Advanced billiard room game

[Reggieraft]

So I know all the basic rules of the game and had no trouble with solving it until a few 'days' ago. When they introduce squared into it I could still figure it out, but now it just gets more ridiculous (it seems).
Are there hints in the game (like for the basic rules) so I can find out how to further solve these more advanced ones? Or is it just trial and error, or a skill issue? (I'm not a mathematician)

[Juicer Mcgavin]

call me crazy but the bullseye isnt a square, but just represents the number 60. a bullseye in most dart games counts for 60 points. try it next time you run into the puzzle it works every time i swear

[TheSpiderGames]

im assuming youve gotten to the point they introduce the diamond in the middle? If thats the case, the thing you do with the diamond isnt even a "math thing", its more of a "typographical thing"

[Shiverblade]

A square appears over the bullseye after a while, the blue square just means multiply the number with itself (i think), i have no idea about the pink square or any of the other squares, i have given up on the billiard puzzle at this point.

[Anihillator]

Order of operations: Center -> Edge, everything on the same ring is supposed to be done in a single "step"
Light Blue: Addition
Red: Multiplication
Yellow: Substraction
Dark Blue: Division

Square on the bullseye: Square the *result* of a step. Colour of the square means which result. Do it *after every step of that colour*. Again, one "level"/ring is considered the same step.
And yes, it gets harder. It introduces negative numbers, squares, and generally gets more and more operations at once.

[Abomination72]

I'm even beyond that point it seems. How does 2 minus 8 devided by 15 equals to 1? The rules seem to have changed. Can't figure this one out except by trail and error.

[Anihillator]

Originally posted by Abomination72:

I'm even beyond that point it seems. How does 2 minus 8 devided by 15 equals to 1? The rules seem to have changed. Can't figure this one out except by trail and error.

Post a screenshot/description? Surely there's something else going on.

[Synthfloyd]

Originally posted by Anihillator:

Order of operations: Center -> Edge, everything on the same ring is supposed to be done in a single "step"
Light Blue: Addition
Red: Multiplication
Yellow: Substraction
Dark Blue: Division

Square on the bullseye: Square the *result* of a step. Colour of the square means which result. Do it *after every step of that colour*. Again, one "level"/ring is considered the same step.
And yes, it gets harder. It introduces negative numbers, squares, and generally gets more and more operations at once.

I dont know if YOU are colorblind or ME :)

I dont see red or dark blue , i see pinkish color and purple insted.

[Reggieraft]

Hey I just found out the square in the middle.

It´s not the number squared. It´s the number reversed. So for example: 42 becomes 24.

[Lantantan]

Originally posted by Reggieraft:

Hey I just found out the square in the middle.

It´s not the number squared. It´s the number reversed. So for example: 42 becomes 24.

Dont confuse Square in the middle with Diamond in the middle!

[Abomination72]

Originally posted by Anihillator:

Originally posted by Abomination72:

I'm even beyond that point it seems. How does 2 minus 8 devided by 15 equals to 1? The rules seem to have changed. Can't figure this one out except by trail and error.

Post a screenshot/description? Surely there's something else going on.

Uh wait, it was not divided, it was multiplied, right? Anyways, the correct answer was 1 in this picture.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3463812729

[TheLastDesperado]

Originally posted by Abomination72:

Originally posted by Anihillator:

Post a screenshot/description? Surely there's something else going on.

Uh wait, it was not divided, it was multiplied, right? Anyways, the correct answer was 1 in this picture.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3463812729

I think you've fallen for a common trap I've seen people make. Initially all the colours stay in the same rings on the board, but eventually the colours move around. So some people automatically still multiplying/dividing/subracting/adding based on where those colours were on previous rounds, when it's actually the colours themselves that apply to multiplying/dividing etc.

Where those colours are is the order of operation.

[Abomination72]

Originally posted by TheLastDesperado:

Where those colours are is the order of operation.

Hahaaa! Oh wow, ok, now I feel stupid. Didn't catch that at all.

Awesome! Thank you very much!

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Synthfloyd:

Originally posted by Anihillator:

Order of operations: Center -> Edge, everything on the same ring is supposed to be done in a single "step"
Light Blue: Addition
Red: Multiplication
Yellow: Substraction
Dark Blue: Division

Square on the bullseye: Square the *result* of a step. Colour of the square means which result. Do it *after every step of that colour*. Again, one "level"/ring is considered the same step.
And yes, it gets harder. It introduces negative numbers, squares, and generally gets more and more operations at once.

I dont know if YOU are colorblind or ME :)

I dont see red or dark blue , i see pinkish color and purple insted.

Their monitor is probably not color accurate. It is Pink and Purple.

[Shadowgirl00]

Just to jump in, the basic rules of the dartboard can be found if you use the magnifying glass on the note that tells you to keep a journal. That little journal sketch actually has information, such as the base rules for the dart game

If you're wondering if they expect you to just learn by trial and error.

I haven't seen the other symbols anywhere that were mentioned, but knowing the game, those explanations are also hidden somewhere.

[PersonalC0ffee]

This thing gets down right obnoxious at the higher streaks.