Why did I have to see this excellent game right before I'm supposed to be washing up for bed?
posted by Elle_Dee at 9:51 PM on April 7 [4 favorites]

Same, this is ridiculously fun but I need to sleep!
posted by lepus at 10:02 PM on April 7 [1 favorite]

Does that chicken…have a knife?
posted by gottabefunky at 10:42 PM on April 7 [9 favorites]

114 . . . must sleep . . .
posted by pt68 at 10:43 PM on April 7

Aww, you only get to rescue them once!
posted by drewbage1847 at 11:23 PM on April 7 [1 favorite]

Like Tetris but for chickens
posted by St. Peepsburg at 12:20 AM on April 8

Hold up. I’m beginning to think these chickens aren’t randomized.
posted by St. Peepsburg at 12:25 AM on April 8 [2 favorites]

Connect 3 is the original, but I like the chickens better.
posted by blnkfrnk at 12:50 AM on April 8 [1 favorite]

Must. Destroy. Chicken.
posted by Toddles at 1:16 AM on April 8

When can I stop? Does it go on forever
posted by waving at 1:22 AM on April 8

No diagonals is disappointing.
posted by newdaddy at 4:23 AM on April 8

I haven't read the source but I feel certain it is actively unhelpful.
posted by seanmpuckett at 4:57 AM on April 8 [2 favorites]

I cannot get below 271. It is definitely not random.
posted by dobbs at 5:16 AM on April 8

POV: you are bird flu
posted by mittens at 5:41 AM on April 8 [2 favorites]

I finally rescued all the chickens a week ago. What works (for me!) is going very fast, getting into the flow, and not freaking out about errors or failing to optimize the layout. I just *see* the patterns better when I go fast.
posted by maudlin at 7:16 AM on April 8

It is definitely not random.

It is. You can, as noted, check the source code, which is pretty simple.
posted by ssg at 7:22 AM on April 8 [1 favorite]

What's not random is our desire to keep options open and optimize.
posted by drossdragon at 8:13 AM on April 8 [1 favorite]

Ya I’ll get right on that
posted by St. Peepsburg at 8:19 AM on April 8

Like 2048 but with static tile placement and chickens.

I like it.
posted by AlSweigart at 8:23 AM on April 8

Why won't it let me rotate chickens? It would make the game so much easier!
posted by mittens at 8:28 AM on April 8

I just *see* the patterns better when I go fast.

Macrochicken Refinement.
posted by Kabanos at 9:58 AM on April 8 [11 favorites]

This game is insidious. It's quite hard, but just easy enough that I feel I could beat it if I figured out a strategy.
posted by scose at 10:06 AM on April 8 [1 favorite]

I've been enjoying trying to place 18 tiles in such a way that I get to Game Over while still having 368 chickens.
posted by flabdablet at 11:04 AM on April 8 [3 favorites]

I really like this game. It flips you on your head if you’ve got some intuition built up from other games like 2048 or Tetris. The fact that nothing moves or rotates really took a while to get ingrained in my head. Forming a clump of chickens feels productive but it’s not if there’s no way to complete it.

I did finally win after shedding all prior instincts.

LOL:

“Now you have rescued all the chickens you can no longer play the game. Sorry”
posted by qxntpqbbbqxl at 11:35 AM on April 8

The chickens are so cute!
posted by of strange foe at 11:43 AM on April 8

“You rescued the 368 chickens in 0 attempts.

The chickens are very grateful.

Now you have rescued all the chickens you can no longer play the game. Sorry”

That was fun!
posted by klausman at 1:56 PM on April 8

I rescued them all on my first attempt; thought “that wasn’t too hard” and was sad that I couldn’t play any more. Then tried it on my phone and several hours later (interspersed with doing some productive things) have only been able to rescue about half at most.
posted by TedW at 4:54 PM on April 8

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