted on the page.
posted by AndrewStephens at 3:39 AM on December 2, 2007

Cool. Took me a bit to start working out a strategy, but I like.
posted by Zinger at 7:56 AM on December 2, 2007

84556.

I realized too late that the problem are not the high numbers but the low ones.
posted by Memo at 9:09 AM on December 2, 2007

207,078.
Longest chain: 8x.
Damn you.
posted by CitrusFreak12 at 9:10 AM on December 2, 2007

It's starting to suck me in now... the powers liven it up a lot.

Oh curse you, aaronetc. Curse you!
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:39 PM on December 2, 2007

Wow, and two hours later I came up for air. Thanks aaronetc :)
posted by doctor_negative at 1:41 PM on December 2, 2007

Needs fewer numbers, more grunting.
posted by seanmpuckett at 2:55 PM on December 2, 2007

At some point in my last game I ended up with 1111111 along a row, with at least one row of grey tiles under it. Don't be like me.
posted by Johnny Assay at 3:48 PM on December 2, 2007

This game continues to fascinate me. I'm getting the hang of the strategy, but still, every once in a while I trigger some massive domino of erasures without even the slightest idea how it even got started. Now if only I could plan that shit ahead of time.
posted by salvia at 4:30 PM on December 2, 2007

Level 46, yeah!

Also, curse you aaronetc.
posted by sour cream at 2:05 AM on December 3, 2007

This game continues to fascinate me. I'm getting the hang of the strategy, but still, every once in a while I trigger some massive domino of erasures without even the slightest idea how it even got started. Now if only I could plan that shit ahead of time.

Ditto. Also, awesome game!!!
posted by ObscureReferenceMan at 9:07 AM on December 4, 2007

Five days playing solid and still going...
posted by Samuel Farrow at 9:22 PM on December 6, 2007