Antimatter Dimensions - Tickspeep Upgrade Guide (Challenge 9) (2024)

The Gotcha of Challenge 9 requires manual buying of dimensions in a non-intuitive order. I wrote a python script to map out a list of which dimensions to buy, and how many of them to buy, in what order. This guide is that output and instructions on how to read it.

Guide to Tickspeep Upgrade

How to Read the Buy List

This guide is built for use in scientific display mode:

Each line is a series of purchases at the end of which you should check the lowest remaining price for any of the 8 dimensions and but tickspeed upgrades up to one number lower than that new lowest.

This list is not perfect, it will still cause some prices to jump, some because it seams unavoidable, some because I wasn’t careful enough. but this list is good enough.

The first line reads “[[5, 17], [3, 9], [1, 4]]” translated to:

• ‘buy dimension 5, until you have 9 dimension 5’s costing 1e17 (don’t buy the 10th which would increase the price).
• Then ‘buy dimension 3, until you have 9 dimension 3’s costing 1e9 (don’t buy the 10th which would increase the price).
• Then ‘buy dimension 1, until you have 9 dimension 1’s costing 1e4 (don’t buy the 10th which would increase the price).

Finally ‘buy ticker upgrades until doing so would force a dimension price conflict’ (not for line 1 this is ‘do nothing’ because the smallest ticker upgrade is e3, which is one below e4 which is currently showing for dimension 1.).

This would be impossible since dimension 5 is locked until you have purchased dimensions 1,2,3,and 4. So Implicit in the instructions is ‘buy up to 9 of each dimension when you have the funds.

Also note line 4 and 5 which read:

• [[6, 23], [1, 13], [2, 10]]
• [[3, 19], [2, 14], [1, 10]]

Where on line 4 you buy dimension 1 until you have 9 of price 1e13, but then on line 5 you have buy dimension 1 until you have price 1e10…. Ya… I was too lazy remove all redundant calls (I did remove redundant calls to buy for single purchase lines, there were a lot of them). Just ignore the instruction

Note at the end of instruction set 3″ [1, 7]” is when you will first buy ticker upgrades to e4. The ticker upgrade will show e5 to buy, but you can’t but that one yet, as it would then show e6, and be in conflict with dimension 2 which still has a price of e6.

The Buy List, Goodluck

My original code derived version is below, but Juni improved it (I presume, I didn’t test the new version. it’s probably better my version was only good enough to get me to pass the challenge then I stopped fixing it). The first buy list is theirs.

