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Can I respectfully advise to spend some time adding CSS, rules, and remove strings like "response goes here for debugging" then re-submit, maybe an admin could

by agolio 4y ago

Can I respectfully advise to spend some time adding CSS, rules, and remove strings like "response goes here for debugging" then re-submit, maybe an admin could delete the thread with that understanding. As otherwise you won't be able to re-submit as per HN guidelines, which is a shame as the concept seems cool. You have done the hard work and built the impressive networking/ API interactions, now go the last 10% and make it usable :)

thornewolf 4y ago
I have added the rules but I'm not sure what you mean by CSS. Do you not feel like the UI is usable? I tried to create something very utilitarian - sort of the same philosophy as HN in that regard. I did discover some performance regressions after this post, but I feel that is expected when getting the HN hug. Hopefully it was still playable for you?
- agolio 4y ago
  For example, I have these questions when opening the interface https://imgur.com/a/WeCGy2n https://imgur.com/a/WeCGy2n In addition the time seems to go negative and the game never ends in some cases? https://i.imgur.com/2cEbcKo.png https://i.imgur.com/2cEbcKo.png I have been unable to connect with another player so can't comment on the game-playing experience
  - thornewolf 4y ago
    Thanks for taking the time to provide screenshots. That is the public lobby list. I just auto spin up some lobbies for people to join if they don't want to create a game themselves. There are some bugs here and there that can cause a game to "collapse" for lack of a better word and never get carried forward into the next state. I think this tends to happen when the server gets overloaded and restarts. I need to look into why this happens on occasion. The total players figure counts the number of unique visitors that have been assigned a session_id. I think it's a bit optimistic since it counts any visitor at all. (excluding google crawler bots) I have patched the active games counter. It was counting games that had been created but never started. Thanks a ton for your bug reports, it's helping me harden the server so people can have reliable experiences going forward.
  - sdwr 4y ago
    Thanks, this is the good stuff.
thornewolf 4y ago
Not sure if you go back and reread old comment responses, but I have made a lot of QoL improvements to the game - https://www.turingjest.app/ https://www.turingjest.app/ I will be moving away from the confusing public lobby system in short order, but the game should be smooth to play with a couple of friends you can send the link to.

by agolio 4y ago

thornewolf 4y ago

I have added the rules but I'm not sure what you mean by CSS. Do you not feel like the UI is usable? I tried to create something very utilitarian - sort of the same philosophy as HN in that regard. I did discover some performance regressions after this post, but I feel that is expected when getting the HN hug. Hopefully it was still playable for you?

agolio 4y ago
For example, I have these questions when opening the interface https://imgur.com/a/WeCGy2n https://imgur.com/a/WeCGy2n In addition the time seems to go negative and the game never ends in some cases? https://i.imgur.com/2cEbcKo.png https://i.imgur.com/2cEbcKo.png I have been unable to connect with another player so can't comment on the game-playing experience
- thornewolf 4y ago
  Thanks for taking the time to provide screenshots. That is the public lobby list. I just auto spin up some lobbies for people to join if they don't want to create a game themselves. There are some bugs here and there that can cause a game to "collapse" for lack of a better word and never get carried forward into the next state. I think this tends to happen when the server gets overloaded and restarts. I need to look into why this happens on occasion. The total players figure counts the number of unique visitors that have been assigned a session_id. I think it's a bit optimistic since it counts any visitor at all. (excluding google crawler bots) I have patched the active games counter. It was counting games that had been created but never started. Thanks a ton for your bug reports, it's helping me harden the server so people can have reliable experiences going forward.
- sdwr 4y ago
  Thanks, this is the good stuff.

thornewolf 4y ago

Not sure if you go back and reread old comment responses, but I have made a lot of QoL improvements to the game - https://www.turingjest.app/ https://www.turingjest.app/ I will be moving away from the confusing public lobby system in short order, but the game should be smooth to play with a couple of friends you can send the link to.