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Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by pingiun » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 9:37 PM UTC

Looks a lot like https://c.eev.ee/digitle/

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 9:41 PM UTC

smallerfish wrote: post #6

Inspired by Countdown? Been a while but don't they have 6 numbers? Might be nice to allow users to choose "2 big and 4 small" as well.

Countdown can actually get quite difficult too. Since you have the 30s timer. I learned a lot from Rachel’s solutions.

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by mrvenkman » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 9:53 PM UTC

This is great!! I have to fit it to my screen a few times. But now I know how to fit it to my screen it’s fun!!

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by BugsJustFindMe » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 9:56 PM UTC

I clicked through and then immediately forgot the instructions so I tried to go back to read them. Now the button just says "Come back Tomorrow" and I can't even play. Stopping a person from playing again does only bad things for user experience. Please consider just not doing that instead of doing that.

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by kirchhoff » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 10:02 PM UTC

BugsJustFindMe wrote: post #54

I clicked through and then immediately forgot the instructions so I tried to go back to read them. Now the button just says "Come back Tomorrow" and I can't even play. Stopping a person from playing again does only bad things for user experience. Please consider just not doing that instead of doing that.

I think you meant to post in the thread about the emoji game?

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by kirchhoff » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 10:03 PM UTC

mrvenkman wrote: post #53

This is great!! I have to fit it to my screen a few times. But now I know how to fit it to my screen it’s fun!!

Can I ask which device you're using?

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by mrvenkman » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 10:07 PM UTC

kirchhoff wrote: post #56

mrvenkman wrote: post #53

This is great!! I have to fit it to my screen a few times. But now I know how to fit it to my screen it’s fun!!

Can I ask which device you're using?

Iphone SE and on Firefox.

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by BizarroLand » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 10:09 PM UTC

gowld wrote: post #48

__s wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It becomes much easier once you factor the number, rather than trying to narrow in on the answer Light spoiler: gurer vf n fbyhgvba juvpu qbrf abg hfr bar uhaqerq

That's true if the solution is a product, not a sum.

Start with the product solutions, and if nothing seems pliable, start backwards and work with the sum results.

For the hard one, 612 is not an easy number to find, but basic math shows that 6+1+2=9 so the number is divisible by 3 (and I won't go any farther to prevent spoiling it) Finding a system by which you create the situations that allow the operands and factors to be discovered while also flexing your basic math skills is the fun of the game.

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by mrvenkman » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 10:43 PM UTC

Could you maybe provide a times table for help?

Re: Show HN: I made a little math game named Summle

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Post by maps7 » Fri, Mar 04, 2022, 11:41 PM UTC

#Summle #7: 3/5 = = =

This did not come naturally for me. Spent about 30 mins on it. After a long time, I opened my calc app and worked backwords. From there it only took a few mins..

EDIT: hints might be nice to make it more wordle like