Stymied by "Bichromatic Entanglement" (1st world)

[StarYoshi]

I'm sure there's some gameplay mechanic that I'm failing to understand, any tips?

[ShadowTail]

Hint: What requires two at first, can be done with one later.

[checkers_of_shalmone]

In Bichromatic Entanglement:

small hint: Minimizing 3 to 2 requires circular logic, but taking any of them away destroys the loop.

medium hint: (decode with ROT13) Ubj ner lbh tbvat gb znxr n onpxhc cyna fb gung erzbivat bar Pbaarpgbe jvyy abg oernx gur ragver ybbc?

big hint (decode with hex) 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 6f 72 20 69 6e 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 77 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 62 6f 74 68 20 69 6e 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 73 6f 75 72 63 65 2e

[StarYoshi]

Thanks for the replies. I found a tutorial video and I feel derpy now. The answer was hiding in plain site, but I couldn't see the forest for the trees.

[TarjaS]

Thanks for the hints. I was stuck in this one as well, but now I finally managed to solve it, so I can move on.

[PolymorphicBool]

Originally posted by checkers_warfare_increased:

In Bichromatic Entanglement:

small hint: Minimizing 3 to 2 requires circular logic, but taking any of them away destroys the loop.

medium hint: (decode with ROT13) Ubj ner lbh tbvat gb znxr n onpxhc cyna fb gung erzbivat bar Pbaarpgbe jvyy abg oernx gur ragver ybbc?

big hint (decode with hex) 43 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 20 61 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 6f 72 20 69 6e 20 73 75 63 68 20 61 20 77 61 79 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 74 20 63 61 6e 20 62 6f 74 68 20 69 6e 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 6c 79 20 6c 69 6e 65 20 69 74 73 65 6c 66 20 75 70 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 70 6f 77 65 72 20 73 6f 75 72 63 65 2e

Cheers! first hint was enough for me and i still got to feel like i solved it :)