Judy’s Puzzle Game

Here’s how it works. It’s so simple, you won’t believe it.

Screen 1:

Note that there are 5 colors each with 5 numbers, for a total of 25 numbers, 1-25. When you pick a color, the program narrows your selection to one of 5 numbers.

Screen 2:

Unimportant misdirection: You can blindly pick any color because its only purpose is to convince you that something magical is happening.

Screen 3:

Each of the 5 numbers in your original color selection is in a different ‘house’. Once you pick a house, the program knows by process of elimination your number. The colors here mean nothing. Note 26-30 weren’t among the original choices!

Screen 4:

Unimportant misdirection: Its only purpose is to convince you that something else magical is happening.

Screen 5:

The computer has known your number since Screen 3, so no matter which door you pick first, your number appears. Then, once you’ve opened a door, it will sneakily put two other numbers behind the other doors!

Example:

Say your number is 2 so you click the red button on Screen 1. The program knows your number must be 13, 15, 5, 2, or 20.

Skip to Screen 3 where you’ll click on House B. Since 13, 15, 5, and 20 are not in that house, your number must be 2. (Note that 26 was not a choice to begin with.)

Skip to the last page and click any door, where you’ll find a 2. Once done selected, the computer sticks two other numbers behind the other doors.