Show HN: Minimal Brain Teaser Web Game (Handcrafted, No AI)

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Post by arttaboi » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 4:00 AM UTC

Built and open-sourced in the era before AI. I’m sure you know where to find the code.

Show HN: Minimal Brain Teaser Web Game (Handcrafted, No AI)
mehuleo.github.io

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Post by dmje » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:32 AM UTC

It’s great! Good work.

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Post by Jyaif » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:40 AM UTC

Truly excellent!

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Post by Vallar » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 7:36 AM UTC

Cool game. I like the simplistic design. Might be a good idea to add extra score for "least dots used to cage the circle"

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Post by sixhobbits » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 8:29 AM UTC

Does it really not work on Android Firefox? It won't even let me try so I switched to chrome and I'm glad I did because I enjoyed it but I nearly bounced at the screen telling me to get the app

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Post by andrewstuart » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 10:07 AM UTC

Handwritten software interesting concept!

There should be a term like “artisan software”.

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Post by cap11235 » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 1:12 PM UTC

Good job blocking firefox.

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Post by nerdcube » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:21 PM UTC

This is awesome-- feels very original, the UI is polished and "juicy", and I really like the level progression.

My only small feedback is that I felt a bit of conflict in the different scoring systems: am I supposed to be solving as fast as I can, or in the fewest moves, or to get the most stars? That all may be an intentional design choice though. Really great game.

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#9

Post by broken-kebab » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

Stars confused me, and they are not mentioned in the How to.

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Post by gneuron » Fri, Apr 03, 2026, 8:42 PM UTC

broken-kebab wrote: post #9

Stars confused me, and they are not mentioned in the How to.

yeah it takes a minute to figure it out, you can argue whether or not that's user friendly but you do figure it out after a couple runs