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Re:Show HN: mystery-o-matic offers a daily random murder mys... by jkyrlach on Sunday October 15, 2023 @09:44AM (#37889663)
Can the suspects lie? Is the rating at the end based on minimum numbed of clues required, or just on total number of clues used? Is the rating impacted by number of available choices when i guessed?

There were a lot of time slots, and the clues did not intersect very much. I went through 17 clues before i guessed, and there were still logical options. Can we have wordle-bot analyze our play at the end and tell us how we did?

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Re:Show HN: mystery-o-matic offers a daily random murder mys... by galapago on Sunday October 15, 2023 @09:49AM (#37889700)
> Can the suspects lie?

Right now, the suspects will never lie, but the killer will avoid revealing "too much".

> Is the rating at the end based on minimum numbed of clues required, or just on total number of clues used?

The number of clues used. The mysteries are generated with a variable number of clues, so it is still an open question how the score should be adjusted.

> Is the rating impacted by number of available choices when i guessed?

Yes.

> Can we have wordle-bot analyze our play at the end and tell us how we did?

What do you mean exactly with this?

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