Re:Show HN: Patterns with Friends – free multiplayer tile ga...
by heliostatic on Tuesday July 07, 2026 @10:05AM
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Great feedback, thank you! I have not invested much energy in new player onboarding since I have been the least experienced player using it so far, but assisted play for the first game is a lot more elegant than the rules modal I pop right now.
Text selection and dragging bug is annoying, I'll fix that.
I tried it out seems like a cool mini game, the user experience is already amazing but if you want to take it to the next level i think you should make the first gameplay be assisted so that the rules are clear even without reading them! also a minor inconvenience i encountered is that if i select any text by error in the ui then try to drag a shape in the game board it won't let me place it because it tries to drag the selected text as well. I hope the feedback helps!