Show HN: 18 Words • Hacker News Board

Waterluvian wrote: post #28

The timer makes it not enjoyable for me. It seems necessary to the game design and I’m not being negatively critical. Just sharing an additional perspective. I’ve been playing Zanagrams and the ability to hide the clock really improved my enjoyment of that game. If I could magically get a feature by request, it would be to give me infinite time even if that meant my score came with an asterisk. Maybe just call it Rel…

I would appreciate the timer not turning red. It's better to be surprised that time's up, rather than be surprised to know it's running out.

Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by tech-historian » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:32 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #28

The timer makes it not enjoyable for me. It seems necessary to the game design and I’m not being negatively critical. Just sharing an additional perspective. I’ve been playing Zanagrams and the ability to hide the clock really improved my enjoyment of that game. If I could magically get a feature by request, it would be to give me infinite time even if that meant my score came with an asterisk. Maybe just call it Rel…

100% agree. Casual mode would be a winner.

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Post by sensecall » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 1:37 PM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #28

The timer makes it not enjoyable for me. It seems necessary to the game design and I’m not being negatively critical. Just sharing an additional perspective. I’ve been playing Zanagrams and the ability to hide the clock really improved my enjoyment of that game. If I could magically get a feature by request, it would be to give me infinite time even if that meant my score came with an asterisk. Maybe just call it Rel…

Yep, instead of feeling like a fun puzzle the timer just adds unnecessary pressure and gets me really annoyed.