How to actually win at Ludo jim
The dice are the same for everyone. What separates players is how they spend the numbers they roll - here is what actually makes a difference.
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Guides to our games, notes on what we are building, and the occasional look behind the scenes.
How to get better at Candy Sweet Jim
Match-three looks like a game about spotting colours. It is really a game about where the pieces fall next, and that is a skill you can practise.
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Surviving your first minute in Snake Game Jim
Most runs in a live snake arena end in the first thirty seconds, and almost always for the same three reasons. Here is how to stop dying like a beginner.
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Candy Jim: when you keep running out of moves
Failing a level by one or two moves is not bad luck, it is a budget problem. Here is how to spend a level's moves so you are not short at the end.
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Carrom Jim: aim, power and the queen
Carrom on a touchscreen is the same game your family plays on a wooden board, minus the powder. The physics reward the same things - and punish the same greed.
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Snakes and Ladders is pure luck, so play it properly
There is no strategy in Snakes and Ladders and that is the point. What you can choose is how you play it - and that choice decides whether it is fun or a chore.
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2048 Cube Jim: pick a corner and stay there
Every good run in a merging puzzle follows the same rule, and every run that dies early has broken it. It is about discipline, not clever play.
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Wood Block Jim: leave room for the big piece
Block puzzles do not end because the board is full. They end because the board is full of the wrong shape of gap. Here is how to stop that happening.
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Screw Puzzle Jim: the order is the puzzle
Every bolt in the game can be removed. The question is only what order, and getting it wrong locks the board in a way no amount of retrying will fix.
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Bubble Pop Jim: aim at the ceiling
Popping the biggest cluster you can see feels like the right move and usually is not. Bubble shooters are won by what falls, not by what pops.
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Bursty Box Jim: where to start the chain
One tap can clear a whole level or almost nothing, and the difference is entirely which cube you picked. Here is how to read a board before you touch it.
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