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Coloring Pixels cover artvsGone Home cover art

Coloring PixelsvsGone Home

Coloring Pixels leans Optimization (Light / Casual); Gone Home leans Optimization (Light / Casual).

EXECUTION1 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE0 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10
Coloring PixelsGone Home

Axis by axis

Execution1 vs 0

Coloring Pixels leans harder on execution: Clicking numbered pixels has no skill floor

Reads0 vs 0

Even - both lean on reads about the same.

Variance0 vs 1

Gone Home leans harder on variance: Notes and items are fixed.

Optimization2 vs 2

Even - both lean on optimization about the same.

Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.

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