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Love it, solved in 6 moves... looking forward to the iOS app... Would be nice if there was an email textbox for a mailing list to be notified when it's ready so I don't forget about it
Help! Hey guys, thanks for all the love. So many people playing the game right now, the site is starting to crash and is showing default puzzles instead of today's dailies :') anyone here can help?
HN hug of death Sorry
I like the game, and the website, but this daily format combined with how fast the game is to play doesn't get me engaged enough to save it to my favbar and return - I just didn't have enough time to get hooked and really dislike artificial scarcity like this. Wordle worked imo because it's so immersive and it's not as rapid to conclude - also because there is a very limited set of 5 words in english comparing to che…
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Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?
Music is 9/10ths of it. If it played sounds that’s generally fine as long as they can be muted. But I personally feel strongly that music should start muted if it’s a webpage. Thanks for taking the time to respond to feedback!
Hey again HN! I'm sami, the creator of echo chess. Humbled to see this game up on HN again. This is a chess variant I first developed as a beta last year and the feedback from the community has been incredibly helpful. Spent the past year iterating on it and honing it into a daily format. So many more improvements to come. Lmk if you have any questions or suggestions. Would love to hear your thoughts. -How to play: Y…
This seems similar to a game useChess - https://use-chess.fall-2023.reactjam.com - I played last year. Would you happen to be the same author?
I like the game, and the website, but this daily format combined with how fast the game is to play doesn't get me engaged enough to save it to my favbar and return - I just didn't have enough time to get hooked and really dislike artificial scarcity like this. Wordle worked imo because it's so immersive and it's not as rapid to conclude - also because there is a very limited set of 5 words in english comparing to che…
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have you seen this one: https://echochess.com/game.html?game_mode=DAILY&level_type=E...
For me, that links to the current daily. I also get the same puzzle when selecting the daily epic. Using Firefox. Here are some screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/ZJ36abU.png https://i.imgur.com/3Ft0Zqr.png https://i.imgur.com/ijHythf.png
Fixing this asap. Thanks for reporting ddejohn!
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I like the music, but consider starting it muted and only downloading 3.6MB of mp3 if someone unmutes. This might be a good idea because it's typical that web games like this usually don't play music or even sounds. It's kind of a context thing? If in a game app, music and sounds are expected... if it's a website, not so much. This would also help reduce the fairly large download that makes the game a bit chonky to l…
Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?