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One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
The example on the homepage started a countdown from 1 minute, it was "Loading the task" until there were 7 seconds left, then by that time I'd lost interested and it just said "Game Over". Game over indeed.
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Upvote the link, it will get saved under your profile "saved stories"
Yeah I know that but alas this isn't "Saved stories", this is barely "Random mess of stuff I've liked, stuff I wanted to keep an eye on and stuff I wanted to look at later"
Hi guys, co-founder of codefights here, the site is still in beta and someone posting it to HN caught us totally off guard. Migrating the servers now to something that can handle this traffic. Appreciate the patience :) EDIT: OK Servers migrated but it still can't come close to handling HN rush levels. While that's passing I can explain the main concept here. A task on codefights is a function written in javascript t…
This looks really cool. Please consider adding a Github signup option.
Maybe I'm just showing my low IQ, but it takes me 20 or 30 seconds just to understand some of the problems. Maybe introduce difficulty levels? Currently, I can't ever solve a problem if it takes me more than 1 minute - I'd like to be able to get to an answer, even if it's then worth zero points (or even goes into negative points?). I like the idea, but I can't play more than 2 or 3 rounds. Or maybe the game just isn'…
It should show you the correct answer if you get it wrong.
I cannot connect with my Google account because I have an accent in my first name. And I cannot create an account with just my email (it sais "user not found")
One suggestion for the founders, don't start the timer until the code has loaded, and stop the timer once you submit. I lost 10-15 seconds to loading the code and then got game over because i submitted with 10 seconds left and it took longer than that to actually send.
Yeap, great point. We currently sync the time with the server regularly to avoid cheating and given that the servers are under HN rush right now the delay is probably way more significant than it usually is. However, we are trying to figure out a better way to do this to make sure it doesn't start counting before the task loads.
Timing the person's ability to read English doesn't prove their ability to write Javascript et al.