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Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by rustcleaner »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

This is nice! Readers may also enjoy Simon Tatham's puzzle collection, available for mobile as well: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ (My favorite currently is Dominosa. Playing the Hard mode is teaching me new patterns.)

I install Simon's collection on every device of mine, as well as PySol.

(I'm stuck on Guess aka Mastermind right now, and damn good at it if I say so myself! Also Solo aka Sudoku on 6 sub-blocks, with X+Jigsaw+Killer & No symmetry+Unreasonable difficulty.)

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by inigyou »

HaxleRose wrote: post #56
trizoza wrote: post #50

> Play in dark mode Only after you create an account? Oh my lord

Not good? I'm not opposed to that. I just needed a place to put it and in the account settings seemed natural. Then there's no cookies or anything. The setting is just stored in the database.

How do you think it remembers your account? With a cookie

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by HaxleRose »

juhnu85 wrote: post #92

Love the look of the site. I have also grown tired of ads showing up everywhere nowadays. I'd much rather spend a bit of money than be forced to watch through another ad.

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.

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by HaxleRose »

celsoazevedo wrote: post #73
HaxleRose wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not good? I'm not opposed to that. I just needed a place to put it and in the account settings seemed natural. Then there's no cookies or anything. The setting is just stored in the database.

Why not respect the browser/system's theme? No need for settings or javascript: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Reference/V...

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

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by patrickdavey »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #2

This is nice! Readers may also enjoy Simon Tatham's puzzle collection, available for mobile as well: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/ (My favorite currently is Dominosa. Playing the Hard mode is teaching me new patterns.)

Yeah, this collection is _awesome_. I'm currently enjoying the Towers (just do it on 5x5 simple, and find it quite relaxing!).

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by HaxleRose »

_doctor_love wrote: post #80

You know if this site gets popular and takes off, you could probably monetize it...with ads

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 every puzzle type + difficulty, then you can pay a few bucks to unlock all of the rest. But this site has made $0 so far. It may never make anything, but at least I'll still have a place to play the puzzles :)

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by HaxleRose »

SpyCoder77 wrote: post #86
HaxleRose wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good feedback. I've struggled with it honestly. Trying to make a good user experience, but it's tricky with 10 puzzles types and more coming. Is it the amount of puzzles that feels that way?

No, it is mostly the topbar and the blank space for some reason, maybe make the games more centric to the homepage? I am not very good at describing things

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