Puzzlip
Games
image puzzle
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How HN took it
7 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.10.
Performance: 1 for, 3 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Satisfying image coming into focus as pieces are solved
From 1 comment
Seeing the image come into focus is pretty satisfying, and the half-solved puzzle looks pretty cool. Nice job
b450 on HN
Nice, fun distraction
From 2 comments
This could be a nice distraction, but unfortunately the interaction latency makes it feel so sluggish I can’t get into flow.
tobr on HNreally nice. Unfortunately once I spotted the score tells you you've hit the correct rotation, I just looped over all the squares clicking each one until my points went up.
manucardoen on HN
Objections
Interaction latency feels sluggish on some browsers
From 3 comments
This could be a nice distraction, but unfortunately the interaction latency makes it feel so sluggish I can’t get into flow.
tobr on HNYeah I get 100-250ms of latency between input and presentation. https://trace.cafe/t/UFXm7ASLQg
paulirish on HNSafari iOS.
tobr on HN
Difficulty slider measures piece count, which is tedium rather than difficulty
From 2 comments
Neat, but the "Diffictulty" slider is a bit of a misnomer, IMHO. Puzzles with more pieces just take longer. I'm not sure what would be a better label, though. (If I were feeling…
doodpants on HNNot really, time doesn't make something difficult, just tedious. For the cat puzzle, smaller pieces doesn't really make a difference. Once you get a corner it is easy to line up…
carltg_ on HN
Score reveals correct rotation, making it easy to click through
From 1 comment
really nice. Unfortunately once I spotted the score tells you you've hit the correct rotation, I just looped over all the squares clicking each one until my points went up.
manucardoen on HN
Requests
Mark incorrect pieces or show which are wrong
From 1 comment
I'd love to see a button added to show what pieces are wrong. There are a couple of images with heavy vignette so the edges are pretty indistinguishable. It'd be cool if I could…
Jeremy1026 on HN
More stock photos in categories
From 1 comment
Have had this bookmarked for a very long time and go back to it semi regularly. Any chance you can load a bunch of stock photos into the various categories? I think there's only…
dankwizard on HN
Hexagon or other tile shapes
From 2 comments
Would be even more satisfying if 180 degree turns were less common. I also wonder how hard it would be to tile with different shapes. Hexagons or squares and octagons could be…
thomastjeffery on HNThat is my plan, to do a honeycomb structure. :)
lnenad on HN
Animate the puzzle solution
From 1 comment
nice app it could be fun to also animate the puzzle solution
horsellama on HN
Questions
Which browser and OS the latency occurs on
From 1 comment
What browser, OS? On windows both Firefox and Chrome have no discernible latency for me at least.
lnenad on HN