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It would be nice if it worked in Brave when Brave Shields are up. The Atlantic seems to load an absurd amount of trackers, even for paid subscribers.
I posted Bracket City to HN on February 24th and the game went live yesterday on The Atlantic (!) The game will stay free to play (and not require logging in). Also, I'm still making all the puzzles! HN provided the first real infusion of players that weren't my mom's friends. So thanks everyone. FWIW The Atlantic's team is amazing and got this live exactly 2 weeks from when we signed the deal. This happened quick an…
Congrats! My only feedback is that it's irritating to be counted "wrong" for naming a correct answer whose clue hasn't been simplified completely yet.
It would be nice if it worked in Brave when Brave Shields are up. The Atlantic seems to load an absurd amount of trackers, even for paid subscribers.
What kind of money is involved in a deal like this?
It would be nice if it worked in Brave when Brave Shields are up. The Atlantic seems to load an absurd amount of trackers, even for paid subscribers.
> whats the answer to this where you replace the bracketed sections with words?
> the [second rock from the [dial ([two-dimensional [your ["the of nowhere"] one can get you grounded] puppet projected on a wall]-based clock)]] de Milo is discovered by a Greek [guy with a [kind of stop for a [vehicle that's a palindrome ]]chfork that's not the [[[a mechanic might look under it] color for a little girl with a wolf problem] spandex halloween costume, maybe]]
Response:
Okay, let's break this down piece by piece:
["the of nowhere"] one can get you grounded] -> "middle" (middle of nowhere), but being sent to "your room" gets you grounded. Let's stick with room.
[your [room] one can get you grounded] -> room (as discussed).
[two-dimensional [room] puppet projected on a wall] -> A 2D projection on a wall is a shadow. (The 'room' clue seems less direct here, 'shadow puppet' is the key).
[dial ([shadow]-based clock)] -> A clock using shadows and a dial is a sundial.
[second rock from the [sundial]] -> The "sundial" represents the Sun. The second rock (planet) from the Sun is Venus.
[vehicle that's a palindrome ] -> racecar.
[kind of stop for a [racecar]] -> pit (pit stop).
[a mechanic might look under it] -> hood.
[[hood] color for a little girl with a wolf problem] -> Little Red Riding Hood's color is red.
[[red] spandex halloween costume, maybe] -> This describes something that is not the pitchfork. A pitchfork is not a red spandex costume. This part confirms the item described earlier.
[guy with a [pit]chfork that's not the [red spandex halloween costume, maybe]] -> Combining "pit" and "chfork" gives pitchfork. A guy with a pitchfork, especially in a Greek context finding an artifact, is likely a farmer (or peasant).
Putting it all together:
The Venus de Milo is discovered by a Greek farmer.I shared it with all of my friends and family when you first posted it, and we’re all hooked.