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I'm surprised how infrequently I see anyone commenting on the wordle tile-flipping animation. It's... really nice? I like to watch it. I suspect I'm not alone,

I'm surprised how infrequently I see anyone commenting on the wordle tile-flipping animation. It's... really nice? I like to watch it. I suspect I'm not alone, and if the tiles simply changed color in an instant without animation, wordle would not be as successful.

lanewinfield 5y ago
Agreed. And the feeling of suspense and subsequent satisfaction when they slowly flip all to green is a dopamine hit in and of itself.
taeric 5y ago
My favorite thing in this is that it is easily recreated with about fifteen lines of css. Truly a very well crafted animation that fully builds on the joy of seeing the reveal. Edit: realized my point seems reductionist. I meant that to be that it is not just a technical marvel. The artistic choices that went into building it are truly impressive.
Forricide 5y ago
Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, was interviewed on the Syntax podcast and they discussed exactly this. I'd paraphrase the segment (it was a really interesting bit on design philosophy) but I don't remember it quite well enough so I'd probably butcher it. But, suffice it to say the creator agrees.
romellem 5y ago
The creator added this specifically to add some “juice,” a phrase from the talk [Juice It or Lose It][1], where they describe it as meaning: > A juicy game feels alive and responds to everything you do, tons of cascading action and response for minimal user input. He talked about this as the end of a [podcast][2] he was recently the guest on, Syntax [1]: https://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg https://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg [2]: https://syntax.fm/show/430/creator-of-wordle-josh-wardle https://syntax.fm/show/430/creator-of-wordle-josh-wardle
mrtksn 5y ago
It's called "juice it or lose it" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg

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I'm surprised how infrequently I see anyone commenting on the wordle tile-flipping animation. It's... really nice? I like to watch it. I suspect I'm not alone,

by jrochkind1 5y ago

lanewinfield 5y ago
Agreed. And the feeling of suspense and subsequent satisfaction when they slowly flip all to green is a dopamine hit in and of itself.
taeric 5y ago
My favorite thing in this is that it is easily recreated with about fifteen lines of css. Truly a very well crafted animation that fully builds on the joy of seeing the reveal. Edit: realized my point seems reductionist. I meant that to be that it is not just a technical marvel. The artistic choices that went into building it are truly impressive.
Forricide 5y ago
Josh Wardle, creator of Wordle, was interviewed on the Syntax podcast and they discussed exactly this. I'd paraphrase the segment (it was a really interesting bit on design philosophy) but I don't remember it quite well enough so I'd probably butcher it. But, suffice it to say the creator agrees.
romellem 5y ago
The creator added this specifically to add some “juice,” a phrase from the talk [Juice It or Lose It][1], where they describe it as meaning: > A juicy game feels alive and responds to everything you do, tons of cascading action and response for minimal user input. He talked about this as the end of a [podcast][2] he was recently the guest on, Syntax [1]: https://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg https://youtu.be/Fy0aCDmgnxg [2]: https://syntax.fm/show/430/creator-of-wordle-josh-wardle https://syntax.fm/show/430/creator-of-wordle-josh-wardle
mrtksn 5y ago
It's called "juice it or lose it" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy0aCDmgnxg