"left" or "right" might be clearer, at least for English, and it would map directly to the range bar visualizations beneath each letter.
Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search
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#32Re: Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search
#33I loaded the puzzle and was presented with an empty 7 character prompt. I tried typing in three different seven-letter words, and each time I hit "GO", I was told the word was "Not in the word list". With no further guidance given, I closed the tab.
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#34I recently did the same (made a daily game) and I am approaching 100k plays since March. https://plot-hole.com - the best thing so far about this app has been the analytics which you can check out here: https://plot-hole.com/daily-analytics-82u4fhrvw
That's impressive! How have you been attracting players?
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#35Really cool. Everyone's given feedback about the length and such but mine is about the keyboard: it feels like the high/low/allowed colours should update as you go from slot to slot but they don't so it's pretty useless.
Re: Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search
#36I recently did the same (made a daily game) and I am approaching 100k plays since March. https://plot-hole.com - the best thing so far about this app has been the analytics which you can check out here: https://plot-hole.com/daily-analytics-82u4fhrvw
Re: Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search
#37Very clever! My main issue with Wordle is that it feels like it's largely a question of chance, but this one feels like there's a lot more strategy involved.
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#38Re: Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search
#39Maybe I've played wordle too much...
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#40Not to get a spoiler, but the post-game definition given for today's word (rot13: ybatrfg) uses an obscure secondary verb form instead of the much more common usage...