So I was playing Dark Matter Dice and something struck me. The scoring doesn't make sense.

The two highest valued rolls are spectrum and unified matter, value at 15 points and 25 points respectively. However, while there are 6 ways to get unified matter, one for each color, there is only one way to get spectrum. Probability is my weakest area in math, so I may be thinking about this the wrong way, but if I'm not, then shouldn't spectrum be worth more?

Getting a unified matter is harder then getting a spectrum because all of the dice have to be the same color. It is more likely they will be different colors on each roll, and usually you end up rolling 1 or 2 wrong colors. Spectrum matter on the other hand you have more of a chance of hitting when the dice are coming up in rolls on different colors.

I did giggle a bit at your thread ❤

why is it more likely they will be different colors on each roll? Is that part of the coding for the game?

In real life, each die is independent of the others, and the outcome of one does not affect the outcome of any others. (As opposed to playing cards, where each card drawn affects the probability for the next card, i.e., if you draw a 4 first, then the probability of drawing a 4 for the next card is lower.) So unless the dice in the game do not behave like dice in real life, then getting two dice of the same color should be just as likely as getting two dice of the different colors.

Just because since I have been playing it, and I use to be addicted to it, that is how it has always seemed to be. I am always more likely to roll different colors instead of the same. Additionally while I might keep 3 yellows it seems very rare I roll the additional yellows I need to complete the unified matter. I don't know if it is part of the coding or not honestly I have no idea how all that works, I am only able to tell you what seems common to me from game playing experience.