BreakLock
Games
puzzle game
SHOW HN2017
139points
38comments
#286of 2,242 in 2017
Top 13%of 2017 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
6 positive, 21 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 31 comments about the project. Thread score +0.12.
Execution: 0 for, 2 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun puzzle game with polished presentation
From 3 comments
I found the display of previous attempts a little hard to decipher (1-2-3-4 labelling would be much easier to parse, for me), but other than that great fun, and exceptionally…
fredley on HNThis is a great puzzle game and a very impressive demo web app. However, I wish it was available from the various app stores for two reasons: 1. I want to pay you for this. 2. It…
joemaller1 on HNSolved the first puzzle on "easy" in 53 attempts. The first 20 attempts were me figuring out that the 4 dots beneath each try are not in the same order as I drew the pattern, so…
elaus on HN
Objections
Previous-attempt dot display is hard to read
From 2 comments
I found the display of previous attempts a little hard to decipher (1-2-3-4 labelling would be much easier to parse, for me), but other than that great fun, and exceptionally…
fredley on HNConceptually i kept applying direction to success/failure. Eg, if one of them was correct, i kept fighting the assertion of the direction being correct, ie if 3 was correct i…
notheguyouthink on HN
Empty scrollbars in Firefox from overflow scroll CSS
From 2 comments
There is some "overflow: scroll" that should be "overflow: auto" in CSS, IMHO.. So many empty scrollbars in firefox on osx...
fabrixxm on HNI know... it was tricky to make Flexbox working everywhere. I ended up setting this property to make Safari looking fine. But you make me realise that it uglify everything on…
maxwellito on HN
Requests
Offline use and an APK or app store release
From 2 comments
This is a great puzzle game and a very impressive demo web app. However, I wish it was available from the various app stores for two reasons: 1. I want to pay you for this. 2. It…
joemaller1 on HNhow to make it work offline? i would appreciate APK as well
Markoff on HN
Label dots 1-2-3-4 in previous attempts
From 1 comment
I found the display of previous attempts a little hard to decipher (1-2-3-4 labelling would be much easier to parse, for me), but other than that great fun, and exceptionally…
fredley on HN
Questions
What strategy gives the fewest moves
From 2 comments
Pretty neat. Is there some kind of "strategy guide" for mastermind-like games? I feel that I'm operating at close-to-brute-force levels (I spent 22 attempts at a 4-lock) and I'd…
ulucs on HNWhat is the algorithm to solve this in the shortest number of moves. I have got it down to 7, but there might be something faster.
samfisher83 on HN
Alternatives named
Mastermind
From 1 comment
I saw this game (Mastermind or originally called Moo or Bulls and Cows) in an article in Software Practice and Experience[1] in the 70's. A couple of years later I saw a very…
todd8 on HN
Minesweeper
From 1 comment
A very fun game, it feels like a more "computationally intense" minesweeper, though I guess I compare everything to minesweeper[1][2]! It seems the optimal strategy is to…
lelandbatey on HN
Android pattern lock
From 1 comment
I don't know the answer to your question, but I was curious to know if 22 attempts was anywhere near a bruteforce attack on a 4 point pattern. This Quora thread contains some…
Spare_account on HN