Show HN: Truncate, a word-based strategy game

Re:Show HN: Truncate, a word-based strategy game by jsnell on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:47AM (#39884756)

Some more feedback after trying to play the game again in a mode where I'd at least be certain of the outcome of my own moves:

- Opening the dictionary lookup requires two clicks, and then a third to focus the text entry. It needs a hotkey, and must focus the text entry no matter how it was opened.

- I'd expect to be able to dismiss the dictionary lookup page with Esc, but it requires yet one click.

- The dictionary lookup covers up parts of the board, and makes the visible parts hard to read. This makes looking up multiple words in one go pretty inconvenient.

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Re:Show HN: Truncate, a word-based strategy game by liambigelow on Sunday March 31, 2024 @06:34PM (#39888729)

Thanks for the great notes!

Agree on all front re: the dictionary ergonomics. We'll look at smoothing that out (mobile is currently the blocker there, but everything is solvable :)

Re: visualizations, you make great points. Definitely something for us to mull over, and I do think some amount of this will make it into the game (at least behind an option, which defaults to on).

Thanks again!

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