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HaxleRose

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    Comment #48675062

    Thanks for your feedback. I agree and am converting each puzzle to remove the mistake system and allow the user to click a button when they've completed the puzzle to see if it's c…

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    Comment #48675047

    I hear ya and I am in the process of switching them to removing the error flagging and making them work by letting the solver click/tap a button when they've completed the puzzle. …

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    Comment #48675019

    awesome!!

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    Comment #48675009

    Different puzzles have different validation logic. So the logic varies from puzzle to puzzle. Generally we're working backwards from a completed puzzle.

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    Comment #48674966

    Yep, it's a tricky problem. I'm currently in the process of switching the way the puzzles work so that they don't have a mistake counter and instead allow the solver to tap a butto…

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    Comment #48674930

    Thanks for the feedback. The leaderboard definitely needs some love

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    Comment #48674311

    All the puzzles are generated by the app. Each puzzle type has its own generator. Some take a while to generate and I have to do them ahead of time, but Sudoku and X Sudoku generat…

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    Comment #48674292

    email me at ChestertonTechnologies@gmail.com if you find bugs like this and I'll try to fix them. You should be able to play one puzzle of every type + difficulty without signing i…

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    Comment #48674268

    That's a good idea. I'll look into adding that feature!

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    Comment #48674253

    They should be unique solutions. The way I generate the puzzles requires them to have a unique solution. I've thought I found a couple that were not unique, but then both times, I …

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    Comment #48674222

    For sure! And I know this isn't going to make a bunch of money or anything, but it's made a few bucks to help cover server costs, so that's pretty cool!

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    Comment #48674179

    That would be pretty cool!

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    Comment #48674167

    Many of them have keyboard shortcuts. usually pencil mode is "P" and eraser is "E" or "backspace/delete". Also, the numbers 1, 2, 3 should work as well. Feel free to email me at Ch…

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    Comment #48673686

    Good feedback. I do plan on continuing to add other kinds of logic puzzles to the site as time permits. I'll check out those sites!

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    Comment #48647382

    Good to know. Yeah, it's pretty easy to add 0, so I'll do that soon. For the kakuro backgrounds, it's pure CSS, no images. The diagonal split in the clue cells is a single linear-g…

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    Comment #48644539

    Thanks for the feedback. I've done nonograms with a three strikes and your out style, so I based it off of that. I just couldn't find any without having to watch ads often before a…

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    Comment #48644428

    Nope, I don't care about your email. Just a way for you to track progress, contribute to leaderboards, get achievements, and be able to reset your password if you forget it. The en…

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    Comment #48644345

    Fair criticism. I appreciate the feedback! I thought I made the backspace key work on Sudoku. I'll look into that. I know "E" works for erase. Just checked it and if the incorrect …

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    Comment #48644165

    Nice! The first app I built and put is https://peopleneed.love Just a simple site to let random people encourage other random people. It was a good way for me to learn some of the …

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    Comment #48644145

    nice! good idea! I haven't looked into doing a PWA. I've never built one before, but this puzzle app is built with Ruby on Rails and I know the framework has tools for doing PWAs

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    Comment #48643448

    oh shoot! I'll look into that. Star Battle is the most recent puzzle game I added and I'm still working out the bugs!

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    Comment #48637664

    Gotcha, I appreciate the feedback. I'll see what I can do.

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    Comment #48637637

    haha! no thanks :) I play it myself because it doesn't have ads and cause it has multiple puzzles that I like. It is monetized though. You get the first 25 puzzles for free in ever…

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    Comment #48637598

    good idea. I might switch it to do that instead.

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    Comment #48637585

    For sure! I couldn't find an app with a good mobile UI without ads. I would've paid a few bucks for one, so I figured others might feel the same way.