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How much intelligence does it take to play Glitch?

It seems to me that this game requires an advanced education.....chemistry, statistics, logistics.
What is your opinion, fellow Glitchaholic?

Posted 18 months ago by napabeth Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • it takes an inquisitive mind. no formal education required. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Philip Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I just click on things...
    Posted 18 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Or if your game is more mystical/metaphysical, some time with Yoda, Harry Potter or Ram Dass might help. ;)
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think obsessing about how Glitch works, e.g., how rocks get mined, teleportation drains energy, shrines dole out favor, requires an education, although maybe not an advanced one.   I don't think you need to think about that stuff too much to enjoy playing the game, thank god, using myself as anecdotal evidence here.

    Playing the game itself does require being comfortable with a lot of reading, A LOT of reading, and a fairly broad education, both formal and pop culture-ish, but only if you care about getting every reference thrown at you...which could have a real impact on your enjoyment.

    ETA: education and intelligence, two completely different things, btw.
    Posted 18 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • education does not equal knowledge.
    knowledge does not equal intelligence

    Three entirely separate things being discussed here.
    Posted 18 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • And, I don't think it takes education, knowledge, or intelligence to play Glitch.

    You'll get more enjoyment out of it if you have a great deal of knowledge and can catch all the cultural references.  But that's the case with just about everything in life. 

    That never means that people who don't get the references aren't having just as much fun as you are.  There's no such thing as too much fun. 
    Posted 18 months ago by WindBorn Subscriber! | Permalink
  • lol dopiaza!   I'm with you. ;-)
    Posted 18 months ago by Cassandria Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I think it takes a certain level of maturity...."so who do I kill?" "NO ONE IS ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS!!!! I'M ONLY 7!!" "this game isn't fun. it's all work, work, work."
    Posted 18 months ago by Cupcake Subscriber! | Permalink
  • to actually play- not much of any of it. you don't really even have to know how to read, just walk around aimlessly (if you've had prior experience with video games then the controls might come easily to you).

    To get deeper into it, I think you need some logistics (which skill should I do next? how do I break the game this time? How can I hug stoot without him running from me?), creativity, and the ability to read. Not much chemisty is needed since the game and wiki tell you how to make compounds and powders. Stats might come into it, but I really don't see how.
    Posted 18 months ago by bored no more Subscriber! | Permalink
  • dopiaza, I  see you have a two level house in Alakol,  not a small feat... to what do you attribute your success as   we know when it comes to  success   it is location, location , location...?
    Posted 18 months ago by napabeth Subscriber! | Permalink
  • not much intelligence at all, if any.

    not sure what you mean about needing to know chemistry.

    statistics and logistics .. kinda .. but knowledge of these is by far trumped by one's ability to be entertained by continually clicking fake rocks all day.

    without that, or the ability to convince other people to do that for you, statistics and logistics are rather useless in this game by comparison.

    the only exception may be predatory arbitrage in the auction system but the new commissions and listing fees make that much more difficult.
    Posted 18 months ago by striatic Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Here's one example of something I did that made me feel like I had used my brain a little.
    I figured out how to make the compounds before the game gave me the recipes. (I'm sure lots of you did that) I like that the possibility exists for that to happen but that it isn't necessary to do so in order for the game to continue.  I'd love to have more opportunities to solve puzzles. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Riverwalker Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lol, I love this thread!  I do not have it Piled Higher and Deeper but I do have enough intelligence and education to do almost everything except find the 11th secret.  I don't hink you need much intelligence or knowledge to play and enjoy this game.  The more you have, the more you might enjoy.  It is helpful if you can read and if you understand English but even without those skills, you can still get around and find things to do.  You can always ask for help but to do that, you need to be able to spell and type.  If you can't spell or type you can still push the arrow keys and enjoy the scenery.
    Posted 18 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1000 Riverwalker,I done the same used my noggin for thinking,I truly love Alchemy in real life as well with compounds,it was a joy to get the right combination without running to wiki to see the recipe especially making Hallowed shrine powder ,that was the most difficult.The most mind boggling being  Grendalinunin with all 4 elements,but such an acomplishment and  good feeling when I got .So yes whatever you find that is a challenge here in this game "IF you look for it" can be a mind using tool.
    Posted 18 months ago by Jellybelly Baby Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think intelligence is required to play the game at all. You can click and button-mash mindlessly and get by with little reading. I do that quite a bit when I don't feel like focusing on the game, or I'm playing at work during nap time and need to focus on tiny baby noises happening in the other room.

    Sometimes I'm in the mood to play a little smarter and not mash mindlessly. When I decided to see if I could jump 20+ spots on the leaderboard toward the end of one test, it took some initial planning and scheming. I don't think I could have done it solely through mindless grinding in the time remaining, but it didn't take a whole lot of thought to go from spot 40-something to spot 17 either.

    I think having a knowledge/interest in certain areas might make the game more enjoyable. I like the art because I was familiar with a couple of the artists before Glitch. I like the Alakol houses because they remind me of a SoMa or Potrero Hill design studio in SF, right down to the views. Those things are more to do with familiarity than intelligence, though :)
    Posted 18 months ago by leah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It doesn't require much at all, compared to other games where you have to spend time calculating your stats and figuring out formulas for attack power and what not.
    Posted 18 months ago by Fussycat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Can you... click a mouse? Press an arrow key? Use the space bar? Those are the only elements required to play this game. I let a 4y/o play for a bit over the Easter test and he got a kick out of it. Other than the process of setting up skills and completing quests, you don't even really need to be able to read.
    Posted 18 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Wait, I'm meant to be thinking about things?
    Posted 18 months ago by Araldia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @napabeth: when you click, be sure to click with confidence. That's always worked for me.

