Infinite Loop
Games
puzzle game
SHOW HN2015
27points
22comments
#988of 2,565 in 2015
Top 39%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
7 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 4 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstDesign: 3 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Addictive and relaxing with minimal design
From 4 comments
This is actually a really surprisingly enjoyable game. One cool feature would be to add level numbers/hashes/identifiers so that I could share a particularly fun level with…
arfar on HNAddictive, simple and logical. Love it.
bbcbasic on HNAddictive and relaxing. Loved it.
mrnaught on HNVery nice! there's a certain amount of elegance in the shapes, really beautiful! Wouldn't say relaxing, but a good time-killer.
cs- on HN
Elegant, visually pleasing shapes
From 3 comments
This is actually a really surprisingly enjoyable game. One cool feature would be to add level numbers/hashes/identifiers so that I could share a particularly fun level with…
arfar on HNVery nice! there's a certain amount of elegance in the shapes, really beautiful! Wouldn't say relaxing, but a good time-killer.
cs- on HNVery eloquently designed, glad you didn't add any music. Keep it up!
gao8a on HN
Objections
Play Online option is hard to find
From 2 comments
Fun game! Some suggestions: - It took me a bit to see the "play online" option, maybe just start the game and show the mobile app links at the top? - I eventually guessed the aim…
seanwilson on HNNot able to play it online
ishadua on HN
Web version does not work on mobile browsers
From 3 comments
There may be a problem on Android/Chrome. I selected "play online" and it's unresponsive at the splash screen.
lavamantis on HNreminds me of planarity; same sort of appeal. bug report: the web version does not work on mobile (chrome for android), though it does if i request the desktop site.
zem on HNBroken on my desktop Chrome/Firefox as you're using Modernizr.touch to toggle between clicks and touches, which only detects support for touches, not an actual input device.
alt_ on HN
Early levels confusing with no instructions
From 2 comments
Fun game! Some suggestions: - It took me a bit to see the "play online" option, maybe just start the game and show the mobile app links at the top? - I eventually guessed the aim…
seanwilson on HNI like no instructions design as well. What I meant was change the first level so you can win it within one or two clicks without even trying to make it more obvious what the…
seanwilson on HN
Requests
Add level numbers or identifiers to share levels
From 2 comments
This is actually a really surprisingly enjoyable game. One cool feature would be to add level numbers/hashes/identifiers so that I could share a particularly fun level with…
arfar on HNThere is no score, and because levels are random, number of moves is not important. I plan to add level numbers in version 2.
flixic on HN
Add gamification and better level ordering
From 1 comment
This game is addictive. I played it and loved it. I like to play simple games. But I feel this do needs some kind of gamification and proper ordering of levels. As twice I…
techaddict009 on HN
Auto-advance to next level on completion
From 1 comment
Fun game! Some suggestions: - It took me a bit to see the "play online" option, maybe just start the game and show the mobile app links at the top? - I eventually guessed the aim…
seanwilson on HN
Questions
Are levels randomly selected or randomly generated?
From 1 comment
Does this mean the levels are randomly selected, or are they randomly-generated?
relaxitup on HN
Alternatives named
Planarity
From 1 comment
reminds me of planarity; same sort of appeal. bug report: the web version does not work on mobile (chrome for android), though it does if i request the desktop site.
zem on HN