Juni’s Verison

[5, 17], [3, 9], [1, 4]]
[[4, 12], [2, 6]]
[1, 7]
[[6, 23], [1, 13], [2, 10]]
[[3, 19]]
[[7, 30], [8, 39], [4, 24], [2, 18]]
[[6, 43], [5, 33], [1, 16], [2, 22]]
[[7, 42], [2, 34], [4, 30], [3, 24], [1, 22]]
[[5, 41]]
[3, 29]
[[4, 36]]
[1, 31]
[[2, 38], [1, 37], [3, 34]]
[[7, 66], [4, 60], [2, 58], [8, 54], [3, 39]]
[[8, 69], [3, 59], [5, 57], [1, 40]]
[[6, 53], [1, 55]]
[6, 63]
[[2, 62], [1, 58]]
[5, 65]
[[1, 67], [3, 64]]
[[7, 78], [6, 83], [5, 81], [1, 73], [2, 70], [4, 66]]
[[7, 102], [2, 94], [4, 90], [8, 84], [3, 69]]
[[1, 76]]
[[3, 79]
[8, 99]]
[[3, 84], [1, 82]]
[[2, 98], [1, 97], [3, 94], [5, 89]]
[6, 93]
[[1, 100], [5, 97]]
[[4, 96]]
[[7, 126], [4, 120], [2, 118], [8, 114], [3, 99]]
[[1, 106], [6, 103]]
[[5, 137], [8, 129], [3, 119], [1, 109]]
[[6, 113]]
[[1, 112]]
[[6, 123]]
[1, 115]
[[2, 122], [1, 118]]
[[7, 162], [2, 154], [4, 150], [8, 159], [3, 134], [1, 127]]
[[6, 143], [1, 136]]
[[3, 139]]
[[6, 163], [5, 153]]
[[3, 144]]
[[1, 148]]
[[5, 161]]
[3, 149]
[[4, 156]]
[1, 151]
[[2, 158], [1, 157], [3, 154]]
[[7, 186], [4, 180], [2, 178], [8, 174], [3, 159]]
[[8, 189], [3, 179], [5, 177], [1, 160]]
[[6, 173], [1, 172]]
[1, 175]
[6, 183]
[[2, 182], [1, 178]]
[5, 185]
[1, 187], [[3, 184]]
[[7, 198], [6, 203], [5, 201], [1, 193], [2, 190], [4, 186]]
[[7, 222], [2, 214], [4, 210], [8, 204], [3, 189]]
[[1, 196]]
[[3, 199]]
[[8, 219]]
[[3, 204], [1, 199]]
[[1, 202]]
[[2, 218], [1, 217], [3, 214], [5, 209]]
[6, 213]
[[1, 220], [5, 217]]
[[4, 216]]
[[7, 246], [4, 240], [2, 238], [8, 234], [3, 219]]
[1, 226], [6, 223]]
[[5, 257], [8, 249], [3, 239], [1, 229]]
[[6, 233]]
[[1, 232]]
[[6, 243]]
[1, 235]
[[2, 242], [1, 238]]
[[7, 282], [2, 274], [4, 270], [8, 264], [3, 254], [1, 241]]
[[1, 247]]
[[6, 263], [1, 256]]
[[3, 259], [2, 254], [1, 250]]
[[6, 283], [5, 273], [1, 265]]
[[8, 279], [3, 264]]

