User:Dcaldero8983/enes100/poppit

Problem Statement
In a game full of many multiple chances of outcomes, there are only a few strategies for the game of Poppit to beat the game with at least 5 balloons or less without using any pins or weights and only the undo button. What strategies can be discovered?

Website
The poppit game can be accessed through google chrome (not firefox) http://poppit.pogo.com/hd/PoppitHD.html

Recordings and Results
I used many strategies to try to beat the game and have an outcome with at least 5 balloons. Out of 7 trials, only with one method did I manage to end with 5 balloons. That method is where you pop any balloons from bottom to top in groups of two's in order to create a possible pop of many more groups of balloons monitoring how the balloons would line up for the next pop. This outcome worked more than half of the times tried.

Conclusion
Poppit off first impressions seems quite easy but can turn out to be an addicting game where after so many trials ending in failure you try to make up a scheme where you in the end will be victorious. My strategy for this game after trying many ways to beat the game but only ending in defeat was simple. You eliminate options and you become savvy about the game and how it works. My strategy as listed above worked for me most of the time and the times when it didn't work i was close to beating the game ending up with a number close to 5 even though it was not 5.