Uncrossy
18 points
3 hours ago
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| uncrossy.com
| HN
ocdtrekkie
3 minutes ago
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This is really, really cool. I think telling me how many moves I have to go back in the hint was absolutely a must-do, and shouldn't cost two hints... Second-guessing every single move I made would be insane, but knowing I had to go back seven, and pick something different than the last thing I restored, that worked fine.

It's easy to assume making a word disappear is always the right choice, but you forget it changes the word it leaves behind as well. Very clever.

It does have the same quirk Wordle had that bugged me: Treating browser storage as useful in our multidevice world.

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romanhn
1 hour ago
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That was fun until I got to the point where no progress could be made and I had to undo a whole bunch of times to get to a workable configuration. Perhaps add a notification of some kind that I've gotten myself in that situation, rather than letting me kill a bunch of time solving an unsolvable puzzle. Still, very enjoyable!
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jrboyens
34 minutes ago
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Very nice. Easy to accidentally cheat, however. Shift a word to an invalid position, but right click instead of letting the mouse up event fire. Then shift the word back to the original position: win!
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nottheg
2 hours ago
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Also OMG I've just read your bio - I saw and wondered what someone more from the software side (rather than philsophy) would say: https://open.substack.com/pub/mcauldronism/p/the-maintenance...
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lovegrenoble
1 hour ago
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I love games where the rules can be understood in seconds
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nottheg
2 hours ago
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I love this!

Haven't yet really tried the full level but really liked the tutorial, and the quality of the build

update - wow the actual level is better ;)

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