HaxleRose

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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Thanks for your feedback. I agree and am converting each puzzle to remove the mistake system and allow the user to click a button when they've completed the puzzle to see if it's correct.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
I hear ya and I am in the process of switching them to removing the error flagging and making them work by letting the solver click/tap a button when they've completed the puzzle. Then it will tell them if it's correct or not
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
awesome!!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Different puzzles have different validation logic. So the logic varies from puzzle to puzzle. Generally we're working backwards from a completed puzzle.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Yep, it's a tricky problem. I'm currently in the process of switching the way the puzzles work so that they don't have a mistake counter and instead allow the solver to tap a button when they're complete instead. That wi
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Thanks for the feedback. The leaderboard definitely needs some love
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
All the puzzles are generated by the app. Each puzzle type has its own generator. Some take a while to generate and I have to do them ahead of time, but Sudoku and X Sudoku generate on the fly
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
email me at ChestertonTechnologies@gmail.com if you find bugs like this and I'll try to fix them. You should be able to play one puzzle of every type + difficulty without signing in.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
That's a good idea. I'll look into adding that feature!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
They should be unique solutions. The way I generate the puzzles requires them to have a unique solution. I've thought I found a couple that were not unique, but then both times, I was missing a cell I could eliminate. But let me know a
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
For sure! And I know this isn't going to make a bunch of money or anything, but it's made a few bucks to help cover server costs, so that's pretty cool!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
That would be pretty cool!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Many of them have keyboard shortcuts. usually pencil mode is "P" and eraser is "E" or "backspace/delete". Also, the numbers 1, 2, 3 should work as well. Feel free to email me at ChestertonTechnologies@gmai
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Good feedback. I do plan on continuing to add other kinds of logic puzzles to the site as time permits. I'll check out those sites!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Good to know. Yeah, it's pretty easy to add 0, so I'll do that soon. For the kakuro backgrounds, it's pure CSS, no images. The diagonal split in the clue cells is a single linear-gradient hairline, not a tile or PNG: .kakuro-
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Thanks for the feedback. I've done nonograms with a three strikes and your out style, so I based it off of that. I just couldn't find any without having to watch ads often before and after playing a puzzle. Good criticism about hi
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Nope, I don't care about your email. Just a way for you to track progress, contribute to leaderboards, get achievements, and be able to reset your password if you forget it. The end-goal was originally just for me to have an ad-free pl
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Fair criticism. I appreciate the feedback! I thought I made the backspace key work on Sudoku. I'll look into that. I know "E" works for erase. Just checked it and if the incorrect answer is selected, you can press "E&quo
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Nice! The first app I built and put is https://peopleneed.love Just a simple site to let random people encourage other random people. It was a good way for me to learn some of the Ruby on Rails Hotwire tools.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
nice! good idea! I haven't looked into doing a PWA. I've never built one before, but this puzzle app is built with Ruby on Rails and I know the framework has tools for doing PWAs
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
oh shoot! I'll look into that. Star Battle is the most recent puzzle game I added and I'm still working out the bugs!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Gotcha, I appreciate the feedback. I'll see what I can do.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
haha! no thanks :) I play it myself because it doesn't have ads and cause it has multiple puzzles that I like. It is monetized though. You get the first 25 puzzles for free in every puzzle type + difficulty, then you can pay a few buck
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
good idea. I might switch it to do that instead.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
For sure! I couldn't find an app with a good mobile UI without ads. I would've paid a few bucks for one, so I figured others might feel the same way.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Alrighty, I figured it out. You should be able to use it now. It's because I'm using Tailwind CSS version 4 and some of the things won't look perfectly in that browser version, but the site should be functional now for ya!
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
fair point, maybe I should only show the title after the puzzle is solved. what do you think?
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
I do the same with new models.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Thanks for your thoughts. I completely agree. Let me think of how I can incorporate that into the site's wording. I do want to be completely up front.
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by HaxleRose 3mo ago
Yep, I feel ya. Good feedback. This is like version 3 of the home page. The first two looked very typical AI. I thought maybe a newspaper vibe might be cool as a throwback to the puzzles you'd do in the paper. But it does have some of

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