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Re:Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got l... by echelon on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:13PM (#43625470)
Eat it and make the user think it's a failure, but don't count it negatively towards the score.

"If you answer early, we'll ignore your guess without letting you on."

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Re:Thank HN: The puzzle game I posted here 6 weeks ago got l... by PebblesRox on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @03:28PM (#43625606)
Or maybe it could give some kind of extra credit for guessing a clue early. Or it could accept it, but still make you guess the interior clues, but when you get to the one, you already guessed, it shows it as already solved.
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