The Original

[[5, 17], [3, 9], [1, 4]]
[[4, 12], [2, 6]]
[1, 7]
[[6, 23], [1, 13], [2, 10]]
[[3, 19], [2, 14], [1, 10]]
[[7, 30], [8, 39], [4, 24], [2, 18], [3, 14]]
[[6, 43], [5, 33], [1, 25], [2, 22], [4, 18]]
[[7, 42], [2, 34], [4, 30], [3, 24], [1, 19]]
[[1, 28], [5, 25]]
[[2, 26], [1, 22]]
[[5, 41], [6, 33]]
[3, 29]
[[4, 36], [2, 30]]
[1, 31]
[[2, 38], [1, 37], [3, 34]]
[[7, 66], [4, 60], [2, 58], [8, 54], [3, 39], [1, 34]]
[[8, 69], [3, 59], [7, 54], [5, 57], [8, 69], [3, 54], [1, 49], [2, 46], [4, 42]]
[[4, 48], [2, 42]]
[[6, 53], [1, 43]]
[[1, 52], [5, 49]]
[[2, 50], [1, 46]]
[1, 55]
[6, 63]
[[2, 62], [1, 58]]
[5, 65]
[1, 61]
[[1, 67], [3, 64]]
[[7, 78], [6, 83], [5, 81], [1, 73], [2, 70], [4, 66]]
[[7, 102], [2, 94], [4, 90], [8, 84], [3, 69], [1, 64]]
[[4, 72], [2, 66]]
[[1, 76], [6, 73]]
[[3, 79], [2, 74], [1, 70]]
[[7, 90], [8, 99], [4, 84], [2, 78], [3, 74]]
[[1, 85], [2, 82], [4, 78]]
[[3, 84], [1, 79]]
[[2, 86], [1, 82]]
[[2, 98], [1, 97], [3, 94], [5, 89]]
[6, 93]
[[1, 100], [5, 97], [3, 89]]
[[4, 96], [2, 90]]
[[7, 126], [4, 120], [2, 118], [8, 114], [3, 99], [1, 94]]
[[2, 110], [1, 106], [6, 103]]
[[5, 137], [8, 129], [3, 119], [7, 114], [5, 137], [8, 129], [3, 114], [1, 109], [2, 106], [4, 102]]
[[4, 108], [2, 102]]
[[5, 121], [6, 113], [1, 103]]
[[1, 112], [3, 109]]
[[6, 123], [5, 113]]
[1, 115]
[[2, 122], [1, 118]]
[[7, 162], [2, 154], [4, 150], [8, 144], [7, 150], [4, 144], [2, 138], [3, 134], [5, 129], [1, 121]]
[[1, 127], [3, 124]]
[[7, 138], [6, 143], [1, 133], [2, 130], [4, 126]]
[[3, 129], [1, 124]]
[[4, 132], [2, 126]]
[[1, 136], [6, 133]]
[[3, 139], [2, 134], [1, 130]]
[[6, 163], [5, 153], [1, 145], [2, 142], [4, 138]]
[[8, 159], [3, 144], [1, 139]]
[[1, 148], [5, 145]]
[[2, 146], [1, 142]]
[[5, 161], [6, 153]]
[3, 149]
[[4, 156], [2, 150]]
[1, 151]
[[2, 158], [1, 157], [3, 154]]
[[7, 186], [4, 180], [2, 178], [8, 174], [3, 159], [1, 154]]
[[8, 189], [3, 179], [7, 174], [5, 177], [8, 189], [3, 174], [1, 169], [2, 166], [4, 162]]
[[4, 168], [2, 162]]
[[6, 173], [1, 163]]
[[1, 172], [5, 169]]
[[2, 170], [1, 166]]
[1, 175]
[6, 183]
[[2, 182], [1, 178]]
[5, 185]
[1, 181]
[[1, 187], [3, 184]]
[[7, 198], [6, 203], [5, 201], [1, 193], [2, 190], [4, 186]]
[[7, 222], [2, 214], [4, 210], [8, 204], [3, 189], [1, 184]]
[[4, 192], [2, 186]]
[[1, 196], [6, 193]]
[[3, 199], [2, 194], [1, 190]]
[[7, 210], [8, 219], [4, 204], [2, 198], [3, 194]]
[[1, 205], [2, 202], [4, 198]]
[[3, 204], [1, 199]]
[[2, 206], [1, 202]]
[[2, 218], [1, 217], [3, 214], [5, 209]]
[6, 213]
[[1, 220], [5, 217], [3, 209]]
[[4, 216], [2, 210]]
[[7, 246], [4, 240], [2, 238], [8, 234], [3, 219], [1, 214]]
[[2, 230], [1, 226], [6, 223]]
[[5, 257], [8, 249], [3, 239], [7, 234], [5, 257], [8, 249], [3, 234], [1, 229], [2, 226], [4, 222]]
[[4, 228], [2, 222]]
[[5, 241], [6, 233], [1, 223]]
[[1, 232], [3, 229]]
[[6, 243], [5, 233]]
[1, 235]
[[2, 242], [1, 238]]
[[7, 282], [2, 274], [4, 270], [8, 264], [7, 270], [4, 264], [2, 258], [3, 254], [5, 249], [1, 241]]
[[1, 247], [3, 244]]
[[7, 258], [6, 263], [1, 253], [2, 250], [4, 246]]
[[3, 249], [1, 244]]
[[4, 252], [2, 246]]
[[1, 256], [6, 253]]
[[3, 259], [2, 254], [1, 250]]
[[6, 283], [5, 273], [1, 265], [2, 262], [4, 258]]
[[8, 279], [3, 264], [1, 259]]
[[1, 268], [5, 265]]
[[2, 266], [1, 262]]
[[5, 281], [6, 273]]
[3, 269]
[[4, 276], [2, 270]]
[1, 271]
[[2, 278], [1, 277], [3, 274]]
[[7, 306], [4, 300], [2, 298], [8, 294], [3, 279], [1, 274]]
[[8, 309], [3, 299], [7, 294], [5, 297], [8, 309], [3, 294], [1, 289], [2, 286], [4, 282]]
[[4, 288], [2, 282]]
[[6, 293], [1, 283]]
[[1, 292], [5, 289]]
[[2, 290], [1, 286]]
[1, 295]
[6, 303]
[[2, 302], [1, 298]]
[5, 305]
[1, 301]
[[1, 307], [3, 304]]
[[7, 318], [2, 310], [4, 306]]
[[3, 309], [1, 304]]
[[4, 312], [2, 306]]
[6, 313]
[5, 313]
[1, 310]