Neat! Bug report: on my iPhone when I quickly double-tap the backspace button it zooms on that element, which is pretty distracting.
Fixed!
Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
51–60 of 65 posts
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#52Feedback in the interest of helping your game find traction: The Share button is hidden below the scroll when I open the stats panel. That's pretty key to aiding in sharing/viral catchiness. Chrome on Sonoma Version 120.0.6099.234 (Official Build) (x86_64), 100% Zoom, nothing else non-standard that I can think of https://imgur.com/a/dWD4mNt Then, when I copy it, I get a blob of text, which has no URL to your game and…
Fixed!
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#53I like it! It would be nice if you could tap on any of the letters you have already typed when you are entering a guess and be able to see the guesses for that letter and change that letter without having to delete the other letters as you are working on a guess, I also agree with some of the feedback on making the color scale clearer.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds this functionality, as well as multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness!
Check it out!
I also skipped forward a day, so if you already played today you can play again with the next word to try it out.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#54Cool game. As a red-green colorblind person I am unable to play it, unfortunately. I suggest you use red and greens on opposite ends of the color intensity spectrum.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness! At some point I may add a color blind mode that does away with the need for colors altogether, but for now this should make things a bit better. Also, there is now a gauge next to the board so you can more easily see the range of colors (unfortunately, it doesn't yet work on Firefox).
Check it out!
I also skipped forward a day, so if you already played today you can play again with the next word to try it out.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#55Cool idea. I really do think you should do something about the colors though. I enjoyed the game.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness! At some point I may add a color blind mode that does away with the need for colors altogether, but for now this should make things a bit better. Also, there is now a gauge next to the board so you can more easily see the range of colors (unfortunately, it doesn't yet work on Firefox).
Check it out!
I also skipped forward a day, so if you already played today you can play again with the next word to try it out.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#56One suggestion is I'd like to be able to move back and forth between guessing individual letters, like starting with the 4th for example rather than the first. Because it's easier to try some letters you know are close and then guess the further ones.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds this functionality, as well as multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness!
Check it out!
I also skipped forward a day, so if you already played today you can play again with the next word to try it out.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#57Please don’t use green and red like this, especially with multiple shades of red. It’s a nightmare for colorblind people.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness! At some point I may add a color blind mode that does away with the need for colors altogether, but for now this should make things a bit better. Also, there is now a gauge next to the board so you can more easily see the range of colors (unfortunately, it doesn't yet work on Firefox).
Check it out!
I also skipped forward a day, so if you already played today you can play again with the next word to try it out.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#58Cool idea. I really do think you should do something about the colors though. I enjoyed the game.
Hey, I just released a new update that adds multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness! At some point I may add a color blind mode that does away with the need for colors altogether, but for now this should make things a bit better. Also, there is now a gauge next to the board so you can more easily see the range of colors (unfortunately, it doesn't yet work on Firefox). Check it out! I also skipped forward a…
Fun! Didn't realize till I landed a few that the white meant solved.
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#59I also found the color scheme to be difficult to understand. A friend suggested interpolating between red and green depending on how close you are to the correct key. This is not too hard, since red is (255, 0, 0) and green is (0, 255, 0), so you can compute a distance (normalized to [0, 1]) and output (255 x d, 255 x (1-d), 0) to get the interpolated color. It looks quite nice visually. I wrote a small thread on it:…
Hey, I just released a new update that adds multiple color schemes to help with colorblindness! At some point I may add a color blind mode that does away with the need for colors altogether, but for now this should make things a bit better. Also, there is now a gauge next to the board so you can more easily see the range of colors (unfortunately, it doesn't yet work on Firefox). Check it out! I also skipped forward a…
Ah, the other color schemes look really good (especially I like the heatmap one). However, the default stoplight one is nearly impossible for me to disambiguate. For example, in [1], I can't tell which of mine are closer at all (I don't think I am colorblind, but maybe I'm just in for a surprise today).
Anyway, overall, a very fun variant. Thanks for sharing!
Re: Show HN: Qwertle, yet another daily word game
#60I obviously could be wrong about this, but I wonder if one puzzle per day is too few to get people hooked on the game? I know it worked for Wordle, but that a) had novelty on its side, and b) was lucky. Right now I'd happily play a bunch more times -- and perhaps find it fun enough to make a point of coming back -- but having played just once, I think it's 50/50 whether I'll remember it tomorrow, and if I don't then…
Hey, not sure if you've forgotten about QWERTLE already, but I just released a new version with unlimited Practice mode!