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And yes, the \"oh yeah\" is super weird.",{"id":62,"by":63,"text":64},"24921857","maximp","This was really fun, and I loved the soundtrack. The suggestive \"oh yea\" message got old quickly though.",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"24922145","samorozco","That game is amazing.",{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"24921987","elonmusk61","Addictive!",{"id":74,"by":75,"text":76},"24921029","dreamer7","Pretty cool game! I had to stop playing after a while as people around me were starting to wonder where the \"Oh yeaahh!\" was coming from.",{"value":78,"source":55,"evidence":79},"Reminds commenters of tangrams and the Talos Principle minigame",[80,84],{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"24921575","phobosanomaly","Reminds me of playing with tangrams as a kid. Surprisingly, still pretty damn fun.",{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"24921789","gpderetta","reminds me of the minigame in \"The Talos Principle\", but there a significant source of complexity comes from the ability to rotate the pieces.",[89,112,127,135,150],{"value":90,"source":55,"evidence":91},"The 'oh yeah' voice clip sounds sexual or creepy and is uncomfortable",[92,96,100,104,108],{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"24921305","crehn","The \"oh yeah\" has a sexual intonation to it; it's perfect.",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"24921315","Jemaclus","Agreed. It was less of a celebratory \"oh yeah\" and more of a moaning \"oh yeah\", which felt a little uncomfortable while playing a non-sensual game. There was a button in the…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"24921683","Der_Einzige","\"Ohhh yeahhhhhh\" Help me, this game makes me feel weird inside.",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"24922528","mrlala","The \"oh yeah\" is creepy as hell, disable it!",{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"24922108","whoisjuan","That \"ohh yeah\" made me so uncomfortable.",{"value":113,"source":55,"evidence":114},"Sound cannot be turned off easily",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"24921423","rojcyk","It would get unproductive but since you cannot turn the sound off, it stayed productive.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"24921582","ars","I too ceased playing because of the sound. Barely funny the first time or two, it was just irritating after that. (Yes, I know I could mute the site, but by then the appeal of…",{"id":124,"by":125,"text":126},"24921762","BRedSox","Caution to anyone wearing headphones.",{"value":128,"source":55,"evidence":129},"Difficulty does not ramp up",[130,131],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"24922491","time0ut","Ya, I lost interest a few levels in when the difficulty didn't really ramp up. Maybe it does later?",{"value":136,"source":55,"evidence":137},"Layout too large for small phone screens",[138,142,146],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"24921397","saagarjha","It’s sadly a little too big for my iPhone SE :(",{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"24921812","SuperPaintMan","Same for my BlackBerry Key2, still playable but the top area is obscured",{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"24921874","egypturnash","Really I feel like half the challenge is that the whole thing is constrained to a tiny phone screen sized area and you can barely see what your pieces even are until you've…",{"value":151,"source":55,"evidence":152},"Possible plagiarism of an earlier Treksit app and Powerblocks demo",[153,157,161],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},"24922102","hwayne","About three months ago someone posted a netflify app called \"Treksit\", which was flagged for plagiarization: https:\u002F\u002Fnews.ycombinator.com\u002Fitem?id=24050651 Both \"Treksit\" and…",{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},"24922416","ismail","It looks almost exactly like: http:\u002F\u002Fpulzed.com\u002Fdemo\u002Fpowerblocks\u002F",{"id":162,"by":155,"text":163},"24922469","Same UI, first two puzzles are exact same, and it's the person who was plagiarized in the first place (Tronix → Treksit). Yup, this another plagiarism.",[165,176],{"value":166,"source":55,"evidence":167},"Add piece rotation",[168,172],{"id":169,"by":170,"text":171},"24921220","jboggan","The ability to rotate pieces would really increase the difficulty factor.",{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"24921710","orliesaurus","I love it - can you add rotation so you can scramble the pieces when you start to make it more challenging?",{"value":177,"source":55,"evidence":178},"Add mirroring of pieces",[179],{"id":180,"by":181,"text":182},"24921932","ralala","And mirroring! Reminds me of those wooden games with just four pieces.",[184,195],{"value":185,"source":55,"evidence":186},"Who made the game and where are the credits for the game code",[187,191],{"id":188,"by":189,"text":190},"24921580","kthartic","Great game, but I'm really confused as to who made it. I clicked nearly everything on the screen and couldn't see an author anywhere",{"id":192,"by":193,"text":194},"24921834","das_keyboard","But this does not list any credits for the actual game... Looking at the websites sources the actual game-code (powerblocks.js) was apparently written in 2016 by Danijel…",{"value":196,"source":55,"evidence":197},"Are the puzzles automatically generated",[198],{"id":199,"by":200,"text":201},"24922185","kkdaemas","Not a very original concept. They use these puzzles for child intelligence tests. Are the puzzles automatically generated? What would be hilarious (imo) would be if the 100th…",[203,207,211],{"value":204,"source":55,"evidence":205},"Treksit (same author, flagged for plagiarism)",[206],{"id":154,"by":155,"text":156},{"value":208,"source":55,"evidence":209},"Powerblocks demo by pulzed",[210],{"id":158,"by":159,"text":160},{"value":212,"source":55,"evidence":213},"Defonic app",[214],{"id":215,"by":216,"text":217},"24921233","tmaly","Honest question, is this a hidden sales funnel for the defonic app? This little popup in the bottom left pushed out the words more awesomeness and I clicked it. 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