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Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by rmunn »

Based on the title, I was expecting the things I grew up calling logic puzzles, which some people call "logic grid" puzzles, e.g. https://www.allstarpuzzles.com/logic/00019.html (note: expired HTTPS certificate, but site doesn't ask for any login or anything, it just displays the puzzles) or https://logic.puzzlebaron.com/

When I was a kid, learning programming, I toyed with writing my own logic-puzzle solver program, but the challenge of turning words on their side defeated me at the time. Now it's just one line of CSS. :-)

Would you be interested in adding logic puzzles / logic grid puzzles? They're not that hard to create automatically; spend long enough on https://logic.puzzlebaron.com/ and you'll definitely notice that those puzzles are being auto-generated by an algorithm.

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by f311a »

aji wrote: post #110

the star battle interface diverges from penpa, puzpre, and puzzleteam in a number of basic ways that actively make the solving experience worse imo: - having to switch between "star" and "exclude" modes is annoying on desktop, and most sites allow right click for placing "exclude" marks. it was a surprise that right click not only popped up the context menu but also placed a star (in a wrong spot, of course). - count…

Exactly, I also prefer when neighboring cells are automatically marked when you place a star

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by danpalmer »

Where are you sourcing all your puzzles?

I remember the blocker to a Sudoku app I was making in secondary school was just getting good puzzles. They're hard to make, particularly if you're signing up to make a new one every day. I guess you could create them with AI now, but you'd run significant risk of them being uncalibrated for difficulty or just outright invalid.

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by blourvim »

zx8080 wrote: post #117

> Create a free account to keep playing. After 3 attempts (all moves were mistakes! maybe I'm too stupid?) asked for my email. Is emails collection the end-goal of this (vibe-coded, I suppose) page?

I have been playing nonograms for a year now, there was never insta death, controls are a little off, title is hidden until its solved to avoid spoilers This is obviously programmed by someone who doesn't play nonograms. Safe to assume it was vibe-coded

Re: Show HN: Got sick of ads, so I made my own logic puzzle site

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Post by tgv »

danpalmer wrote: post #116

Where are you sourcing all your puzzles? I remember the blocker to a Sudoku app I was making in secondary school was just getting good puzzles. They're hard to make, particularly if you're signing up to make a new one every day. I guess you could create them with AI now, but you'd run significant risk of them being uncalibrated for difficulty or just outright invalid.

I always thought people generated sudokus with heuristics, e.g. the less numbers remain, the harder it is.
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