| ▲ | Show HN: I've built a words game based on binary search(hilogame.cc) | |||||||||||||
| 16 points by ludovicianul an hour ago | 17 comments | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | 4chandaily an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I loaded the puzzle and was presented with an empty 7 character prompt. I tried typing in three different seven-letter words, and each time I hit "GO", I was told the word was "Not in the word list". With no further guidance given, I closed the tab. | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | chrisweekly 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Wow this is pretty hard. I usually do well with word games, this one not so much. I may have just dodged being nerdsniped if I can just let it go. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | some_random 13 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Cool in principle, but I had an awful lot of trouble finding 7 letter words on the wordlist. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | captaincrunch an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I recently did the same (made a daily game) and I am approaching 100k plays since March. https://plot-hole.com - the best thing so far about this app has been the analytics which you can check out here: https://plot-hole.com/daily-analytics-82u4fhrvw | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | dec0dedab0de an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I think a practice mode, or letting people play the older games would be good. I can think of a few older people who would love this, but would definitely need a few tries to get the hang of it. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | vibcdingenjoyer 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I agree with everyone else who’s commented up to this point. But I’ll say what they’re saying more clearly: it’s a bit too difficult. I love the idea though. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | nmstoker an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
Looks good. What's with the submit buttons being put on the left on virtual game keyboards, even though Return/Enter usually on the right on typical keyboards. Wordle also does this. | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | xyzsparetimexyz 14 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
No archive of previous games? | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | dalmo3 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I don't get it. I type a word and nothing happens? | ||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | hidelooktropic an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||
I like the idea but it takes a lot of thinking power that I have to come up with actual words that long each time. | ||||||||||||||
| ▲ | another-dave an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||
this feels like a fun premise! As feedback, I think I'd enjoy it more with shorter words or more guesses | ||||||||||||||