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Wow, that was really fun. The description doesn't accurately describe the behavior of the game though, or rather maybe they could be more clear. For instance:
by JangoSteve 17y ago
Wow, that was really fun. The description doesn't accurately describe the behavior of the game though, or rather maybe they could be more clear. For instance:
When any square lands, it shrinks all squares below it and in the same row segment.
-> actually, it only shrinks contiguous squares in the same row (of course, now that I re-read it, maybe that's what you meant by "row segment")
That being said, I played that game for 5-10 minutes before remembering that it was an "Ask HN" and that I should come back here and provide feedback ;-) Bookmarked!
- amichail 17y agoWhat percentage of people would know what "contiguous" means?
- scommab 17y agoI agree describing it in text might be a problem. I would generate a few pictures showing different ways the "blast lines" interact with the board. I wouldn't go through all the more interesting chain reactions (part of the fun is finding them). But I think it would make the game easier to understand for a first time player.
- chrischen 17y agoI think "contiguous" does a great job of making "it shrinks all squares below it and in the same row segment" more concise and understandable, even if just for the subset of people who understand what contiguous means. That being said, I wouldn't underestimate the intelligence of the average english speaker that much. Contiguous is a pretty common word. But a good compromise would be a video or something demonstrating exactly what you mean.