321 Diferent Patch

Speed is the defining feature of 321 Diferent Patch. You are shown several figures that look the same, one of them is different, and in the standard game you have three seconds to find it. The countdown in the title is a fair warning.

Every detail can be the one that matters, and the difficulty rises with each step you clear. There is also a catch the developer points out: a figure that was the wrong one in one round may be the right one the next, so you cannot rely on remembering which design was the odd one before.

There are three modes. Normal is the three-second game described above. Relax mode works the same way but gives you plenty of time to examine the figures, and Extreme mode is there once you feel ready for something harder. Each choice is a single click or tap.

Choose a mode: Relax, Normal or Extreme. Look at the group of figures on screen. All of them look alike except one. Find the figure that is different and click it with the mouse, or tap it on a touch screen. In Normal mode you have three seconds per step, and the game gets harder as you progress.

Do not trust your memory from earlier rounds. The developer warns that the figure that was wrong once can be the correct one later. If three seconds feels too tight, use Relax mode to learn what kind of detail separates the figures before going back to Normal.

A quick-play odd-one-out puzzle with Relax, Normal and Extreme modes. Normal mode gives three seconds per step and gets harder as you go. It runs in a 4:3 landscape frame (800 by 600), with mouse clicks or taps.

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