Polynx™ Video Tutorial
Polynx™ Instructions
Welcome to the game of Polynx™. Polynx™ is a game of addition.
Objective:
To solve for each game piece by connecting it to other pieces so their values add up to the piece's total. Once all pieces add up to their total, the puzzle is solved.
Controls:
Double Click or Tap a piece to select it. Then, click or tap other pieces to make connections or disconnect if connections already exist. Double Clicking or Tapping the selected piece again would deselect it. You need to deselect one piece before selecting another.
Settings:
At the game menu you can choose from several gameplay options.
Preset Mode allows you to choose the number of pieces you start with and will generate a puzzle with a random number of total connections.
Progressive Mode will add one more piece to the board each time you complete a puzzle, with a maximum of 16 pieces.
Custom Mode allows you to choose the number of pieces as well as the number of connections (line) required to solve the puzzle.
Gameplay:
When you start a game, on the right you will see assorted pieces with number values. These are your game pieces.
On the left side of the game you will see more numbers. The number on the left of the equal sign represents a game piece and the number on the right represents the value you need the pieces connected to that piece to add up to.
Do not count the piece itself in its own total.
Note the orange highlight.
The orange highlight means the piece adds up to one of the possible totals.
In this example, there are two "5" pieces. Once of the "5"s needs to add up to twenty five and the other needs to add up to seventeen. Currently, they both add up to twelve, but to solve the puzzle they will need to connect to each other, bringing their totals to seventeen, solving for one of the "5" while the other "5" will connect to the "8" piece to bring it's total to twenty five.
Winning:
Once all totals in the key have been met, the game is over and you have won!
Games are timed, so work on beating your personal best on each difficulty to prove your problem solving skills!