Comments on: ‘Cover the Spot’-the carnival puzzle game.

By: suineg

suineg — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 23:02:39 +0000

HI RK, the highscore list is not refreshing anymore, but cool, I beat this game up, cool

By: sarataylor

sarataylor — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:01:20 +0000

1) What are the dimensions of the spot and circles used in the actual game?
2) What is the solution?

Thank you
Sara Taylor

By: david91304

david91304 — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:10:29 +0000

I’m 70 years of age and aging very, very quickly since trying unsuccessfully to solve this puzzle for a week (I guess you could call it a weak week!).
My biggest concern is NOT whether I can solve it; no, it’s will my demise come first!
Great puzzle…thanks,
David91304
Van Nuys, CA

By: jackj

jackj — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:33:41 +0000

hi im trying to do this but i tried to make1 at home but i want to know wat r the dimensions?????

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By: RK

RK — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 06:01:58 +0000

Hi there, Rye-

technically, the radius would be: .609382864 if we were dealing with perfect circles. However, when the computer generates circles on the screen, they are ‘jagged’, so the programmer had to modify things a bit (NOT an easy task; after tinkering for 2 months, we gave up and finally found a senior programming genius who managed to get it working right)

I agree, it’d be neat to see what this puzzle would look like for 9 discs ; )

By: Rye

Rye — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 18:25:49 +0000

RK, are you sure about the radius comparison of .6094? I was curious about the ratio of radii myself, so I compared the areas. Assuming one silver disc covers 37% of the red disc’s area, I found the ratio to be 0.6082.

I imagine that somewhere there exists a more general relationship between the number of smaller discs and the radius ratio so that this brain teaser could be extended to have 6, 7, …, n number of smaller discs!

99.98% and counting, it’s only a matter of time now =)

By: RK

RK — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:02:10 +0000

Hello SPC- the games at the carnivals are not usually rigged. They are beatable. I’ve seen it done.

the solution is in the ‘comments’ above-however, you still need to practice it : )

By: SPC

SPC — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 07:05:47 +0000

I have been trying for 4 days (Since I got back from the fair) to beat this game. They were offering HUGE prizes at the fair for beating the game and I spent $10 bucks trying! Now…how do I win and are the games at the fair rigged? I mean…why are the disc made of zinc? Is there a magnet involved w/ the CARNIE!? This game is causing me to lose sleep..HELP!

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:54:03 +0000

I’m real lazy. Can you outline the circle in your answer link.

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By: RK

RK — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:29:24 +0000

Glad you like it, Emilie : )

by the way, is that you with 12 seconds?!?

By: Emilie

Emilie — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:19:04 +0000

yup! that’s me.. but the top 10 scores change really fast.. i was able to get in again with 10 seconds.. but i bet in a day or two my name’ll be off the list again. hehe =)

By: RK

RK — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 04:10:56 +0000

don’t be too dismayed by the high scores, well over 20,000 people have played the game so far, so the times you see represent >99.9 percentile

By: janice

janice — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:59:02 +0000

this is great. i was able to perfect the puzzle but it was for 45secs.. ill keep on trying