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Re: Show HN: 18 Words

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Post by luplex »

very fun to feel how a word with many repeatead letters is really much easier to spot, because the necessary search algorithm is just that much faster!

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Post by TonyAlicea10 »

pompomsheep wrote: post #100

Thanks everyone for the feedback! Two questions 1. For a version without the timer what would you like to happen if you are just completely stuck on a word? Hints to reveal letters or skip the word? 2. For those who like the timed version would you prefer to continue when you miss a word and then get a final score out of 18?

Shared this with my co-workers and they all immediately found it incredibly addictive.

Be careful about applying all these complaints and suggestions. Most people here aren’t game designers.

What you have is quite successful (timer, losing, red countdown at 10 seconds, etc.). Unusually so. Too many changes could ruin it.

I suggest real testing with players of any tweaks, or having a completely separate mode where you test something more casual.

Otherwise touch nothing about the current game and give it time to gain popularity.

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Post by KomoD »

magneticnorth wrote: post #220
docheinestages wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Please enlighten me on how they work. My understanding is that captchas usually either involve challenges for humans or require proof of work (some computation). I found the idea of this game along the lines of a human challenge.

Captchas are usually used to separate humans and bots, typically with something a human can solve but a bot cannot. A bot would have no trouble at all with this game.

A bot will have no problem with the current captchas either. They're trivial to solve.
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