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sumul

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About sumul

https://twitter.com/sumul https://figure.game

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    Comment #48714724

    I enjoyed this and loved the minimal UI, good copywriting, and tasteful animations. My brain gets a little bit stuck on words that I can see but aren’t valid because of a missing c…

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    Comment #46848703

    This part really caught my attention (along with the rest of the preceding paragraph): > Our inability to see opportunities and fulfillment in life as it is, leads to the inevitabl…

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    Comment #46848444

    Thanks for sharing. I’m a musician and programmer, so I’m squarely in what I’d expect is your target audience. Since you’re posting an early version for feedback, here are some of …

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    Comment #46819751

    Great idea! I made a submission too. https://figure.game

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    Comment #32802155

    Yes! I auditioned dozens of fonts for the UI of https://figure.game and chose Lexend for its legibility, even at small sizes. It’s also got lots of understated charm and character …

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    Comment #32433117

    Keyboard navigation is fixed now. Tab to move around and Enter to clear.

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    Comment #32402913

    I think this is a excellent question that I haven't been asked before. I don't have a great answer, as I don't consider myself to be particularly great at solving these puzzles. So…

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    Comment #32393676

    It's different every day, usually between 8 and 11 moves. It depends on the minimum number of moves required to clear the tiles in the given arrangement.

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    Comment #32381870

    This is excellent, thanks for sharing. My solver is designed to find every possible solution so that I can evaluate the ratio of "best" solutions to all solutions. A lot of these o…

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    Comment #32381416

    Very cool, thanks for sharing. And thanks for pointing out the keyboard thing. I was about to reply with "but you can!" but when I went to confirm I realized that while you can nav…

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    Comment #32379913

    I endorse getting away from as much news as possible. I made that choice after the 2016 US elections, and it has been a big, sustained improvement in my quality of life. I've found…

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    Comment #32379238

    That's really helpful, thank you. I'll see what I can do to optimize the animation performance more, and I'll take a closer look at the animation timing at lower frame rates. Defin…

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    Comment #32379191

    Thanks for reporting. That's a known bug that I'll try to fix soon. Firefox on Android is doing something weird with the Web Share API [1]. In a nutshell, the API has two methods. …

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    Comment #32379132

    I did look into it, although I'm not a lawyer. My understanding is that privacy notice compliance is a function of how personal information is being collected and used. I chose to …

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    Comment #32378973

    I'm glad you enjoyed figuring it out without instructions. Thanks for letting me know. I got some helpful feedback early on that resulted in the "Pick any tile from the bottom row"…

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    Comment #32378886

    Oh, just want to clarify that I've done tons of projects. I've been designing and building interactive products professionally for about 20 years. This was just my first time using…

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    Comment #32378777

    Hey thanks!

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    Comment #32377857

    That's so helpful, thank you. I wonder if anyone would notice or care if I swapped the triangle for the square or diamond...

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    Comment #32377723

    Fair point. I mention the free tiers because I found it to be really low friction to start building without worrying about the pricing of every little service and platform (I did m…

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    Comment #32377684

    Thanks for letting me know, and sorry if that was frustrating. Your goal is to clear away all the tiles. Tiles that are linked together clear together. Links are made when same-col…

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    Comment #32377661

    Naming things to be unique and memorable is difficult, and finding a good domain is a big part of that when your product is a website. It wasn't my first choice to support the pric…

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    Comment #32377263

    Love this. Where can I learn more about your toy language?

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    Comment #32377180

    This is the way.

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    Comment #32377060

    Neat ideas, thank you for sharing. I'll think about it!