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Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by at-fates-hands »

vanilla wrote: post #9
_v7gu wrote: post #2

Pretty neat. Is there some kind of "strategy guide" for mastermind-like games? I feel that I'm operating at close-to-brute-force levels (I spent 22 attempts at a 4-lock) and I'd love to get better

I think trying to exclude nodes is more efficient than trying to find the correct ones. After you excluded all "bad" nodes, you need to find the order. finding the order with the help of "bad" nodes was also faster for me I went from 56 to a lucky 5 tries.

This is the same method I used. As soon as you knew which 4 dots, it was a matter of simple brute force to deduce the actual order.

only 49 tries for me. lol

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by joemaller1 »

This is a great puzzle game and a very impressive demo web app. However, I wish it was available from the various app stores for two reasons:

1. I want to pay you for this.

2. It will be ripped off a dozen ways, and I would rather see you make money rather instead of some horrible knockoff app-vendor.

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by maxwellito »

joemaller1 wrote: post #22

This is a great puzzle game and a very impressive demo web app. However, I wish it was available from the various app stores for two reasons: 1. I want to pay you for this. 2. It will be ripped off a dozen ways, and I would rather see you make money rather instead of some horrible knockoff app-vendor.

Thanks, I know it's the risk, but this is why it will always be free and ad-free on GitHub. Like 2048.

On Android + Chrome, a banner will popup to install it as PWA on your phone and you won't see the difference. I believe you are on iOS? I wish Safari iOS was better at following the new web feature (like WebRTC...)

Thanks for your feedback, that's pretty cool!

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by notheguyouthink »

fredley wrote: post #13

I found the display of previous attempts a little hard to decipher (1-2-3-4 labelling would be much easier to parse, for me), but other than that great fun, and exceptionally polished presentation!

Conceptually i kept applying direction to success/failure. Eg, if one of them was correct, i kept fighting the assertion of the direction being correct, ie if 3 was correct i kept thinking 2 was related to 3's "correctness".

I imagine 1-2-3-4 would help my confusion a bit. It's weird though, i know it doesn't work that way, but i kept thinking that.

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by Markoff »

maxwellito wrote: post #23
joemaller1 wrote: post #22

This is a great puzzle game and a very impressive demo web app. However, I wish it was available from the various app stores for two reasons: 1. I want to pay you for this. 2. It will be ripped off a dozen ways, and I would rather see you make money rather instead of some horrible knockoff app-vendor.

Thanks, I know it's the risk, but this is why it will always be free and ad-free on GitHub. Like 2048. On Android + Chrome, a banner will popup to install it as PWA on your phone and you won't see the difference. I believe you are on iOS? I wish Safari iOS was better at following the new web feature (like WebRTC...) Thanks for your feedback, that's pretty cool!

how to make it work offline? i would appreciate APK as well

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by maxwellito »

Markoff wrote: post #25
maxwellito wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks, I know it's the risk, but this is why it will always be free and ad-free on GitHub. Like 2048. On Android + Chrome, a banner will popup to install it as PWA on your phone and you won't see the difference. I believe you are on iOS? I wish Safari iOS was better at following the new web feature (like WebRTC...) Thanks for your feedback, that's pretty cool!

how to make it work offline? i would appreciate APK as well

By default (with chrome) a service worker will cache the app for offline use. If Chrome didn't asked you, just add the page to your homescreen.

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by Markoff »

maxwellito wrote: post #26
Markoff wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

how to make it work offline? i would appreciate APK as well

By default (with chrome) a service worker will cache the app for offline use. If Chrome didn't asked you, just add the page to your homescreen.

i am using Brave browser, there was no popup but it seem to work offline

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by Markoff »

Spare_account wrote: post #4
_v7gu wrote: post #2

Pretty neat. Is there some kind of "strategy guide" for mastermind-like games? I feel that I'm operating at close-to-brute-force levels (I spent 22 attempts at a 4-lock) and I'd love to get better

I don't know the answer to your question, but I was curious to know if 22 attempts was anywhere near a bruteforce attack on a 4 point pattern. This Quora thread contains some interesting breakdowns of the number of possible patterns that Android permits. https://www.quora.com/Android-operating-system-How-many-comb... If we assume that you don't know the number of points in use on a phone you're trying to unlock, the…

he has help feedback from game, normal Android won't tell you which combinations are partially correct, so you are comparing apples and oranges

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by degenerate »

A fun little piece of the source:

If you read this it's probably because the world has rebooted. I don't know how but you arrived here. I'm sorry you cannot enjoy this little game but you will be able to in the not too distant future. Browsers will become incredibly better. Just before the world turns into chaos due to Nutella production shortages. Scientists will realise too late that Nutella was to humans what pollen is to bees. Don't believe the hype, the end didn't (or won't) happen because the 'left-pad' package got removed from NPM. Good luck.

Re: Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

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Post by maxwellito »

Markoff wrote: post #27
maxwellito wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

By default (with chrome) a service worker will cache the app for offline use. If Chrome didn't asked you, just add the page to your homescreen.

i am using Brave browser, there was no popup but it seem to work offline

Brave is based on Chromium. With a bit of chance, the service worker should be working as fine. That mean even offline you can access the page (by going to the URL as usual).

But I know, the UX sucks to access such a silly game :(

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