0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1 • Hacker News Board

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by apitheia » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:12 PM UTC

falsedan wrote: post #45

Recommended if you like this: Light Up from Simon Tatham's Portable Puzzle Collection[1]. The UI is not as polished, but the collection includes a great number of other puzzles, and has iOS[2] and Android[3] ports. [1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/light... [2] http://hewgill.com/puzzles/ [3] https://chris.boyle.name/projects/android-puzzles/

This actually reminds me more of Simon Tatham's Range[1].

[1] http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/js/range...

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by d4n3 » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:14 PM UTC

driverdan wrote: post #37

Staring at the circles had a very odd mental effect for me. After playing a few rounds other websites I look at seems very square, straight, and ridged.

Wow, that was exactly what happened to me... Everything is so sharp and square here.

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by m0rph3v5 » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:17 PM UTC

evilmoo wrote: post #50

Oh cool - another version of Logic Dots: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logic-dots/id908720413?mt=8

How is that the same :/

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by dmurray » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:18 PM UTC

ddlatham wrote: post #44

desdiv wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some starting conditions have multiple solutions. A trivial example would be a 2 x 2 game with two "2" at opposite corners.

I believe that such instances are not generated by this game, however.

I had an example with two possible solutions (3 empty spaces were left, and either BRB or RBR would have satisfied the conditions). I meant to take a screenshot after finishing but the final position fades out (and adds numbers everywhere) so I should have done it before the end.

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by X-combinator » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:28 PM UTC

evilmoo wrote: post #50

Oh cool - another version of Logic Dots: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/logic-dots/id908720413?mt=8

Here's the older one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8601774

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by betaclass » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:32 PM UTC

Nikoli has a lot of interesting puzzles.

[0] https://member.nikoli.com/index.html?lang=en

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by vorg » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 9:40 PM UTC

Playing this game requires using the mouse all the time, whereas playing 2048 only required the four arrow keys on the keyboard. I use the mouse only when I have to. Unfortunately, requiring the mouse makes the web interface of this game klunky.

Edit: 20 minutes later, and this is a big deal. I'm sure it's possible to enable the four arrow keys and enter key so we can use the arrow keys to navigate around the grid, and the enter key in lieu of the mouse left click. Other keys on the numeric pad could also be utilized, such as + for the "eye" hints.

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by phkahler » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 10:18 PM UTC

oftenwrong wrote: post #15

It would be useful to have some explanation such as a tooltip for the icons at the bottom of the board. Their functions are not necessarily clear. I appreciate a game like this: simple, but challenging and entertaining.

The X in particular. It seemed like a bad idea to click, and it was.

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by canvia » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 10:41 PM UTC

Zitrax wrote: post #30

I would like to play without the hints when the board is full.

Yeah this makes the end game too easy.

Re: 0h n0 – A new game from the makers of 0h h1

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Post by doorhammer » Thu, Feb 12, 2015, 10:41 PM UTC

L_Rahman wrote: post #39

driverdan wrote: post #37

Staring at the circles had a very odd mental effect for me. After playing a few rounds other websites I look at seems very square, straight, and ridged.

Echoing this sentiment. Closing out of the game and returning to my browser had me wondering if Chrome had updated to a new theme with harder edges

I immediately though "Man, has hacker news always been so angular? Wonder if styling changed... my task bar seems harder too... wat"

Really interesting effect