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Re:Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game by Closi on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:21AM (#32376688)
The “number of tries” metric might be out if anyone else solved it like I did (ie going back to see if there was some smarter solution).

As for your comment about nontrivial puzzles - absolutely! 100% agree - the joy in a lot of puzzle games like bejewelled is unexpectedly clearing half the board with a clever move!

Re:Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game by sumul on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:39AM (#32376826)
Not sure exactly what you mean. It only logs the number of tries for your first solve, but you can keep playing around with it after that without affecting your stats (or the global stats).
Re:Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game by Closi on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:51AM (#32376920)
Sorry, I mean that I went like this:

* Solve two pieces

* “Oh, maybe if I did it the other way around I could get that in one” <Reset>

* “ok that worked but I wonder if it’s different if I did this…” <Reset>

* “Ok actually all of those have been exactly the same number of moves, but how about if I just reset and do the first again?” <Reset then complete>

I just mean I’m not sure I would class the above as “4 attempts” to show difficulty as you are just using it to test scenarios (ie the above person found it trivial even though it took four ‘attempts’)

Re:Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game by sumul on Sunday August 07, 2022 @10:57AM (#32376970)
Ah, gotcha. Thanks for clarifying.
Re:Show HN: Figure is a daily logic puzzle game by Closi on Sunday August 07, 2022 @03:32PM (#32379130)
Good luck with the site, production value is great and looks amazing! Finding the difficulty balance will be tough to satisfy both repeat and new visitors, but worthwhile!