Where does the new tile appear in Threes?
When making a move, what determines where the new tile will appear?
Is it completely random, or does making a match influence the logic? (It sure seems it does.)
Best Answer
It is random, but based on the direction you swipe and which spaces are empty.
So, if you swipe toward the right wall, the card will fill in an empty space on the left wall and if you swipe up, it will fill in from the bottom. If you have move to make, the move will always create at least one blank spot. The fewer open spots you have on the edge the tile will fill in from, the more likely it will be that it will end up in the space you just created with a match, so sometimes it feels like there's a pattern to it.
I wasn't able to find a definitive answer - the open source game that was inspired by Threes, 2048, has slightly different mechanics, so looking at the code there doesn't help. After playing for a while and paying attention to where the tiles come in, if the placement isn't random, the pattern is very complex and that seems out of character for a game with such simple mechanics. At first I thought it might be random across columns or rows where you had made a match, but that's not the case.
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Is there a strategy to threes?
The game was released on February 6, 2014, for iOS devices and later ported to Android, Xbox One, and Windows Phone. In Threes, the player slides numbered tiles on a grid to combine addends and multiples of three. The game ends when there are no moves left on the grid and the tiles are counted for a final score.How is Threes scored?
The results Over 1,000 games, the average score came out to 272. That's a bit of a relief: my average is higher than that. However, once in about every 100 games, rando-swiper scores above a 950, so if you really want to be sure you are better, you'll want to beat that.What is a good 3s score?
The first episode to hit the No. 1 spot was February 14, 1978, when "Will the Real Jack Tripper..." was aired. The most-watched episode aired on March 13, 1979.😠Bad tile job, only 3 days old and it has to come out.
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Answer 2
It's based on the direction you swipe in.
If you swipe to the right, the new tile will appear on one of the 4 left-most tiles. If you swipe up, the tile will enter from the bottom. If you swipe left, the tile will enter from the right. And if you swipe down, the tile will enter from the top.
Here's a gif for reference.
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