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Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

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This game was originally designed as a substrate for experimenting with procedural puzzle generation (for generating interesting puzzles given a rules set, not for generating new rules sets). I thought I'd post it here, since it ended up being kind of fun to play in it's own right, not just an algorithmic experiment.

I̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶m̶i̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶e̶a̶s̶y̶ ̶4̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶s̶o̶l̶v̶a̶b̶l̶e̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶t̶t̶o̶m̶ ̶6̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶e̶x̶t̶e̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶p̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶r̶i̶z̶o̶n̶t̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶6̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶p̶l̶a̶y̶a̶b̶l̶e̶.̶ https://linjat.snellman.net/#game.easy.4 edit: My logic parts a…

I beat it fine; both 6's are horizontal.

Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

#12
post #2

This game was originally designed as a substrate for experimenting with procedural puzzle generation (for generating interesting puzzles given a rules set, not for generating new rules sets). I thought I'd post it here, since it ended up being kind of fun to play in it's own right, not just an algorithmic experiment.

I̶ ̶m̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶b̶e̶ ̶m̶i̶s̶s̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶t̶h̶i̶n̶g̶,̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶t̶h̶i̶n̶k̶ ̶e̶a̶s̶y̶ ̶4̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶s̶o̶l̶v̶a̶b̶l̶e̶.̶ ̶T̶h̶e̶ ̶b̶o̶t̶t̶o̶m̶ ̶6̶ ̶c̶a̶n̶n̶o̶t̶ ̶e̶x̶t̶e̶n̶d̶ ̶u̶p̶w̶a̶r̶d̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶b̶l̶o̶c̶k̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶4̶,̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶i̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶ ̶g̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶h̶o̶r̶i̶z̶o̶n̶t̶a̶l̶,̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶6̶ ̶o̶n̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶r̶i̶g̶h̶t̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶u̶n̶p̶l̶a̶y̶a̶b̶l̶e̶.̶ https://linjat.snellman.net/#game.easy.4 edit: My logic parts a…

I solved easy 4, but easy 7 looks impossible. Very addictive puzzle game, BTW.

Edit: easy 7 solvable and now my wife is addicted too.

Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

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This game was originally designed as a substrate for experimenting with procedural puzzle generation (for generating interesting puzzles given a rules set, not for generating new rules sets). I thought I'd post it here, since it ended up being kind of fun to play in it's own right, not just an algorithmic experiment.

You have "overflow: hidden" in the CSS for the body tag, which makes it impossible to read the full text of "how to play" on my screen.

Thanks for the report, to you and everyone else who had that problem. Just for testing purposes, what kind of a device was this on?

Unfortunately the overflow: hidden is needed for the touch event handling to work properly. But there's probably some reasonable solution based on resizing / scaling instead.

Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

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I love it. Was a bit confused at fist since the lines can be extended in both ways. Yeah, i see this as an little addictive game. Do you have it on IOS?

Afraid not. But I think you can use "add to home screen" in Safari to get an icon to launch it as an app (i.e. no browser controls).

Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

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post #2

This game was originally designed as a substrate for experimenting with procedural puzzle generation (for generating interesting puzzles given a rules set, not for generating new rules sets). I thought I'd post it here, since it ended up being kind of fun to play in it's own right, not just an algorithmic experiment.

I was wondering as I played it if you had come up with some 'evil' to create the levels, as each one has an element of 'gotcha' to them. Any info on how you did this? Novice programmer here, and probably not capable of understanding anything too complex, but I'd be interested if there's anything you could point me at to try to understand how you do this sort of thing.

Re: Show HN: Linjat, a small puzzle game

#20
very elegant puzzle with super simple rules (which I consider a big plus over hard to explain puzzle games... which my games might suffer from a bit). Extending a line in both ways is a bit more cumbersome, maybe you should allow start drawing a line everywhere and just materialize it if it crosses a number.
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