Tic-Tac-Turmoil for Supporters

Tic-Tac-Turmoil Underworld Helper Mode + Pinnacle AI in Hell Mode for Supporters.

This article was initially released on Jan. 31st, 2023. Introducing special tic-tac-toe, Tic-Tac-Turmoil's additional contents.
If you haven't played this special tic-tac-toe, play it for free on your browser!

Link to the game:
https://hothukurou.com/game/Marubatsu_En/index.html

When you start the game, you can enjoy a tic-tac-toe game with special effects like this. It's fun!

Introduction to Underworld Helper Mode

In this game, rules like "Daifugou" are added one by one to the regular tic-tac-toe game, but the last stage, the Underworld stage, is different from the previous rules.
Specifically, you can play Mushroom Gratin and weaken all the marks on the field to be Mushroom Gratin, or you can play Grilled Salmon and make the marks on the field freefall. I know you don't understand what I'm talking about, but you'll see it once you start playing.

I think it's a good way to conclude the development of this game because it is very interesting and unexpected when the effect is triggered by chaotic gameplay. On the other hand, I think some people may have a very legitimate opinion that "I can't deal with the name of the dish and its effect at all!
I would like to first introduce a helper function for those who have trouble clearing Underworld stages. With this helper function, the numbers and effects will be displayed on the names of dishes as shown below.
With helper like this, anyone should be able to clear the stage! At least I think so!

Moreover, you can now see the values of how AI evaluates the board. Girl's facial expression changes as the value changes. She smiles when it's positive and twists when it's negative. It is a very dark smile.

By the way, if you start from Underworld Helper Mode, you can start from any stage as you have fully completed easy and hard modes. This is quite convenient when you are playing on a different device or a different browser.

Introduction to Hell Difficulty and Pinnacle AI

As I wrote in the following article, what AI does is think moves ahead. In easy AI looks 1 move ahead, while in hard it looks 3 moves ahead.

Post-mortem and completion rate of this tic-tac-toe which I remade from scratch over and over again.

https://hothukurou.com/blog/post-3891

Since the difficulty level is quite high even for 3-move readings, it would not have been so easy to complete the game. However, there are probably some hellishly strong players who might need more challenges.
For those seasoned veterans, I have designed Hell Mode just for you, where AI looks 5 moves ahead.

When I was playtesting it, I struggled for about 10 minutes on stage 3, which was hellishly difficult. And to be entirely honest with you, I haven't been able to beat this difficulty myself yet. But I believe you guys can do it!
I also learned something while I was designing Hell Mode. I was able to obtain the surprising result that stage 3 had a second-move advantage. I think this is because the special ability of 1 is so strong that it makes the player who moves second stronger. Yes, this is a hint for fellow players who will be challenging this difficult level.
I have only confirmed that it is 100% possible to clear up to Stage 6 during my limited playtesting.
By the way, the "AI weakness" that I wrote about earlier still exists in Hell Mode, and it can make your life easier for later stages. If you wish to see an upgraded AI where it also takes the remaining cards that have not yet been drawn into account, please send me a request.

Summary

Now, if you wish to try those wanna try Hell and Heaven, you can access them at the premium price of 500 yen!

Should be cheaper than most snacks out there. Isn't it nice?
For someone with a 1k yen/hour job, one can recoup in mere 30 minutes!

But the most, most important part is, it makes me work on those browser games faster!!!
If nice people like you who're willing to pay for browser games start to proliferate, I believe we can restore the glory browser game scene!
And when other devs know that browser game earns money again, they may as well rejoin the scene and we'll have more browser games than ever!
I always believe that the happiest way to spend money is to invest in the scene that made you happy.

So, once again, if you wanna see more browser game scenes grow, please consider subscribing!