Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025)

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) by paulhebert on Tuesday December 16, 2025 @02:06PM (#46292848)

Hey, thanks for playing!

1) This is an interesting idea! I’ll play with that when I have time.

2) I am experimenting with this but have gotten mixed feedback from players. Some people don’t like it. I’m curious what you think! If I don’t do this I’ll explore other options: https://sunny.garden/@paulhebert/115698266272946749

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) by maxchehab on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @01:29PM (#46303464)

I like that demo, looking forward to seeing what you come out with.

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) by eps on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @05:58PM (#46306762)

Nah, that's too smart of a behavior. What exists now may have some edge cases, but it is otherwise staright-forward and intuitive. The only real "hassle" is swapping two large assembled pieces closer to the end of the game round, but it's not really a hassle. Not a big deal, really.

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) by paulhebert on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @07:15PM (#46307434)

Yeah, I’ve heard that from a few people.

I’m thinking of adding a “shuffle” button to rearrange the tiles if you get really stuck. It’s theoretically possible to get in an unwinnable state where you can’t swap two tiles

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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (December 2025) by eps on Thursday December 18, 2025 @04:49AM (#46310700)

Perhaps do what you showed at the link, but only activate it on long tap-and-hold?

That is, if you hover a piece over some spot for X seconds, then it will shuffle other pieces out of the way.

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