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Re: Show HN: Domino Fit – Domino Tiling Puzzle

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Post by codingdave »

macromaniac wrote: post #14
hexomancer wrote: post #5

That was very fun! Are the puzzles handmade or procedurally generated?

Yey these comments are making me smile. A bit of both, made a generator that spits out games and then I played 10 procedurally generated levels and picked the ones I liked. In general my favorite levels are the 7x7 with 5 stones, you can legit logic them out if you are patient. I only put in one since it takes quite a bit of practice to get to that point.

You should be smiling - this is really a decent puzzle game. And the last level did take a couple tries before I got it, but that was great. The earlier levels were too quick and easy once you figured out a couple patterns to look for.

Everyone is correct that this needs a better intro and better overall UX. But the concept is solid enough that I think this idea could go somewhere. Well done.

Re: Show HN: Domino Fit – Domino Tiling Puzzle

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Post by laurentlb »

macromaniac wrote: post #13
pimlottc wrote: post #10

Please change the red/green colors on the row numbers, it's difficult for colorblind people. I didn't even realize it was changing colors from green to red when I had too many dots. In general, though, a fun game and looks very polished!

Tyvm :D. There should be a colorblind mode in the settings (hotkey combo is szs). There's a kid I want to show the game to but he's colorblind too.

The colorblind mode is just using blue instead of green.

While it might work for some people, I'd suggest to redesign. Don't convey information with color alone. For example, you could switch the boldness, circle the number, or something else. The goal is to make it playable even if my goal setting is set to grayscale mode.

Once you do this, you may be able to get rid of the colorblind setting.

Re: Show HN: Domino Fit – Domino Tiling Puzzle

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Post by h0l0cube »

gus_massa wrote: post #7

Sometimes my mind wanders until I decide I want a "01" and I tap on the "01" tile at the bottom to select it. If the "01" is alredy selected, it switchs to the "02". But I tapped the "01" to select the "01" in spite it's already selected! (I have the same problem with the "02".) My recomendation is to change the logic of the selection at the bottom. Instead of switching each time, I'd like that if I tap on the left b…

Really annoyed me too. Should really be a radio button behavior instead of a toggle. This post is relevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39342649
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