Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game

Post by sumul » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:05 PM UTC

jrh206 wrote: post #13

sumul wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really appreciate the feedback. This is one of the main things I think about, and relates strongly to the part I mentioned about puzzle generation and difficulty variability. I do want this to feel like a consistently great puzzle. For comparison, the median number of tries it took people to solve yesterday's puzzle (10 moves) was 7. Figure #35's median was 19 tries! Today's puzzle is definitely one of the easier o…

You might find Jonathan Blow’s talks interesting. This one springs to mind: https://youtu.be/C5FUtrmO7gI Also this breakdown by Game Maker’s Toolkit: https://youtu.be/2zK8ItePe3Y

Post by sumul » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:08 PM UTC

RheingoldRiver wrote: post #35

It took me 2 tries to solve, I clicked randomly the first time when I realized you had unlimited solves, then I was like, "oh it's probably kinda bad to link a bunch all at once, I should link them strategically" and then I solved it. I think it would be cool to have two options for solves (1) Limited retries but a higher allowed number of moves and (2) Unlimited retries but requires perfect solves. Let people pick w…

Post by marssaxman » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:15 PM UTC

Post by sumul » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:24 PM UTC

wruza wrote: post #44

kitbrennan wrote: post #2

I think it’s great! I’d really like to be able to enter my email to get a daily unobtrusive reminder to my inbox.

Few popups could also help. It doesn’t feel like I’m seriously engaging unless there is a cookie consent. Btw, you can share the page with a reminder app and set up daily notification.

Post by sumul » Sun, Aug 07, 2022, 3:36 PM UTC

marchelzo wrote: post #46

Neat game. I was bored so I wrote a little brute-force solver in my toy language. Takes almost a minute to solve today's puzzle though: http://paste.pr0.tips/hgs