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Sent it to a few friends and they liked it so I made it into its own website and added few 'competitive' features like click counter and share button.",{"problem":50,"audience":56,"pricing":56,"motivation":57,"time_to_build":56,"stack":61,"openness":62,"stage":63,"team_size":62},{"value":51,"source":52,"evidence":53},"Provides a relaxing puzzle to unwind with.","maker",[54],{"id":55},"post",null,{"value":58,"source":52,"evidence":59},"Built a concept from their head; friends liked the prototype.",[60],{"id":55},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":65,"objections":97,"requests":143,"questions":171,"alternatives":181},[66,86],{"value":67,"source":68,"evidence":69},"Relaxing and fun to play","commenter",[70,74,78,82],{"id":71,"by":72,"text":73},"33718237","bombcar","This is nice. I just liked clicking to see the cat.",{"id":75,"by":76,"text":77},"33718428","jamesbfb","That was…oddly satisfying. Really wish I could do another one!",{"id":79,"by":80,"text":81},"33718847","s3p","Found this very relaxing, thanks OP :)",{"id":83,"by":84,"text":85},"33719695","lleb97a","Great job! I found it the right balance of relaxing and challenging.",{"value":87,"source":68,"evidence":88},"Good choice of picture (cat)",[89,93],{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"33722893","CobrastanJorji","I like how well this specific picture works for this puzzle. The coastline lines up perfectly with a square border. The cat's face is sideways. The two steps are the same color,…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"33720515","blinding-streak","This is great! Shared with my family. Thanks for making it.",[98,113,128],{"value":99,"source":68,"evidence":100},"Ideal click count adds pressure that undermines relaxation",[101,105,109],{"id":102,"by":103,"text":104},"33718675","rouxz","\"Relaxing\" and at the same time counting number of clicks right next to Ideal number of clicks doesn't work very well for me :(",{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},"33718849","JrProgrammer","I agree. I liked the idea but seeing an ideal number just puts pressure on something that shouldn't be. Maybe create a casual\u002Fcompetitive toggle? Anyways good job OP :)",{"id":110,"by":111,"text":112},"33719953","cheapliquor","Right - I only noticed the \"ideal\" number of clicks after I had finished the puzzle. That kinda diminished the \"relaxing\" aspect and made me want to go back and start…",{"value":114,"source":68,"evidence":115},"Right-click rotation is blocked or hard to use on mobile",[116,120,124],{"id":117,"by":118,"text":119},"33719603","huhtenberg","It's not uncommon for right-clicks to be blocked at the browser level. A better option would be Ctrl-left-click for the other direction.",{"id":121,"by":122,"text":123},"33719737","vesinisa","Right click is often blocked, but Shift+Click is not.",{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"33718335","thaumasiotes","To achieve the ideal click count you can switch the rotation direction at any time by clicking on [clockwise] or [counterclockwise] This would be a lot less annoying, and involve…",{"value":129,"source":68,"evidence":130},"Some puzzle images are too hard to distinguish",[131,135,139],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"33719503","ldoughty","I like it, but I will say I found 28 very frustrating... There's not enough detail in the picture to get the top row -- the entire row is basically 3 very similar colors, and…",{"id":136,"by":137,"text":138},"33750581","ashishb4u","Love the concept, well done. I was slightly annoyed at the dog puzzle, while i tried to rotate the boxes which contained just grass and a lot of bokeh. I guess picking the right…",{"id":140,"by":141,"text":142},"33720349","xivzgrev","Agree on removing ideal click count. Some pictures were hard to distinguish they still needed to be turned (like 95% mountain and a sliver of something else). I’d consider making…",[144,156],{"value":145,"source":68,"evidence":146},"Make competitive features optional",[147,148,152],{"id":106,"by":107,"text":108},{"id":149,"by":150,"text":151},"33719430","boringg","I'd agree get rid of any competitive features so that its relaxing but if you want to make it competitive toggle it on.",{"id":153,"by":154,"text":155},"33722251","larsonnn","It’s nice. But I would love it more without competitive features. Maybe you can choos if you want the relax or competitive mode.",{"value":157,"source":68,"evidence":158},"Add random or more images",[159,163,167],{"id":160,"by":161,"text":162},"33718487","amadeuspagel","Nice. It looks like it's always the same picture? It would be nice if you could play this with a random picture.",{"id":164,"by":165,"text":166},"33719612","tommica","Please add more images!",{"id":168,"by":169,"text":170},"33718949","dbojan","implement random pic loading from ... somewehere",[172],{"value":173,"source":52,"evidence":174},"How should rotation work on mobile?",[175,178],{"id":176,"by":11,"text":177},"33718390","Nice, looks like something that i really should look into. How about mobile?",{"id":179,"by":11,"text":180},"33718348","Nice suggestion! How should that behave on mobile? 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