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Re: Slide to Unlock

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How far does it go? I hit some really hard ones with 3 fingers. I think my phone gets confused if my fingers are too close to each other, which makes it especially difficult. This also feels like playing a game of Operation [1]. The author just needs to add an annoying buzzer sound whenever you fail. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_(game)

I got to four finger ones, but they are bit much to me. I wonder if there is optimum phone size for this, mine might be smidgen too small

I used an iPhone 12 Pro, and it was pretty hard - couldn't get to 3 fingers because the site froze whenever I accidentally slightly triggered another gesture. Had to do a lot of phone-spinning though, lol. Pretty cool!

Re: Slide to Unlock

#13

This is extremely fun! But reloading the page loses your progress :(.

It doesn't, but the first white horizontal swipe is always needed. Unfortunately there is a "reset" button that, when pressed, resets your progress without confirmation.

I was at 4 fingers :(

Re: Slide to Unlock

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got to four finger ones, but they are bit much to me. I wonder if there is optimum phone size for this, mine might be smidgen too small

I used an iPhone 12 Pro, and it was pretty hard - couldn't get to 3 fingers because the site froze whenever I accidentally slightly triggered another gesture. Had to do a lot of phone-spinning though, lol. Pretty cool!

I imagine I'm not at much advantage on my 13 mini

Re: Slide to Unlock

#17
This would be a fun game with some UX improvements. It's extremely frustrating when the reason I can't finish a puzzle is because my finger slipped off the line and not because I just don't know the solution. I stopped playing because of how frustrating that was.

Re: Slide to Unlock

#20
post #17

This would be a fun game with some UX improvements. It's extremely frustrating when the reason I can't finish a puzzle is because my finger slipped off the line and not because I just don't know the solution. I stopped playing because of how frustrating that was.

It's a dexterity game. Think of it like Jenga, even if you know which block to pull out, the tower can still fall if you don't do it cleanly.

At least with this you don't need to rebuild the whole tower!

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