Clarify that difficulty does not increase forever as you increase

[sgt/puzzles] / puzzles.but

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@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ This is a collection of small one-player puzzle games.
 reserved. You may distribute this documentation under the MIT licence.
 See \k{licence} for the licence text in full.
 
 reserved. You may distribute this documentation under the MIT licence.
 See \k{licence} for the licence text in full.
 

-\versionid $Id: puzzles.but,v 1.2 2004/08/16 12:42:11 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: puzzles.but,v 1.3 2004/08/16 13:17:40 simon Exp $

 
 
 \C{intro} Introduction
 
 
 \C{intro} Introduction


@@ -423,9 +423,11 @@ after generation. In other words, the initial grid will be 2/3 the
 size in each dimension, and will be expanded to its full size
 without adding any more rectangles.
 
 size in each dimension, and will be expanded to its full size
 without adding any more rectangles.
 

-Setting a high expansion factor tends to make the game more
-difficult, and also rewards a less deductive and more intuitive
-playing style.
+Setting an expansion factor of around 0.5 tends to make the game
+more difficult, and also (in my experience) rewards a less deductive
+and more intuitive playing style. If you set it \e{too} high,
+though, the game simply cannot generate more than a few rectangles
+to cover the entire grid, and the game becomes trivial.

 
 \H{rectangles-cmdline} \I{command line, for Rectangles}Additional
 command-line configuration
 
 \H{rectangles-cmdline} \I{command line, for Rectangles}Additional
 command-line configuration