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Re:Show HN: Draw Together Online on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:01PM (#47911813)
A separate room just for Hacker News - https://vidzert.com/draw-together?room=hacker_news
Re:Show HN: Draw Together Online on Sunday April 26, 2026 @06:41AM (#47909166)
There is no automatic reset, but you can draw on top of everything. I'm thinking about some anti-abuse mechanism to make sure users don't destroy each other's drawings all the time, maybe having several canvases users can switch to, or limiting the amount of paint per user — not yet sure.

Show HN: A difficult match-3 game with cats

Posted by vidzert on Sunday March 30, 2025 @09:30PM
from the show-hn dept.

https://vidzert.com/match-3-cats

A new match-3 game with cats where you need to put the elements that appear in a matrix and hold out for 69 steps. Suitable for both adults and children to while away 15 minutes. Written in regular JavaScript and jQuery.There are similar games already, but I decided to create a new one that will be a bit more interesting (with cats) and will have simpler logic/design.

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Re:Show HN: How good is your color vision? Find out in my new game on Saturday February 01, 2025 @08:42PM (#42904751)
Thanks for the feedback! My initial idea was to make something super simple for children, this is why I didn't add any buttons (there are 0 buttons in any of my games on my website, except for "start" button). But let me see if there are any alternative solution.
Re:Show HN: How good is your color vision? Find out in my new game on Saturday February 01, 2025 @07:26PM (#42904114)
Thanks for the feedback! Since the game is still in the early version, my initial idea was to keep it simple, to see if people will play it at all, but I’m definitely planning to add features like showing the total number of questions/statistics. Appreciate you playing!
Re:Show HN: How good is your color vision? Find out in my new game on Saturday February 01, 2025 @07:19PM (#42904067)
Thanks for the feedback! I get what you mean. Since the levels aren't infinite, my initial idea was that anyone who can spot all the colors will finish the initial version of the game. But I'm planning to add score comparisons if people like it. Appreciate you playing!
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:16PM (#42561482)
The game is just a fun logic challenge to get you thinking. I didn't realize saying it increases IQ might not be accurate and cause such a big reaction. It's more about exercising your mind.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:15PM (#42561474)
Unfortunately there are not too many original versions of levels. Most difficult levels are very similar.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:12PM (#42561457)
I used AI, but mostly for geometry (e.g. find a formula to understand that lines are crossing each other).
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:11PM (#42561444)
Oh, thanks. I didn't realize that colors could be a problem. I will try to come up with something different next time.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:11PM (#42561438)
The game is just a fun logic challenge to get you thinking. I didn't realize saying it increases IQ might not be accurate and cause such a big reaction. It's more about exercising your mind.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game to challenge your mind on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @03:10PM (#42561436)
The game is just a fun logic challenge to get you thinking. I didn't realize saying it increases IQ might not be accurate and cause such a big reaction. It's more about exercising your mind.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny Halloween game to boost visual recognition s... on Thursday October 24, 2024 @08:04AM (#41934691)
Yes, it is for toddlers. Animation would be nice, but it is a bit too difficult for me at this point. Just general feedback is fine.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game that helps boost your memory on Monday September 30, 2024 @11:20PM (#41704339)
Thank you! There are just five levels: [2, 2], [3, 2], [4, 2], [4, 3], [5, 4]. I thought about making it longer or even endless, but I decided to make it much simpler because the game is for kids and the feeling of victory is important to them. That's why there are only 5 levels and confetti at the end. Sounds are taken from https://freesound.org.
Re:Show HN: I made a tiny game that helps boost your memory on Sunday September 29, 2024 @02:36PM (#41689382)
The motivation was to create a simple educational game for my daughter. There are a ton of similar games, but all of them are with ads, premiums, and it is easy for a child to break them (e.g. by clicking some wrong button). The stack is simple - jQuery + jQuery Flip (plus simple js and css), no frameworks. The game was built in 3 evenings.
Re:Oracle, it's time to free JavaScript on Monday September 16, 2024 @05:02PM (#41560878)
According to comments in this post, it appears that Oracle is defending the use of the name "JavaScript" in some cases. However, the internet is filled with various resources that use "JavaScript" in their names. I'm curious if there are any confirmed instances of Oracle suing someone for using this name, or if these are just false rumors and Oracle is merely reserving the right to do so in the future.