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> Before we implemented this, we played entire games with not a single stick piece in over 100 pieces Are you sure there wasn't some other bug? There's a 6/7 c
by jstanley 2y ago
> Before we implemented this, we played entire games with not a single stick piece in over 100 pieces
Are you sure there wasn't some other bug? There's a 6/7 chance of not getting a stick piece, which means for 100 pieces in a row there's (6/7)^100 = about 1 in 5 million.
- manbitesdog 2y agoThere's a non-zero chance that it was around 30 pieces and we felt it like 100. Our quick testing the game for the jam was not very scientific. I just changed it to "~30"
- inputvolch 2y agoWell it's a good thing you exuded such a confident number in the article to make your point when you very well knew it was completely made up. Definitely gives the reader confidence that the rest of the article is completely true!
- ziddoap 2y agoThis is a ~400 word blog about tetris, not a research paper about curing cancer. Maybe some slack can be afforded?
- taneq 2y agoUnless they weren't seeding their RNG, which means every game could be the same.
- manbitesdog 2y agoPICO-8 initializes it for you upon loading the game