Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds • Hacker News Board

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by xlii » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 10:37 AM UTC

neurostimulant wrote: post #47

xlii wrote: post #42

That's some great game design. Of course in hindsight it's "doh, anyone could do this", but no one did. Simple rules, easily understandable goal, minimal interaction. Now, fast, mobile 0.99$ release and rake in those dollars.

> Now, fast, mobile 0.99$ release and rake in those dollars. Obviously, a free, ad-laden mobile games with cooldown lock in-between the button press is the way to go. Skip the cooldown by buying some credits / coins / gems. Also, sell some button skins for more profits.

Evil, but unfortunately true.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by colejohnson66 » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 11:17 AM UTC

mrb wrote: post #43

For those wondering: setDisplayMessage() { switch(true) { case(this.difference

That’s an… interesting usage of a switch block…

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by iambateman » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 12:17 PM UTC

gugadeschamps wrote: post #49

Got it on my third try counting Mississippis: https://i.imgur.com/CzUQpX3.png

OP here…congrats! =D

Thanks for playing.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by iambateman » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 12:19 PM UTC

polyamid23 wrote: post #44

Got 5.555 on my second try. This is objectively a better score. I won the game.

OP here. True story…It was almost called 5555thegame but that felt too confusing.

I feel like you won, anyway. ;)

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by kthejoker2 » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 12:24 PM UTC

Third try got 5.504.

First two times I was early and I realized even with foreknowledge I count off the first second way too fast (Chinese birthday syndrome)

There was a much more intersting version of this on the strangely awesome game show Solitary ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_%28TV_series%29?wprov... ) where they had people get in a "coffin like" box and try to come out after exactly one hour, closest one won.

I wonder if this is in any way a useful skill.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by iambateman » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 12:30 PM UTC

Project creator here…thanks to everyone for playing! The comments were fun to read.

This project was built yesterday out of frustration…I’ve been working on big projects [1] with long deadlines, and it feels so hard to make something people like and want to use.

55thegame was intended to just be a fun distraction and nothing else.

It was really encouraging to see people enjoying the game, so thank you. :)

[1] For what it’s worth the big project is moneyhabitshq.com.

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by mikewarot » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 12:52 PM UTC

So I started flipping the switch on and off as fast as I could for 5.5 seconds and getting the error message over and over. ;-)

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 1:50 PM UTC

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Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by kaptainscarlet » Fri, Sep 09, 2022, 3:23 PM UTC

This gave me a perfect 5.5s

(() => { document.querySelectorAll('.switch')[0].click(); setTimeout(() => document.querySelectorAll('.switch')[0].click(), 5499); })()

Re: Flip the Switch for 5.5 Seconds

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Post by smegsicle » Sat, Sep 10, 2022, 5:52 AM UTC

colejohnson66 wrote: post #52

mrb wrote: post #43

For those wondering: setDisplayMessage() { switch(true) { case(this.difference

That’s an… interesting usage of a switch block…

elif is for suckers, but a COND by any other name...