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Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by yccs27 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:18 PM UTC

justin_oaks wrote: post #7

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)

It goes up to 4 fingers, and the last one is 3 fingers again but basically impossible without switching fingers. Edit: nvm its possible without cheating

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by pluijzer » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:19 PM UTC

kderbyma wrote: post #5

it gets really hard when you need to figure out how to rotate and keep multiple fingers on the screen while sliding

Cheating tip; use two hands, place your finger on both of the sliders, then almost complete the first one, then finish the second one.

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by sulam » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:21 PM UTC

pluijzer wrote: post #22

kderbyma wrote: post #5

it gets really hard when you need to figure out how to rotate and keep multiple fingers on the screen while sliding

Cheating tip; use two hands, place your finger on both of the sliders, then almost complete the first one, then finish the second one.

Works fine until you get to the crossing patterns. :)

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by propter_hoc » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:28 PM UTC

Made it to 3 fingers and then couldn't advance as my phone interpreted a 3 finger swipe as a screenshot. I'm counting it as a win since I learned a new feature of my phone!

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by zokier » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:30 PM UTC

pluijzer wrote: post #22

kderbyma wrote: post #5

it gets really hard when you need to figure out how to rotate and keep multiple fingers on the screen while sliding

Cheating tip; use two hands, place your finger on both of the sliders, then almost complete the first one, then finish the second one.

Is there way to solve the puzzles without doing that?!

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by genericuser256 » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:34 PM UTC

Seems like this was made by Craig Kaplan (https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/). Had him for graphics while at school there, and he was a fantastic professor

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:37 PM UTC

max0563 wrote: 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.

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Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by tobr » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:39 PM UTC

That’s fun! This would be a fun speedrun game.

(To watch. Not to try to actually speedrun yourself. That sounds painful, emotionally as well as physically.)

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by tobr » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:43 PM UTC

I would have liked a visual indication for exactly where you went off track. With multiple fingers it’s not always obvious.

Re: Slide to Unlock

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Post by high_priest » Wed, May 31, 2023, 6:53 PM UTC

hbn wrote: post #15

jeffhuys wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

My 14 micro is not much of a help aswell.