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What is taking time is settling for the right level of complexity and the theme selection. Being too complex can discourage people just starting with word games. Too high will make it boring for hardcore word gamers. Coming out with a globally acceptable theme is not easy either. I suppose you are also facing similar challenges.

Re: Show HN: Daily word puzzle – Guess the consonants of a word

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Post by wordglyph » Sun, Jun 29, 2025, 6:12 PM UTC

nbhat wrote: post #4

wordglyph wrote: post #3

Cool! How long did it take you?

What is taking time is settling for the right level of complexity and the theme selection. Being too complex can discourage people just starting with word games. Too high will make it boring for hardcore word gamers. Coming out with a globally acceptable theme is not easy either. I suppose you are also facing similar challenges.

Oh I know the struggle. Check out my game. WordGlyph.xyz

Re: Show HN: Daily word puzzle – Guess the consonants of a word

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Post by nbhat » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 6:20 AM UTC

wordglyph wrote: post #5

nbhat wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What is taking time is settling for the right level of complexity and the theme selection. Being too complex can discourage people just starting with word games. Too high will make it boring for hardcore word gamers. Coming out with a globally acceptable theme is not easy either. I suppose you are also facing similar challenges.

Oh I know the struggle. Check out my game. WordGlyph.xyz

Yeah, already checked. Liked the user stats and leader board looks good. What's your tech stack?

Re: Show HN: Daily word puzzle – Guess the consonants of a word

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Post by charcircuit » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 7:23 AM UTC

Using obscure loan words from other languages is unfair.

Re: Show HN: Daily word puzzle – Guess the consonants of a word

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Post by wordglyph » Mon, Jun 30, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC

nbhat wrote: post #6

wordglyph wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I know the struggle. Check out my game. WordGlyph.xyz

Yeah, already checked. Liked the user stats and leader board looks good. What's your tech stack?

Cloudflare serves straight up js css and the words. separate vps does fast API against postgresql for stats.