I have been playing this game more or less for a few hours a day (on garden leave) for a few weeks. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed that the rarer the collectable and the less time there is before it disappears, the further away is the nearest child. I have carried out extensive studies in this field and can apply the following law:

"The distance between a collectable and the nearest child is in direct proportion to three variables: 1) number of seconds left before collectable disappears, 2) rarity of the collectable, and 3) number of children available."

It can also be annotated thus:

i = (tlc/27)100

where:
i = distance between collectable and nearest child (as a percentage of Isola's Western Shore map)
t = seconds left before collectable disappears
l = rarity of the collectable
c = number of children

I suggest this is called Isola's "Collectable Law No 1"

WORKED EXAMPLE:
You have six seconds to find one of 36 children to collect an uncommon collectable. Replace each letter in the equation with either 1, 2 or 3 as follows:

t: (seconds)
3 = Less than 8 seconds
2 = 8 to 14 seconds
1 = 15 or more seconds

l: (rarity)
3 = Rare
2 = uncommon
1 = common

c: (children)
3 = Less than 30 children
2 = 31 to 60 children
1 = 61 or more children

So, t: 6 = 3 / l: uncommon = 2 / c: 36 = 2

(3x2x2/27)x100 = 44% - a child is at least 44% of the map away from the collectable

Or you can use these tables:

Time = 3
Children 3.....2.....1
Rarity 3 100% 67% 33%
Rarity 2 67% 44% 22%
Rarity 1 33% 22% 11%

Time = 2
Children 3.....2.....1
Rarity 3 67% 44% 22%
Rarity 2 44% 30% 15%
Rarity 1 22% 15% 7%

Time = 1
Children 3.....2.....1
Rarity 3 33% 22% 11%
Rarity 2 22% 15% 7%
Rarity 1 11% 7% 4%

As I am no mathematician please feel free to amend / replace any errors.

Does anyone else have any other laws they might want to share?
xx

wow

Life's too short to iron but you had time to lay that out mathmatically? I'm impressed!


Tess

Life's too short to iron - that's what a damp towel and back in the dryer is for.

One time, I had 86 children at once.

I found a rare collectible and was able to have 46 of them pick it up at the same time.

So I am guessing they are around a little longer than you think.

Wow！！！！！！！I can't understand!!!

Now I understand some, thanks, I'll try it now!

does anyone have any: light blue or yellow rocks to sell
extra ones .. lol

wow .. just that quick got the yellow .. lol
ill still buy the light blue and some beetles

i think my brain rotted during vacation

O.o??? what! my brain is to simple to understand nice work by the way