    Although for a slightly more serious answer: no, I don't think you particularly need intelligence to play this game. I do think, however, that without a modicum of intelligence (or probably, more accurately, curiosity - although I believe those two go hand in hand), the game won't have a great deal of appeal.

    It is possible to just click away at rocks, or cherry trees, or piggies and gather resources, and everyone does some of that, but I doubt that that alone will make for a very thrilling game for anyone. It's once you start putting a little thought into things that it becomes interesting. If all somebody wants to do is mash buttons, then I suspect they'll quickly tire of Glitch. Any kind of more considered approach to the game would always be more satisfying.
    Posted 18 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • what he said, both times!
    Posted 18 months ago by Nanookie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don`t think you need to be educated I think anyone can play the game it is just knowing what you want from the game, if I am happy to just aimlessly click click click then that`s great  but if I want to make the elements and some cooking then I need to use my brain to make them, but I cheat I write everything down in my note pad so next time there`s no need for me to tax my brain,
     see I got it all worked out and I am not that educated,
    Posted 18 months ago by gill288 Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL I confess to using spreadsheets and Sticky Notes (real and digital). I had a secondary thought... we have a fair number of people where english is a second, third, or in at least one case fourth language. For the most part they seem to be grasping the game conceptually and enjoying it quite a bit. I only wind up explaining some of the fine details on occasion (the Rock can be very literal sometimes and things get lost in translation).
    Posted 18 months ago by Travinara Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Define "Play Glitch" ?  Do you mean "Excel" at Glitch?

    My 3 year old daughter can "play" Glitch.  She makes my avatar wander around, watering, petting, and harvesting anything that looks like a tree.  She can use the street signs too, although going anyplace specific is beyond her.    I think she's better at squeezing chickens, nibbling pigs, and milking butterflies than I am.  I can't ever get them to sit still.

    My only rules to her are "don't sell or donate anything." because she has no idea what's valuable and what's not (she finds bubble trees particularly valuable.)  And really loves it when people kiss or play music for her.

    P.S. Please don't ban my account because my daughter takes over the keyboard and mouse sometimes... :)
    Posted 18 months ago by Vicereine Linnæa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I use Stickies on my Mac to take notes, too :) I haven't used spreadsheets but am not ruling that out for the future ;)
    Posted 18 months ago by leah Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think you require a lot of intelligence as the game basically gives you assignments and you complete them. It's a goal driven environment where you receive small amounts of pleasure by being congratulated on your progress. I am sure that there could be more complicated achievements, but really you have to ask yourself what you expect from this game. Is this more of a social environment (like Second Life) or a questing leveling game (like World of Warcraft). I am glad to not have to think too much, and appreciate the global chat for help, it seems very social. However I worry about what will happen when there are 100,000 players and global chat is impossible. So far I find it pretty fun, good job :)
    Posted 18 months ago by GavinLeigh Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I once kept a notebook just for keeping track of Friends and who gave me what and what I gave back who needed this or that and how to get it and on and on...  It soon got beyond me.  There were also spread sheets which other players compiled and I used them too.  Those things, I found, were just taking up too much game time and keeping track of things was starting to get confusing so I chucked the notebook and quit referring to the spread sheets and started enjoying the game again.
    Posted 18 months ago by Brib Annie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm in High School so probably not that bright.

    I do logistics for kicks though and run stats on here for the wiki.
    Posted 18 months ago by Ani Laurel Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'd say that pretty much anyone who takes the time to post to these forums (excluding the occasional "THIS SUX!" comment) and exchange views and thoughts with other members meets the criteria of having a degree of intelligence. People are way too eager to put themselves down, I think.
    Posted 18 months ago by dopiaza Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I wander around looking at things and pondering what to do next. And as dopiaza said sometimes 'I just click on things...'. 

    One of the unique aspects of this game is one can choose to be totally dumb and do random stuff without much thought and still achieve a badge (like plucking every hen); or put serious thought such as way to learn all skills in the shortest time with a mathematical approach.
    Posted 18 months ago by gia Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I liken my game-play style to Dee Dee in Dexter's Laboratory - if there's a button I push it, if there's something shiny I pick it up and I often run around squealing loudly and jumping aimlessly just because it is fun :)
    Posted 18 months ago by Spayem Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Lol @ spayem :)

    Personally I think pressing buttons to see what happens is an extremely intelligent thing to do - without experimentation there is no progress! 

     oooh I wonder what this big red one does?....... boom!
    Posted 18 months ago by Momo McGlitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I don't think it takes that much intelligence. I let my 5 yo sit down and wander the world for me, yesterday. I looked over to see he had figured out how to use the test tube. He wound up teach himself the beaker, fruit changer and egg seasoner with just a few questions to me. 
    Posted 18 months ago by Jarhaven Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm in advanced mathematics at school, and the funny thing is I love working out how much favour does so and so give, how much energy to crush ore, how much wear does it put on the grinder etc. I've worked out eggs and beans favour rates, and I'm going to work out musicboxes next.
    Posted 18 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It doesn't take a lot of schooling to play this game...I dropped out right after 9th grade (tho I did take an 8 week GED course several years later and did very well on it)

    I also think the "intelligence" part of it depends on what you enjoy doing. The more you enjoy something, the faster and better you're going to learn it.

    That's one of the main things I love about this game...you don't have to understand everything about it, but you can still play and enjoy it. (That and the fact that stoot and the Devs are more than willing to bring certain terminology down to my level to where even *I* can understand what they're trying to explain to us.)
    Posted 18 months ago by sgjo Subscriber! | Permalink