Jigsaw Haiku
Games
jigsaw puzzle
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How HN took it
10 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 6 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Design: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun, relaxing and aesthetically pleasing
From 4 comments
Very fun and great "tactile" experience. Fantastic job!
dvt on HNit was fun to play! I love how smooth the animations are when placing jigsaw block.
roshanabdullah1 on HNNice, fun and poetic! GG I <3 it!
mid1221213 on HNI loved it. Looking forward to playing again tomorrow.
phyzix5761 on HN
Smooth animations and tactile feel
From 2 comments
Very fun and great "tactile" experience. Fantastic job!
dvt on HNit was fun to play! I love how smooth the animations are when placing jigsaw block.
roshanabdullah1 on HN
Challenging but enjoyable
From 2 comments
I found this very challenging. Thanks for making it.
riddley on HNSomewhat challenging and lots of fun. Great job
matthew_payne on HN
Objections
Dragging is choppy on some browsers, especially mobile Firefox
From 3 comments
Playing this on an iPhone 15 Pro, I was wondering — did the frame rate of dragging have to be so painfully low?
sssilver on HNTesting this on a Macbook Pro M4 Max, dragging is still so choppy that it makes the game significantly less fun.
sssilver on HNNeat. Doesn't work well in android Firefox for me.
alanbernstein on HN
Piece borders and edges make matching hard to see
From 2 comments
The borders on the pieces obscure the edge details that you need to help match the pieces up. Often there were pieces with letters that looked like they were needed another piece…
pimlottc on HNI was baffled by this because the rightmost square didn’t seem to have any pieces where the letter would fit vertically — the unplaced pieces had a border which made it…
shermantanktop on HN
Pieces cannot be placed freely outside the board to test fit
From 2 comments
That was a lot of fun! It would be cool if I could kind of place things "wherever I want" because sometimes I want to test if this fits here or not, and the easiest way is to…
blobdole on HNVery nice. Challenging and fun. I was able to drop the pieces anywhere to test alignment. When I then moved them around got them next to the right neighbor, they glommed onto…
buyTheDip on HN
Requests
Allow free placement of pieces outside the board
From 2 comments
The borders on the pieces obscure the edge details that you need to help match the pieces up. Often there were pieces with letters that looked like they were needed another piece…
pimlottc on HNThat was a lot of fun! It would be cool if I could kind of place things "wherever I want" because sometimes I want to test if this fits here or not, and the easiest way is to…
blobdole on HN
Show the painted background as a hint
From 1 comment
I found it quite difficult to find fitting pieces, maybe add an option to also show the painted background?
inatreecrown2 on HN
Stronger visual feedback when pieces connect
From 1 comment
Thanks! Another suggestion: more feedback when two pieces click together - I'm currently dragging it around to check if they're connected. For example, they could lose the…
alanbernstein on HN
Show pieces at the same scale as the board
From 1 comment
One small improvement IMO would be to display the pieces at the same scale as the board. It's more difficult to visualize potential positions while the pieces are at a smaller…
reneherse on HN
Questions
Is revealing the painting while dragging intentional?
From 1 comment
When you place any piece on the board in any position, you can drag that piece all over the board to "reveal" the painting behind it whenver you move your piece. Is that…
albert_e on HN
Credit the haiku author and add a hint about its subject
From 1 comment
Loved it. Adding a hint what the haiku is about might help. At the end credit who wrote the haiku too?
hamza_ali_shah on HN