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After that everything felt just right through multiple rounds of playtesting. Likewise the puzzle generation is nowhere near as elaborate as in my previous game, fairly simple methods worked well and provided good variety.\n\nInstead I ended up spending silly amounts of time on curating",{"problem":48,"audience":49,"pricing":48,"motivation":61,"time_to_build":67,"stack":71,"openness":79,"stage":80,"team_size":81},null,{"value":50,"source":51,"evidence":52},"Players of crossword, sudoku and word games","inferred",[53,57],{"id":54,"by":55,"text":56},"40577104","rockostrich","Very fun. It definitely gives the crossword muscles a little workout once the logic for the given word is figured out. I guess I'll have to add it to the daily rotation of brain…",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},"40581031","zharknado","Very fun! I like the sudoku\u002Fcrossword mashup it creates in my mind.",{"value":62,"source":63,"evidence":64},"Wrote it as a game over the last month and a bit","maker",[65],{"id":66},"post",{"value":68,"source":63,"evidence":69},"About a month and a bit",[70],{"id":66},[72],{"value":73,"source":74,"evidence":75},"JavaScript","commenter",[76],{"id":77,"by":11,"text":78},"40578513","Thanks for the report, and the kind words! I couldn't reproduce the bug on three different browsers, so there's probably some kind of an additional constraint for just what…","unknown","launched","solo",{"praise":83,"objections":111,"requests":142,"questions":173,"alternatives":188},[84,96,103],{"value":85,"source":74,"evidence":86},"Fun and addictive word puzzle",[87,91,95],{"id":88,"by":89,"text":90},"40581709","lukemerrick","Just spent two hours on this. Would happily spend the time again (and probably will soon!). Awesome work.",{"id":92,"by":93,"text":94},"40577873","bitsinthesky","Im surprised there are more word games out there that are legitimately fun! Good job with it. I like the design choices of the site as well.",{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"value":97,"source":74,"evidence":98},"Intuitive mouse controls",[99],{"id":100,"by":101,"text":102},"40578913","digging","Really great controls. All the mouse interactions are very intuitive. Keyboard slightly less so, but they work well once they're understood.",{"value":104,"source":74,"evidence":105},"Novel mix of crossword and sudoku mechanics",[106,107],{"id":58,"by":59,"text":60},{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"40593128","quuxplusone","Re \"bhaji,\" IIUC from Google, it's a kind of fritter. In American Indian cuisine fritters would be \"pakora,\" and we're also big on \"samosas.\" Re the two word lists — sure, a…",[112,126,135],{"value":113,"source":74,"evidence":114},"Unclear instructions, e.g. tab to switch groups and dragging to remove letters",[115,119,123],{"id":116,"by":117,"text":118},"40576957","tantalor","Took re-reading the tutorial to realize TAB key was required to switch groups.",{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"40577507","smeej","The biggest thing I need is the ability to delete a letter from a square without having to undo all the way back to when I thought the letter went there. Replacing the letter…",{"id":124,"by":121,"text":125},"40587048","Ah, thank you! It wasn't clear to me that dragging was part of the touch UI at all. I thought it was \"tap square, tap letter to put in square.\" And then I couldn't find anything…",{"value":127,"source":74,"evidence":128},"Some obscure or unsuitable words in the word list",[129,132],{"id":130,"by":109,"text":131},"40591243","Very nice game! I'm very surprised that (IIUC) you say you managed to automate the generation of such lively fills. I've gotten words such as SIGMA and ANGST in helpful and…",{"id":133,"by":109,"text":134},"40609435","Another wordlist surprise and two UI suggestions. My mother got a puzzle containing HAVES (as in the opposite of \"have-nots,\" I guess!). I think that's not a word; at least it…",{"value":136,"source":74,"evidence":137},"Lacks tension without a limited number of moves",[138],{"id":139,"by":140,"text":141},"40583999","cubefox","An interesting game idea! However, currently it does lack tension. There doesn't yet seem to be a limited number of \"moves\" and guesses, so there is no danger of failing, and…",[143,158,162,166],{"value":144,"source":74,"evidence":145},"Clearer instructions",[146,150,154],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"40578476","murphyslab","Fun game, although it would be helpful to have the \"How to Play\" instructions ( https:\u002F\u002Fhuewords.snellman.net\u002Fhelp.html ) explicitly state that shorter letter sequences (2,3,4…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"40592832","llamaz","Excellent game. I also suggest adding instructions that words can only be top down or left-to-right. I was trying to fit right-to-left in some cases initially.",{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"40613496","gnramires","It wasn't clear to me you can place colors\u002Fgroups arbitrarily -- maybe add \"Each group can be assigned different colors based on location.\" to instructions. Maybe color each…",{"value":159,"source":74,"evidence":160},"Confirmation dialog before skip",[161],{"id":133,"by":109,"text":134},{"value":163,"source":74,"evidence":164},"Smarter handling of duplicate letters",[165],{"id":133,"by":109,"text":134},{"value":167,"source":74,"evidence":168},"Colorblind-safe colors",[169],{"id":170,"by":171,"text":172},"40584997","chris_st","Fun game! Have you checked to see if the colors are safe for colorblind folks? There are great resources on the web for color sets that are good for everyone.",[174,181],{"value":175,"source":74,"evidence":176},"Are puzzles guaranteed to be solvable from one given word?",[177],{"id":178,"by":179,"text":180},"40579785","kybernetikos","I found it very addictive. Is it guaranteed that there is always enough information to solve it with just one given word?",{"value":182,"source":74,"evidence":183},"Are boards generated manually?",[184],{"id":185,"by":186,"text":187},"40590310","quibono","Nice game! I played it yesterday and came back to it today as well. One question, and I think you partly already answered it - are the boards generated manually?",[189,196],{"value":190,"source":74,"evidence":191},"Knotwords",[192],{"id":193,"by":194,"text":195},"40577561","bpm140","Has a lot of similarities to Knotwords (https:\u002F\u002Fplayknotwords.com\u002F). I like both implementations. Well done!",{"value":197,"source":74,"evidence":198},"FiddleBrix",[199],{"id":200,"by":201,"text":202},"40583019","nvln","FiddleBrix[1] is similar. [1]: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.fiddlebrix.com\u002F",{"comments":33,"answered":45,"key":204},[205,208,211],{"id":206,"text":207},"40578628","Thanks, I've added an explicit statement to that effect. The instructions were very terse to start with, due to a misguided attempt to keep them to one page even on tiny screens…",{"id":209,"text":210},"40592069","Thanks! It's just the word layout that's automated. The word list (about 4k words) is entirely hand-curated. 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