Summle
Games
math puzzle game
SHOW HN2022
189points
78comments
#307of 2,570 in 2022
Top 12%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
11 positive, 30 neutral or asking, 7 mixed, 7 critical, out of 55 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Design: 3 for, 3 againstIdea: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and a good twist on Wordle and Countdown
From 3 comments
Nice work! The Countdown model works well for this format. Best maths Wordle variant I’ve seen so far. The video really helped to see what to do (minor point: had to scroll down…
akerr on HNNice, very similar to countdown. If you've not seen it then '8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown' is a great comedy version of the classic show on Channel 4 in the UK.
Milner08 on HNI really like this and find it much more engaging than mathler, which is my current favorite (nerdle doesn't really do it for me). The difficulty levels seem right for my level…
cookie_monsta on HN
Educational and makes you think
From 2 comments
Yup - I skimmed them, so that's on me! Don't let me being relatively harsh discourage you. It's a good, educational game that makes you think. It just feels very different from…
neogodless on HNwith this game, you can entirely solve it on paper - which is cool as hell
parentheses on HN
Objections
Hard mode is very hard to solve without brute force
From 3 comments
This is brilliant, but impossible to learn how to beat on Hard mode without programming brute-force recursion. Even when we factorize the target number and its neighbors. a) Can…
smcin on HNIt was not clear to me that "the" solution didn't require all the tiles. Or that there were multiple solutions. In the end, I did all the steps in my head, and then refreshed the…
neogodless on HN#Summle #7: 3/5 = = = This did not come naturally for me. Spent about 30 mins on it. After a long time, I opened my calc app and worked backwords. From there it only took a few…
maps7 on HN
Cannot clear the board or undo, and refresh is slow
From 3 comments
Nice one and an interesting twist from the classic Wordle. If I may one small suggestion, please add a clear and/or backspace button. Like the buttons present on most real…
NKosmatos on HNnice! instant throwback to childhood watching Des Chiffres et des Lettres on TV a bit of feedback, can you make it so that if you type an operation on the first block of a line…
lloeki on HNI really like this and find it much more engaging than mathler, which is my current favorite (nerdle doesn't really do it for me). The difficulty levels seem right for my level…
cookie_monsta on HN
Solved games are not remembered after closing the browser
From 1 comment
Pretty fun, few comments 1) The Share Results currently includes a few spoilers as it shows that the player has included the result of one of the previous steps. This makes it…
ed_db on HN
Not very iterative compared to Wordle
From 2 comments
Wasn't that into it. I couldn't feel the connections as easily as Wordle between the incremental guesses.
blondie9x on HNIt was not clear to me that "the" solution didn't require all the tiles. Or that there were multiple solutions. In the end, I did all the steps in my head, and then refreshed the…
neogodless on HN
Requests
Add clear all or undo button
From 3 comments
Nice one and an interesting twist from the classic Wordle. If I may one small suggestion, please add a clear and/or backspace button. Like the buttons present on most real…
NKosmatos on HN#Summle #7: 3/5 = = = I like it. Some UX tweaks would be nice, maybe an undo, a clear all, and perhaps some helpful focus shifting (of which tile is being intended for a click)…
dav on HNI really like this and find it much more engaging than mathler, which is my current favorite (nerdle doesn't really do it for me). The difficulty levels seem right for my level…
cookie_monsta on HN
Publish daily solutions and archive of past puzzles
From 1 comment
This is brilliant, but impossible to learn how to beat on Hard mode without programming brute-force recursion. Even when we factorize the target number and its neighbors. a) Can…
smcin on HN
Add a times table or calculator helper
From 2 comments
Could you maybe provide a times table for help?
mrvenkman on HNAnother thought, having an in-app calculator (so one could free calculate factors of an arbitrary number) might generate interesting data to see the approaches your users take? I…
dav on HN
Support exponents and more operations
From 2 comments
Quite hard dude! I'm still going at it. Once you put down an equation like 100x3=300, your mind becomes committed to it...which biases your future choices & quickly leads you…
dxbydt on HN^ seems like it would get spaghetti fast - multiplication's already not easy to visualize and something like 12^6 which involves two numbers that are 'low' by the game's…
main_gi on HN
Questions
How old are the children the game is for
From 1 comment
> I made this game for my children to play Mathematician here. It's fun, but it's quite hard! How old are your children? [spoiler alert?] I finally solved it in 4 steps. It needs…
gus_massa on HN
Which device is the scrolling issue on
From 2 comments
Thanks for the feedback. Re: the scrolling issue - can I ask which device?
kirchhoff on HNCan I ask which device you're using?
kirchhoff on HN
Alternatives named
Countdown
From 2 comments
Inspired by Countdown? Been a while but don't they have 6 numbers? Might be nice to allow users to choose "2 big and 4 small" as well.
smallerfish on HNNice, very similar to countdown. If you've not seen it then '8 Out of 10 Cats does Countdown' is a great comedy version of the classic show on Channel 4 in the UK.
Milner08 on HN
Nerdle
From 2 comments
Nice. Summle seems a bit easier to get into than https://nerdlegame.com
fouc on HNNerdle works like Wordle. This works differently. You can burn yourself early by doing an incorrect equation, and the only way to finish is to reset by refreshing the page. So it…
neogodless on HN
Mathler
From 1 comment
I really like this and find it much more engaging than mathler, which is my current favorite (nerdle doesn't really do it for me). The difficulty levels seem right for my level…
cookie_monsta on HN
Digitle
From 1 comment
Looks a lot like https://c.eev.ee/digitle/
pingiun on HN