I've been playing this since it was first mentioned on HN a few puzzles in. It's a nice idea and pretty well executed.

I have, however, rejected making a user login. I recognise you're putting in time and energy to make something I'm just taking without payment, and it's your right to try to leverage it into something more - I wish you all the best in doing so - but asking for a user login as a gate to a feature you clearly don't need a user login for is enshittification.

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paulhebert 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I didn't intend to pressure you to create an account. Sorry if I gave that impression.

I'm guessing you're referring to the ability to filter out completed puzzles from the archive? I added it for logged-in users first because it was simpler but I can extend that feature so it's available for everyone. (I'll need to add some alternate logic to pass your indexeddb levels to the server endpoint when fetching the archive. It's not complex. I just haven't prioritized it yet.)

I'll add this to my backlog and try to get to it after the player puzzles release.

Beyond that everything is available regardless of user account right now. I do plan to require an account to submit custom puzzles when that's released. (Mostly to make moderation easier. I may relax this down the line.)

EDIT: On further thought I realized it's also required to have an account to view and share your profile stats, though that could also work without an account with some changes.

	▲	codebje 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Anything that requires server-side storage is a good reason to ask for an account, IMO. Theoretically you could assign a pseudo-account and store the id in client storage to have a shareable profile, but then you'll have to figure out how long you'll retain idle pseudo-accounts. (Assuming that completion detail is in client storage, at least for anonymous players). A consequence of me being a freeloader too is that you don't have to change your plans to please me :-)