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Rock Paper Scissors Lizard Sbock makes no sense. Maybe I need a sense of humor.
Ok, well, there was a week left in the competition, and I wanted to do 2 entries. For some reason, I thought it would give me an advantage if I did a second entry. Of the 10 ideas I had, only this and a mini-piano simulator could be done in a week, and I thought this would be more fun.
So, you get how Rock Paper Scissors works. Right? You try to guess what your opponent will choose and you choose the option that will defeat that move...but, people who play this game competitively tend to follow set patterns. Guessing those patterns is fairly easy, making the game tend to have lots of 'ties'...thus, not so fun. (according to someone, about 60-70% of each throw ended in a tie)
By adding 2 more choices, only 20% of the throws end in a tie, and with 5 choices, it is much more difficult to guess what you opponent will choose next. Making it more interesting.
Anyway, I thought people might have fun trying to guess what the computer was going to do next. There are hidden patterns.
It was also featured in 'Big Bang Theory'...and I thought, would appeal to fans of that show. I see about a
dozen 40 apps in the app store of this game, so...it seemed like people were interested.
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